Located at the George Eastman Museum, this venue serves as a primary exhibition site for significant film history and preservation. It has become a vital destination for those seeking high-quality, curated film presentations.story_potoo
The most expensive spectacle of its time, this film tells the familiar story of Judah Ben-Hur (matinee idol Ramon Novarro) in the early days of Christianity. His wealthy family is persecuted for their faith by the Romans, including Judah’s childhood friend Messala.
Stan and Ollie are back in this program of late silent shorts before they moved to sound films in 1929.
On the fifteenth anniversary of the premiere of the Newsies stage show, this is the film musical that started it all. Detailing the historic newsboys’ strike of 1899, newsies are required to buy the papers from the publisher before flooding the streets to sell them to the public.