The Secret Cinema at CHF: Doctor X
Doctor X
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Date:
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November 10, 2010
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Time:
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6:30–8:30 p.m.
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Location:
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CHF
315 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106 |
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Room:
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Ullyot Meeting Hall |
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Open to the Public |
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Fee:
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Free
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Announcing the fourth and final installment of screenings curated by Jay Schwartz of The Secret Cinema in conjunction with CHF’s newest exhibit, Marvels and Ciphers. Each screening mixes vintage educational films about science with classic science-fiction features.
Immediately following this screening, film director and University of the Arts professor Michael Wellenreiter will lead a discussion on the films’ depictions of scientific debate and discovery.
This event is free and open to the public. Popcorn and other refreshments will be served.
About the feature
Doctor X (1932, dir: Michael Curtiz)
In Doctor X a New York newspaperman tracks a murderer dubbed “The Moon Killer,” whose victims are found surgically incised on nights with full moons. At the time of Doctor X’s release, there was both a black-and-white and Technicolor version of the film. The color version was for a time lost, but since its rediscovery in the 1970s, the black-and-white version has become very rare and is the one we will be screening at CHF.
About The Secret Cinema
Founded by Jay Schwartz in 1992, The Secret Cinema is a “floating repertory film series” that strives to expose classic and difficult-to-see film fare in alternative settings and to keep the repertory film experience alive by always projecting real celluloid.
About Marvels and Ciphers
The Secret Cinema at CHF complements CHF’s newest temporary exhibit, Marvels and Ciphers: A Look Inside the Flask, which explores personal and public responses to scientific breakthroughs with paintings, photographs, books, and cartoons from CHF’s collections. The exhibit will be open all day before the Secret Cinema screenings.
Our Sponsor
This program has been supported in part by the Pennsylvania Humanities Council, the Federal-State Partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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