[adsw-announce] Documentary Duo Film Screening
Programs (programs@adsw.org)
Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:28:55 -0500
Come join us to view two documentaries about important Art Deco Events,
past and present!
Saturday, January 31, 2009
>From 1 to 3 PM
Library of American Broadcasting
Hornbake Library, University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland
Members: $10; Nonmembers $15
Reservations Required
First up is the 1991 Renewing the Past documentary, tracing the Art
Deco Society of Washington’s successful preservation battle to save the
1940 Greyhound Terminal at 1100 New York Avenue, NW. The documentary
takes a hard hat look at the process of restoring and incorporating the
first 42 feet of the original bus terminal into a newly constructed
office tower. The original terminal now serves as the lobby of the
office building; the office building’s information desk was adapted from
the Greyhound station’s original ticket booth.
The second film is "Westinghouse Presents the Middleton Family at the
New York World's Fair." An average American family attends the 1939
World's Fair and learn about the technological wonders to come. The film
also features a not too subtle defense of technology and capitalism
against the background of the Great Depression.
YouTube features an excerpt from the film:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T35A3g_GvSg
You may recognize some members of the Middleton "family." The father is
played by Harry Shannon, best remembered for his portrayal as Kane‘s
father in Citizen Kane. Mrs. Middleton is played by Ruth Lee, Robert
Benchley‘s costar in a series of one-reel comedies. Babs Middleton is
portrayed by Marjorie Lord, who played Mrs. Danny Williams on the 1950s
Danny Thomas Show. Finally, Bud Middleton is portrayed by child actor
Jimmy Lydon. Lydon would gain fame two years later in the recurring role
of Henry Aldrich.
For more information, including directions to the venue, visit the
announcement web page:
http://www.adsw.org/event/2009/DocumentaryDuo/index.html
For more information about this event or to RSVP, send email to Karyn
Jarboe, kjarboe@adsw.org, or call 703-864-7070.
For more information about the Art Deco Society of Washington,
visit www.adsw.org.
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