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, andhistorians. featuring openingremarks by notabledirectors, writers, Join usfortheNew-York Historical Society’s filmseries, Classic Film Series Bernard andIrene Schwartz Pay-as-you-wish Friday Nights! please visitnyhistory.org/programs orcall For more information onourfeatured filmsandspeakers, Historical Society membersreceive priority. basisbeginning at6pm.New-Yorka first-come,first-served (6–8 pm).NoTickets advanced reservations. are distributed on during New-York Historical’s Pay-as-you-wish Friday Nights Entrance tothefilmseries isincludedwithMuseum Admission smallest oflocalcommunities. that are wagedfrom thehighestlevels ofgovernment tothe morality, andtheperennial between right struggles andwrong This series explores how filmhastackledsocialconflict, Justice inFilm (212) 485-9205.

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Publication Team: Dale Gregory Vice President for Public Programs | Alex Kassl Manager of Public Programs | Genna Sarnak Assistant Manager of Public Programs | Katelyn Williams Pay-as-you-wish Friday Nights! Fall 2014/WinterFall 2015 FILM SERIES CLASSIC NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM LIBRARY Don Pollard Don ZanettiLorella Collection of the Supreme Court of the Justice in Film Chang Lia

Friday, October 17, 7 pm | 1961 | 133 min. Judge Denny Chin and distinguished playwright David Henry Hwang introduce this classic adaptation of C. Y. Lee’s novel, where Old World tradition and American romanticism collide in San Joan MarcusJoan Denis Racine Denis Francisco’s . The film features one of the first largely Asian- Harold Shapiro Harold Shapiro Doran Marissa

American casts in Hollywood. Directed by Henry Koster. Starring From top left: Judge Denny Chin, David Henry Hwang, Ric Burns, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court, Samuel Alito, , Jack Soo, . Philip C. Bobbitt, , Susan Lacy, Mary Owen, Akhil Reed Amar, Laurence Kardish, Sherrilyn Ifill, Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Ron Simon, Kenji Yoshino, Robert Post, and Linda Greenhouse Friday, January 30, 7 pm Friday, October 24, 7 pm I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang | 1932 | 92 min. North by Northwest | 1959 | 136 min. Friday, December 5, 7 pm Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Renowned filmmaker Ric Burns introduces ’s Sabrina | 1954 | 113 min. Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., and Khalil Gibran Muhammad, intense spy thriller, which finds on the run due to a deadly Acclaimed producer Susan Lacy and award-winning filmmaker Director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, case of mistaken identity. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Starring Cary Antonio Monda discuss this rags-to-riches romance in which two introduce this drama in which a WWI vet is falsely convicted of Grant, , . brothers vie for the affection of the family chauffeur’s daughter robbery and is forced to endure the brutal realities of the chain-gang after she returns from Paris a beautiful, sophisticated woman. system in the South. Directed by Mervyn LeRoy. Starring , Directed by . Starring , , . . Friday, November 14, 7 pm Witness for the Prosecution | 1957 | 116 min. Friday, February 20, 7 pm Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court, Samuel Alito and Friday, December 19, 7 pm The Wedding Banquet | 1993 | 106 min. constitutional scholar Philip C. Bobbitt present this engaging It’s a Wonderful Life | 1946 | 130 min. When a gay man living in New York plans a marriage of convenience melodrama in which a courtroom crackles with tension as a murder Celebrate the holiday season with one of the most enduring films of to placate his traditional Taiwanese parents, his charade is turned on trial reveals the tangled web of passion and deception that lies behind all time. Jimmy Stewart stars as George Bailey, a man who finds love its head when they decide to fly to for the wedding. the crime. Directed by Billy Wilder. Starring Tyrone Power, Marlene and meaning in his life on Christmas Eve. Opening remarks by Presented by Ron Simon, Senior Curator at The Paley Center for Dietrich, . ’s daughter Mary Owen and constitutional scholar Media. Directed by . Starring Winston Chao, May Chin, Akhil Reed Amar. Directed by . Starring , . Donna Reed, . Friday, November 21, 7 pm Sunset Boulevard | 1950 | 110 min. Award-winning filmmakerAntonio Monda introduces this Friday, February 27, 7 pm classic in which a forgotten silent film star lures an aspiring Friday, January 9, 7 pm Philadelphia | 1993 | 125 min. into her dreams of making a triumphant comeback. Directed by Billy Some Like It Hot | 1959 | 120 min. Kenji Yoshino, Professor of Constitutional Law at NYU School of Wilder. Starring William Holden, . Laurence Kardish, former Senior Film Curator at MoMA, introduces Law, Robert Post, Dean of Yale Law School, and Pulitzer Prize- this outrageous in which two musicians winning writer and Yale Law School Lecturer Linda Greenhouse dress in and join an all-girl band in order to elude the introduce Jonathan Demme’s courtroom drama, which helped give who are hot on their heels. Directed by Billy Wilder. Starring Marilyn HIV-AIDS a human face and ignite a wider conversation about the Visit nyhistory.org/programs for information on related Saturday Monroe, , . social, political, and medical issues surrounding the disease. morning talks with continental breakfast. Directed by Jonathan Demme. Starring , .

For more details and the latest information on our featured films and speakers, please visit nyhistory.org/programs or call (212) 485-9205. Film Series Programmer: Dale Marsha Gregory, Presented at the Robert H. Smith Auditorium at the New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024 Vice President for Public Programs