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Classical Cinema

With theater owners doing their best to attract a more upscale clientele, producers responded by plundering history and literature. High-class French and Italian imports provided the model, and by 1912 most studios were looking to the classics to add a veneer of respectability to their programs of one-reel comedies and melodramas.











When: Sat., Nov. 10, 2012 at 6:00 pm
Where: Museum of the Moving Image
36-01 35th Ave.
718-777-6888
Price: Free with admission
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With theater owners doing their best to attract a more upscale clientele, producers responded by plundering history and literature. High-class French and Italian imports provided the model, and by 1912 most studios were looking to the classics to add a veneer of respectability to their programs of one-reel comedies and melodramas.

Buy tickets/get more info now