A Night at the Movies 100 Years Ago

Silent Tuesdays | A Night at the Movies 100 Years Ago. Discover what it was like to go to the movies a hundred years ago. This program features a newsreel, a drama, a comedy, a documentary, a cartoon, and a western (the very first preserved feature directed by the legendary John Ford and featuring Harry Carey)—all perfect examples of the special kind of entertainment (and education) that our (great, great) grand (grand, grand) parents enjoyed in the very first movie palaces and flea pits when the twentieth century was still young. Live piano by Philip C. Carli. Special support provided by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Newsreel

(American Cooperative Weekly, US 1917, 3 min., 35mm)

Unmasked

(Grace Cunard and Francis Ford, US 1917, 11 min., 35mm)

His Wife’s Hero

(Graham Baker, US 1917, 11 min., 35mm)

Chickens as Big as Turkeys

(Bray Pictograph, US 1917, 3 min., 35mm)

Dreamy Dud

(Essanay, US 1917, 3 min., 35mm)

Straight Shooting

(John Ford, US 1917, 60 min., 16mm)