Famous Nathan of Coney Island

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Title:

Famous Nathan of Coney Island

Author:

Handwerker, Lloyd, film director.

Publication Information:

[New York, NY] : Film Movement, [2015]

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

The insider documentary by Lloyd Handwerker, grandson of Nathan Handwerker, who founded the legendary Brooklyn eatery and iconic New York institution, Nathan's Famous, in Coney Island in 1916. Featuring interviews with extended family, friends and the employees who helped make Nathan's the prototype for fast-food made with quality, love and care. It is also very much a story of labor and a chronicle of the people who spent their lives in the employ of Nathan's.

General Note:

Title from sell sheet.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2014.

Bonus features, director's commentary and bonus scenes.

Language:

English

Personal Subject:

Handwerker, Nathan, 1892-1974.

Corporate Subject:

Nathan's Famous of Coney Island.

Subject Term:

Convenience foods.