In the 19th century, debates about contract workers sorted immigrants into "natural" and "unnatural" categories.

"I was really learning along the way because I don't think I understood quite what that would feel like or entail," she adds of the Ellis Island sequence, in particular. "And Alex continues to go ...

Episode 3 of 1923 was intense. Not only did we finally get a resolution to last week’s wolf attack, Alexandra finally arrived at Ellis Island, only to have an even worse time than she did on the boat ...

Before the European colonists came to America, Algonquin-speaking Native American tribes used Ellis Island as a home base to harvest food. The island contained large oyster beds and was also a ...

Julia Schlaepfer had just one day to tear her 1923 character down to the studs and rebuild her stronger than ever.

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If you thought Alex’s trials were over after her harsh experience at Ellis Island, Sunday’s 1923 quickly disabused you of ...

only to encounter more horrors while passing through Ellis Island. Here, Schlaepfer looks back at the filming of the episode titled “Wrap Thee In Terror” and talks about what it’s like to ...

"I am one of the nearly 40% of all U.S. citizens who can trace at least one ancestor to Ellis Island. Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty stand as timeless symbols of hope, resilience ...

SCHLAEPFER Oh, I sure noticed. DEADLINE Let’s jump right into those Ellis Island scenes. That kind of detail isn’t usually depicted in film or TV when it comes to addressing how immigrants ...