Sally, Irene and Mary
Silent Tuesdays A nineteen-year-old Crawford (in one of her earliest roles) stars alongside Constance Bennett and Sally O’Neill as Broadway chorus girls searching for love, money, and husbands in different ways.
Coney Island
Make Mine Musicals Betty Grable, George Montegomery, and Cesar Romero star in this rather fanciful, gorgeously staged Technicolor trip back to that famous late Victorian seaside resort, with its seemingly endless variety of amusement parks, burlesque houses, and honky-tonks.
MEMBER MOVIE NIGHT | A Yank at Eton
Mid-Century Comedies Mickey Rooney is once again the rakish outsider as Timothy Dennis, forced to move to England when his mother remarries. Tim’s American ways are considered boorish among the top hat and tails crowd at his new private prep school in Eton.
Dick Tracy
Pops on Film This film is what Dick Tracy the comic strip might actually look like if the images in the Sunday morning newspaper comics moved. Big, bold, and drenched in eye-popping colors, Warren Beatty’s big-screen visualization of the perennial tough, indefatigable crime-fighter is stuffed with all kinds of cinematic goodies.
The Diary of Anne Frank
70 Years of Cinemascope Is there anyone who hasn't been touched by the true story of the teenage girl who was forced to hide in an Amsterdam attic for two years during World War II and still managed to write: "I still believe that people are really good at heart"?
The Cameraman
Silent Tuesdays In what is widely thought of as his final masterpiece, Buster Keaton stars as an ambitious newsreel cameraman involved in a series of movie-related hijinks. Featuring some of his most praised setpieces and outlandish stunts, this silent comedy classic is also perhaps Keaton’s most personal love letter to cinema.
Stage Door
Mid-Century Comedies Taking up residence at a boarding house full of aspiring Broadway actresses, Terry (Katharine Hepburn) seeks to join the life of her roommates, who are seduced by impresario Anthony Powell’s (Adolphe Menjou) promises of fame.
Almost Famous
A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman It’s 1973 and William, the son of an overbearing and conservative mother, finds the opportunity of a lifetime in a band named Stillwater. Traveling with them on tour to cover the story for Rolling Stone, he falls in love with the beautifully enigmatic “band-aid” (don’t call her a groupie!) Penny Lane.
Lola Montès
70 Years of Cinemascope The film event of the new year is “A colossal spectacle about colossal spectacles”—Richard Brody, The New Yorker. Martine Carol stars as the legendary Spanish courtesan and adventuress whose lovers included Franz Liszt and King Ludwig of Bavaria.
Monkey Business
Mid-Century Comedies Reunited with Bringing Up Baby director Hawks, Cary Grant plays another nerdy type who invents a rejuvenating serum.
Sculpture of Philip Seymour Hoffman donated to George Eastman Museum
Virtual Program "Ahead of her Time: Marcia Resnick and the Art World"
Join us on March 16, 2023 at 6 p.m. for a virtual panel with artist Marcia Resnick, and gallerists Deborah Bell and Susan Herzig. This engaging conversation will include the role of artists and gallerists in the promotion of artworks, background on Resnick’s career, and conversation surrounding the ins and outs of the art world.
Photography of Marcia Resnick celebrated at George Eastman Museum in exhibition opening February 11
Annual Dutch Connection floral show in bloom at George Eastman Museum February 10 - 26, 2023
Consider Card Further Reading
The Nitrate Picture Show returns to George Eastman Museum June 1-4, 2023
Curator’s Gallery tour of Marcia Resnick: As It Is or Could Be
Stephen B. and Janice G. Ashley Curator, Jamie Allen, will lead a gallery tour of Marcia Resnick: As It Is or Could Be in the Main Galleries. The tour begins at 1 p.m.
Last Film Show
Rochester Premiere When young Samay (Bhavin Rabari) sees a film projected for the first time, his life is changed forever.
One Hundred Years Ago: George Eastman in 1923
This annual display in the historic mansion provides a glimpse of George Eastman’s life and work one hundred years ago. The new selection of objects highlights the goings on in 1923—most notably the release of the Ciné-Kodak and 16mm motion picture film and a 10-week expedition in the Cassiar region of Alaska and British Columbia, which became his favorite camping destination for the remainder of his life.