Nitrate Picture Show Few “That’s the kind of a hairpin I am” is the oft-spoken line in The Strawberry Blonde, a personal touch added by star James Cagney, who remembered his father using the expression. The film was a sentimental undertaking for both Cagney and director Raoul Walsh, harking back to their own New York City childhoods. Walsh said The Strawberry Blonde reminded him of his late mother. Of his many sound films, it was his favorite.

From the Camera Neg | Member Movie Night Director Josef von Sternberg tackles Fyodor Dostoevsky’s nihilist novel in sound for the first time.

Beyond the Universe: Comic Books and Film Thirty years before the release of Iron Man, director Richard Donner’s big-screen adaptation of The Man of Steel ushered in the blockbuster era of superhero films. Christopher Reeve is perfectly cast as Clark Kent and his Kryptonian alter-ego as the film follows his life and adventures from birth to space to Earth to Metropolis, dealing with his special abilities and how to fit in to modern society.

Remembering Norman Jewison | Crashing into the ‘60sMoving from the lighter comedies of his earlier career, Jewison takes on Richard Jessup’s novel of a small-time poker player trying to make it big. Eric Stoner (Steve McQueen) is the big fish of stud poker in the small pond of New Orleans in the 1930s.

Remembering Norman Jewison Al Pacino received his fifth Academy Award nomination of the decade for his performance as a Baltimore lawyer pushed to the edge in this topical drama.

Members Only. Wondering what’s upstairs or beneath the historic house? Find out at this members only tour of the third floor, fourth-floor attic, and basement.