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Pay-as-you-wish Friday Nights! CLASSIC PAID Non-Profit U.S. Postage Permit #1782 FILM SERIES White Plains, NY Fall 2014/Winter 2015 Pay-as-you-wish Friday Nights! Bernard and Irene Schwartz Classic Film Series Join us for the New-York Historical Society’s film series, featuring opening remarks by notable directors, writers, actors, and historians. Justice in Film This series explores how film has tackled social conflict, morality, and the perennial struggles between right and wrong that are waged from the highest levels of government to the smallest of local communities. Entrance to the film series is included with Museum Admission during New-York Historical’s Pay-as-you-wish Friday Nights (6–8 pm). No advanced reservations. Tickets are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis beginning at 6 pm. New-York Historical Society members receive priority. For more information on our featured films and speakers, please visit nyhistory.org/programs or call (212) 485-9205. Classic Film Series Film Classic Publication Team: Dale Gregory Vice President for Public Programs | Alex Kassl Manager of Public Programs | Genna Sarnak Assistant Manager of Public Programs | Katelyn Williams 170 Central Park170 West at Richard Gilder (77th Way Street) NY 10024New York, NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM LIBRARY Don Pollard Don ZanettiLorella Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States Justice in Film Chang Lia Friday, October 17, 7 pm Flower Drum Song | 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 Chinatown. 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, Nancy Kwan, Jack Soo, Miyoshi Umeki. Philip C. Bobbitt, Antonio Monda, 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 filmmakerRic Burns introduces Alfred Hitchcock’s Sabrina | 1954 | 113 min. Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., and Khalil Gibran Muhammad, intense spy thriller, which finds Cary Grant 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, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason. 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 Paul Muni, Directed by Billy Wilder. Starring Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, Glenda Farrell. William Holden. 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 New York City 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, Charles Laughton. Donna Reed’s daughter Mary Owen and constitutional scholar Media. Directed by Ang Lee. Starring Winston Chao, May Chin, Akhil Reed Amar. Directed by Frank Capra. Starring James Stewart, Mitchell Lichtenstein. Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore. Friday, November 21, 7 pm Sunset Boulevard | 1950 | 110 min. Award-winning filmmakerAntonio Monda introduces this film noir Friday, February 27, 7 pm classic in which a forgotten silent film star lures an aspiring screenwriter 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, Gloria Swanson. Laurence Kardish, former Senior Film Curator at MoMA, introduces Law, Robert Post, Dean of Yale Law School, and Pulitzer Prize- this outrageous screwball comedy in which two Chicago musicians winning writer and Yale Law School Lecturer Linda Greenhouse dress in drag and join an all-girl band in order to elude the gangsters 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, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon. social, political, and medical issues surrounding the disease. morning talks with continental breakfast. Directed by Jonathan Demme. Starring Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington. 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.