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The Crowd - Vintage 16mm Print

Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 7:30 p.m., Dryden Theatre
Still from The Crowd (1928)

The Crowd (1928)

(King Vidor, US 1928, 98 min., 16mm)

In one of the most moving statements about the perils of the American Dream, an eager young man seeks fame and fortune in New York. But he must ultimately reconcile his fantasies of success with the reality of his daily life as a faceless employee for a large business. Director King Vidor pulled out all the stops in this film, buoyed by his tremendous success at M-G-M. He used hidden cameras, scale models, reflections, and double-exposures, and his camera moves unfettered in a way that wouldn’t be possible in the early sound era. A 16mm acetate print made in 1952 from a nitrate negative that is now completely lost.

Live piano accompaniment by Dr. Philip Carli.

Event Details

Dryden Theatre
$9 members
$12 nonmembers
$5 students with ID

$5 17 and under

Advance tickets encouraged.

Tickets no longer for sale

About This Series

From the Camera Neg

The annual Nitrate Picture Show gets a lot of attention for screening rare prints, but not every rare print screened is on that flammable stock. There are many prints in our collection that derive directly from the original printing negative, one generation away from the stock that was in the camera at the time it was captured.

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