For the first time last year, we set aside a weekend apart from the Nitrate Picture Show to dedicate to the projection of nitrate film. It was so popular we’ve decided to do it again, mixing films that have previously screened at NPS with titles that have not yet screened, from both the George Eastman Museum and the Library of Congress. Returning to the Dryden’s screens are A Star is Born (NPS 2015) and Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet (NPS 2018). Across two days in November, experience film as it was meant to be seen, and prepare yourself for the 2027 edition of the Nitrate Picture Show!
Dates and Titles:
November 20: Mutiny on the Bounty (Frank Lloyd, US 1935, 132 min., 35mm Nitrate)
November 21 (1 p.m.): A Star is Born (William A. Wellman, US 1937, 111 min., 35mm Nitrate)
November 21 (4:30 p.m.): Daisy Kenyon (Otto Preminger, US 1947, 99 min., 35mm Nitrate)
November 21 (8 p.m.): Hamlet (Laurence Olivier, UK 1948, 154 min., 35mm Nitrate)
No Admit One or Take-10 Passes will be accepted at these screenings. No complimentary admission for these screenings.
Events in this Series
Mutiny on the Bounty (35mm Nitrate)
November Nitrate Weekend In the midst of a 1789 voyage to the West Indies, master’s mate of the HMS Bounty Fletcher Christian (Clark Gable) rebels against the sadistic Captain Bligh (Charles Laughton). The most breathtaking and expensive film of 1935 was based on historical incident, but the combination of spectacular seascapes, shipboard intrigue, and Gable’s and Laughton’s battle for control make for a timeless story that will never be topped.
A Star is Born (35mm Nitrate)
November Nitrate Weekend A fresh-faced farm girl goes to Hollywood and becomes a star, but her rise to the top is accompanied by heartbreak and tragedy.
Daisy Kenyon (35mm Nitrate)
November Nitrate Weekend “Daisy Kenyon is the kind of woman toward whom other women - and men - are never indifferent. Either they despise her heartily or admire her greatly, depending on their own experiences.”
Hamlet (35mm Nitrate)
November Nitrate Weekend Sir Laurence Olivier directs and acts in this definitive cinematic version of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy, which won four well-deserved Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Actor.