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New ADSW Film Series Starts in December

ADSW launches a new bimonthly film series Tuesday, December 11th with a
screening of the British musical comedy, "First A Girl." Future showings
will be held the second Tuesday of every other month; dates for 2008 are
February 12, April 8, June 10, August 12, October 14, and December 9.

This film series is a fundraising effort to support the restoration of
vintage Vitaphone shorts. Each $4,500 raised will fund the professional
restoration of a short at UCLA's Film and Television Archives. ADSW will
select from a list of shorts awaiting restoration, and will receive a copy
of each short restored. More information about the restoration project can
be seen here: http://www.picking.com/vitaphone.html

Although admission to the films will be free, attendees are asked to make a
contribution to our Vitaphone restoration fund.

The series will offer a combination of feature films and musical shorts.

Get a preview of the new series at the annual membership meeting, October
22nd.

December Holiday Film Party: "First a girl"

When: Tuesday, December 11

Time: 6:30 PM - Light refreshments
      7:00 PM - Vitaphone short
      7:15 PM - Feature presentation
Where: Sumner School
       1201 17th Street NW (corner of 17th and M)
Cost: Free, donation to ADSW's Vitaphone preservation fund suggested

(The closest Metro stations are Farragut North and Farragut West. There is
limited on-street parking.)

There's more information on the movie at IMDB: http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0026361/

Almost 50 years before Julie Andrews starred in Victor/Victoria, another
British star, Jessie Mathews, starred in "First a Girl" in 1935, a racy
musical version of Reinhold Schunzel's play "Viktor Und Viktoria."

Jessie Mathews (see page 26 of Trans-Lux for her biography) stars as a girl
who leads a double life, pretending to be boy performing at a Paris cabaret
as a female impersonator.

This cross dressing musical is a perfect display of Mathews' multiple
talents as an actor, singer, and dancer.

We hope to see you there!
For more information about the Art Deco Society of Washington,
visit www.adsw.org.

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