Come and Get It (16mm)
Giant Love: Edna Ferber Only a year after publication, Edna Ferber’s latest novel was turned into a romantic drama by master director Howard Hawks.
The Dryden Theatre Celebrates Its 75th Anniversary with a Weekend Full of Events
George Eastman Museum to celebrate Home Movie Day, a free worldwide event, on March 28
From Rochester, With Love
Rochester is a cinema-rich city. No other city this size has a five-screen art-house theater and a repertory theater, in addition to the commercial theaters, in the area. This is in part due to the generosity and legacy of George Eastman and the Eastman Kodak Co., but is also due to the long list of filmmakers who were born, worked, or studied in Rochester, in addition to those who visited often and called the city a second home. From director George Melford, actor Norman Kerry, and actress Louise Brooks in the silent period, to musician Cab Calloway, writers Garson and Michael Kanin in Hollywood’s golden years, to more recent actors such as John Lithgow and Taye Diggs, Rochester has produced an impressive list of artists who have contributed to the art of cinema. This year, the Dryden Theatre will bring films featuring many of these artists to the big screen, opening up chapters of this city you may never have known.
Dates and Titles: January 14: The Sheik (George Melford, 1921, 86 min., 35mm)
February 1 (2 p.m.): Dryden Roundtable: “From Rochester, With Love”
February 4: Sweet Alyssum (Colin Campbell, 1915, 59 min., 35mm)
February 15: Sabrina (Billy Wilder, 1954, 113 min., 35mm)
March 6: Woman of the Year (George Stevens, 1942, 114 min., DCP)
March 8: Gaslight (George Cukor, 1944, 114 min., DCP)
March 11: The Lone Wolf Returns (Ralph Ince, US 1926, 70 min., 35mm)
March 13: Intermezzo (Gregory Ratoff, US 1939, 70 min., 35mm)
March 14: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (John Huston, 1948, 126 min., 35mm)
March 15: Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1942, 102 min., 35mm)
March 20: Silk Stockings (Rouben Mamoulian, 1957, 117 min., DCP)
March 28: The Pride of the Yankees (Sam Wood, 1942, 128 min., 35mm)
March 29 (2 p.m.): The Pride of the Yankees (Sam Wood, 1942, 128 min., 35mm)
April 3: Pat and Mike (George Cukor, 1952, 95 min., DCP)
April 24: Stormy Weather (Andrew L. Stone, 1943, 78 min., DCP)
June 3: The Magnificent Yankee (John Sturges, US 1950, 89 min., 16mm)
Jun 10: Tortilla Flat (Victor Fleming, US 1942, 105 min., 35mm)
June 17: The Letter (William Wyler, US 1940, 95 min., 35mm)
June 20: The Philadelphia Story (George Cukor, US 1940, 112 min., 35mm)
June 21 (2 p.m.): The Philadelphia Story (George Cukor, US 1940, 112 min., 35mm)
June 26: National Velvet (Clarence Brown, US 1944, 123 min., 35mm)
June 28: (2 p.m.): The Letter (William Wyler, US 1940, 95 min., 35mm)
August 1: Along Came Polly (John Hamburg, US 2004, 90 min., DCP)
August 2 (2 p.m.): State and Main (David Mamet, US 2000, 105 min., 35mm)
August 2: The Big Lebowski (Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, US 1998, 117 min., 35mm)
September 6: Chaplin (Richard Attenborough, US/Japan/France/Italy 1992, 143 min., 35mm)
September 27: Bridesmaids (Paul Feig, US 2011, 125 min., DCP)
October 4: Nine Days (Edson Oda, US 2021, 124 min., DCP)
October 23: The Dead Zone (David Cronenberg, US 1983, 103 min., DCP)
October 25: The Lost Boys (Joel Schumacher, US 1987, 97 min., DCP)
October 30: The Phantom of the Opera (Rupert Julian, US 1925, 93 min., DCP)
November 1 (2 p.m.): The Phantom of the Opera (Rupert Julian, US 1925, 93 min., DCP)
November 1: The World According to Garp (George Roy Hill, US 1982, 136 min., 35mm)
November 18: It’s the Old Army Game (A. Edward Sutherland, US 1926, 77 min., 35mm)
November 26: Too Late (Dennis Hauck, US 2015, 107 min., 35mm)
December 18: A Christmas Carol (Edwin L. Marin, US 1938, 69 min., 35mm)
December 19: The Best Man (Malcolm D. Lee, US 1999, 120 min., 35mm)
December 20 (2 p.m.): A Christmas Carol (Edwin L. Marin, US 1938, 69 min., 35mm)
January 13: Medium Cool (Haskell Wexler, US 1969, 111 min., 35mm)
Giant Love: Edna Ferber
Edna Ferber, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of twelve novels over a fifty-year career, found many of her works being adapted for film, as early as 1918. Her writing often focused a compassionate and curious eye on Midwestern American life. Her sixth novel, Cimarron, a story of the Oklahoma land rush, was the basis for the film of the same name, which became the fourth film ever to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. In her book Giant Love: Edna Ferber, Her Best-Selling Novel of Texas, and the Making of a Classic American Film, her great-niece, Julie Gilbert relates Ferber’s life and career, particularly as it applies to the challenges of making the epic Best Picture-nominated Giant. Ms. Gilbert will be on-hand for the screening of Giant to talk about her aunt, the book, and the film.
Dates and Titles:
March 3: Cimarron (Wesley Ruggles, US 1931, 123 min., 35mm)
March 19: Come and Get It (Howard Hawks, US 1936, 99 min., 35mm)
April 2: Show Boat (James Whale, US 1936, 113 min., 35mm)
April 3: Giant (George Stevens, US 1956, 201 min., 35mm)
Dryden 75th Anniversary Celebration!
The Dryden Theatre had an official opening on March 4, 1951, with a live national radio broadcast and most of Rochester’s movers and shakers in attendance. The first feature film screened at the theater, Jean Renoir’s Nana, was projected on March 14. Seventy-five years later we are celebrating this momentous date over two days with an encore screening of Nana, free screenings that represent what the Dryden does best, and a rare chance to see our newest 35mm print projected.
Dates and Titles:
March 13: Nana (Jean Renoir, France 1926, 115 min., 35mm)
March 14 (11 a.m.): Short Silent Comedies - Free Admission!
March 14 (2 p.m.): Bringing Up Baby (Howard Hawks, US 1938, 102 min., 35mm) - Free Admission!
March 14 (5 p.m.): Portrait of Jennie (William Dieterle, US 1948, 86 min., 35mm) - Free Admission!
March 14 (8 p.m.): Licorice Pizza (Paul Thomas Anderson, US/Canada 2021, 133 min., 35mm)
Filmi Fest
Pulling from the museum’s collection of more than 1,000 film prints from India, the Dryden features some of the best-loved Bollywood films of the last twenty-five years once a month throughout the Spring semester. Featuring stars such as Shah Rukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Rani Mukerji, Amitabh Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, and Shahid Kapoor, and directors including Imtiaz Ali, Ashutosh Gowariker, and Yash Chopra, come experience the best of Bollywood the way it was meant to be seen—on the big screen!
Dates and Titles:
January 31 (2 p.m.): Omkara (Vishal Bhardwaj, India 2006, 155 min., 35mm, Hindi with English subtitles)
February 28 (2 p.m.): Swades: We, the People (Ashutosh Gowariker, India 2004, 189 min., 35mm, Hindi with English subtitles))
March 28 (2 p.m.): Veer-Zaara (Yash Chopra, India 2004, 192 min., 35mm, Hindi with English subtitles)
April 18 (2 p.m.): Jab We Met (Imtiaz Ali, India 2007, 142 min., 35mm, Hindi with English subtitles)
Rochester International Film Festival
Special Screenings
H. M. Pulham, Esq. (35mm)
George Award Winners: King Vidor In an extraordinary experiment in 1940s cinematic subjectivity, our hero, Harry Pulham (Robert Young) appears in every scene of the film, meaning that the audience only ever knows what Harry knows.
The Post (DCP)
Hollywood as Historian In 1963, Washington Post publisher Philip L. Graham told assembled Newsweek reporters that journalism was the “first rough draft of history.”
Happiness (35mm)
Silent Spring | George Award Winners: King Vidor Based on a Broadway play of the same name written by J. Hartley Manners, Happiness tells the story of the sunny dispositioned Jenny, a Brooklyn errand girl who is persuaded to move in with the young and wealthy Mrs. Chrystal Pole.
The Natural (DCP)
Sundance Sunset: Remembering Robert Redford In the late 1930s, the New York Knights sign unknown hitter Roy Hobbs (Robert Redford), a natural baseball player with a checkered past.
Ida Lupino, Director
Ida Lupino was not just a great actress of noir pathos (see The Big Knife and While the City Sleeps, screening February 26 and March 5, respectively), she was also a groundbreaking director and producer, making films at a time women were not generally found behind the camera. As detailed in Julie Grossman’s book Ida Lupino, Director, Lupino and her husband Collier Young founded The Filmakers, their own production company that had a mission to make socially conscious films, encourage new talent, and bring realism to the screen. Producing 12 films over a seven-year period, Lupino made an indelible mark on the history of cinema. With the second edition of her book published March 10, Grossman will be on-hand to introduce The Hitch-Hiker March 12 and participate in a post-screening discussion about the film, Lupino, and her book.
Dates and Titles:
March 12: The Hitch-Hiker (Ida Lupino, US 1953, 71 min., 35mm)
March 18: Outrage (Ida Lupino, US 1950, 75 min., 16mm)
George Eastman Bike Tour
Explore Rochester in a new way. A nod to George Eastman's own love of cycling, the George Eastman Bike Tour takes you to ten different locations related to the life and work of this pioneer of popular photography.
George Eastman Bike Tour
Explore Rochester in a new way. A nod to George Eastman's own love of cycling, the George Eastman Bike Tour takes you to ten different locations related to the life and work of this pioneer of popular photography.
George Eastman Bike Tour
Explore Rochester in a new way. A nod to George Eastman's own love of cycling, the George Eastman Bike Tour takes you to ten different locations related to the life and work of this pioneer of popular photography.
Exhibition Preview: Edward Steichen and the Garden
Celebrate the opening of Edward Steichen and the Garden in the Main Galleries at the George Eastman Museum.
James Card Program #4: From Narrative to Drama (16mm)
James Card's First Programs While stringing together multiple scenes allowed filmmakers to tell more dense and involving stories, there were a few directors in the second decade of cinema who reached beyond to create tension within their films, otherwise known as drama.
Jab We Met (35mm)
Filmi Fest Aditya (Shahid Kapoor), stung by his girlfriend’s abandonment, boards a train for anywhere. There he meets Geet (Kareena Kapoor), on her way home to Bhatinda to elope with her love.
George Eastman Bike Tours
Explore Rochester in a new way. A nod to George Eastman’s own love of cycling, the George Eastman Bike Tour takes you to ten different locations related to the life and work of this pioneer of popular photography. See buildings and sites that shaped Eastman’s life—or were in turn shaped by him.
Tickets: $25 members/$35 nonmembers
