After selling out the 9th anniversary of the Nitrate Picture Show, the Dryden staff has fielded questions for months about when the next nitrate film screening will be. The wait is over. With three screenings over two days in November, a new tradition is born. Never before screened at the annual festival, these three prints from our own collection at the museum demonstrate the long-lasting vitality of well-maintained prints from a world-class archive. These three Academy Award-winning films represent the depth and breadth of Hollywood production in the 1940s, including a classic western, a dramatic adventure epic, and a homefront drama, and feature world-class directors and actors. This unforgettable weekend will prime you to be ready for the December launch of tickets to the next Nitrate Picture Show.
Dates and Titles:
November 21 (7:30 p.m.): The Westerner (William Wyler, US 1940, 100 min., 35mm nitrate)
November 22 (2 p.m.): North West Mounted Police (Cecil B. DeMille, US 1940, 126 min., 35mm nitrate)
November 22 (7:30 p.m.): Since You Went Away (John Cromwell, US 1944, 177 min., 35mm nitrate)10s
Premium pricing applies to nitrate screenings. General Admission tickets are $20, while GEM members receive tickets for $15.
Take-10s and Admit-1s are not accepted for these screenings.
Events in this Series
Since You Went Away (November Nitrate)
November Nitrate Weekend David O. Selznick's epic-length follow-up to Gone With the Wind and Rebecca was produced at the height of WWII. Claudette Colbert's comfortable life is upset when her advertising executive husband enlists in the service and sets off to war.
North West Mounted Police (November Nitrate)
November Nitrate Weekend Director Cecil B. DeMille was back in epic form following up his Palme d'Or-winning Union Pacific with another adventure of the historical West.
The Westerner (November Nitrate)
November Nitrate Weekend Producer Samuel Goldwyn’s last film for United Artists may be his best. Cole Harden (Gary Cooper) makes his living as a wandering cowhand until he is falsely accused of horse theft and brought before Judge Roy Bean (Academy Award winner Walter Brennan).