Pay-as-you-wish Friday Nights! CLASSIC PAID Non-Profit U.S. Postage Permit #1782 FILM SERIES
White Plains, NY Winter/Spring 2018
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 filmmakers, writers, legal scholars, and historians.
Justice in Film Explore how film has tackled social strife, morality, and the perennial struggle between right and wrong—conflicts that manifest across cultures and history.
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 advance 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. Dale Gregory Vice President for Public Programs | Alex Kassl Manager of Public Programs | Kate Yurkovsky Assistant Manager of Public Programs | Heather Whittaker Public Programs Assistant Classic Film Series Film Classic 170 Central Park170 West at Richard Gilder (77th Way Street) NY 10024New York, Publication Team: Publication NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY Pollard Don Joan MarcusJoan Sheila Griffin Marissa Doran Marissa MUSEUM LIBRARY Crampton Nancy
From top left: Gail Lumet Buckley, Bob Herbert, Ron Simon, Dale Gregory, Justice in Film Linda Greenhouse, Robert Post, Kenji Yoshino, Don Pollard Don Don Pollard Don
Lien-Hang Nguyen, Annette Gordon-Reed, Harris Dudley Friday, February 2, 7 pm Robert R. Reed, Michael Korda, Philip C. Bobbitt, Craig L. Symonds, Stormy Weather | 1943 | 78 min. Harold Holzer Gail Lumet Buckley, daughter of Stormy Weather actress Lena Horne, in conversation with journalist Bob Herbert, introduces the musical loosely based on—and starring—dancer Bill “Bojangles” Robinson and his rise to fame as a performer. Directed by Andrew L. Stone. Starring Lena Horne, Bill Robinson.
Friday, February 9, 7 pm Friday, March 9, 7 pm Friday, April 20, 7 pm Manhattan | 1979 | 96 min. Indochine | 1992 | 156 min. Marius | 1931 | 127 min. Journalist Bob Herbert, Ron Simon, curator at the Paley Center for Historian Lien-Hang Nguyen, joined by Ron Simon and Dale Michael Korda, nephew of Marius director Alexander Korda, Media, and Dale Gregory, New-York Historical’s Vice President for Gregory, introduces the Academy Award-winning film that tells introduces the French romantic drama about love and adventure Public Programs, introduce Woody Allen’s romantic comedy about a the story of a French woman and her adopted Vietnamese on the shores of Marseilles. (French with English subtitles.) twice-divorced man trying to make sense of life and love. Directed by daughter set in colonial French Indochina during the rise of the Directed by Alexander Korda. Starring Raimu, Pierre Fresnay, Woody Allen. Starring Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Michael Murphy, Vietnamese nationalist movement. (French with English subtitles.) Orane Demazis. Meryl Streep. Directed by Régis Wargnier. Starring Catherine Deneuve, Vincent Perez, Linh Dan Pham. Friday, May 11, 7 pm Friday, February 16, 7 pm After the Thin Man | 1936 | 113 min. All the King’s Men | 1949 | 109 min. Friday, March 23, 7 pm When a woman is wrongly accused of killing her husband, a Legal experts Linda Greenhouse, Robert Post, and Kenji Yoshino Adam’s Rib | 1949 | 101 min. retired detective and his heiress wife must find the real murderer. present the film noir that follows the rise of nefariously ambitious Legal scholar Annette Gordon-Reed and her husband, Legal scholar and author Philip C. Bobbitt discusses the second politician Willie Stark, allegedly modeled after the real 1930s Justice Robert R. Reed, join Ron Simon and Dale Gregory to film in the classic Thin Man series. Directed by W. S. Van Dyke. Louisiana governor Huey Long. Directed by Robert Rossen. Starring discuss the classic comedy starring Spencer Tracy and Starring William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart. Broderick Crawford, John Ireland. Katharine Hepburn as married lawyers who oppose each other in court. Directed by George Cukor. Starring Spencer Tracy, Friday, May 18, 7 pm Friday, March 2, 7 pm Katharine Hepburn. The Caine Mutiny | 1954 | 124 min. MASH | 1970 | 116 min. After relieving a U.S. Naval captain of his command on the USS Presented in collaboration with the Center for Women’s History Journalist Bob Herbert—who was stationed in Korea during the at New-York Historical Society Caine, a first officer faces court martial for mutiny. Historians Vietnam War—onstage with Ron Simon and Dale Gregory introduces Craig L. Symonds and Harold Holzer introduce this World War II the episodic and satirical black comedy set during the Korean War classic. Directed by Edward Dmytryk. Starring Humphrey Bogart, that follows a mismatched group of military personnel at a Mobile José Ferrer, Van Johnson, Fred MacMurray. Army Surgical Hospital. Directed by Robert Altman. Starring Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt.
For more details and the latest information on our featured films, speakers, and related programs, 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