NextThreeDays: Event Display

Newman at Night Film Screenings
Venue: Newman Library (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Thursday, April 5, 2012
Time: 8:30 - 11:00 PM
Event Types: Food, Arts & Theatre
Cost: Free
Description:
Watch classic films under the stars outside Virginia Tech's Newman Library facing Torgersen Hall. The films being screened include five classic DW Griffith films, plus a bonus Tom Mix production.

Newman Library has a 16mm film collection of approximately 1600 titles. This collection has been built over the last 60 years, and contains films on subjects ranging from agriculture to metallurgy to war as well as several feature films. There are also several films in the collection that were produced on campus at VT in the 1950s, 60s, 70s, and 80s.

Periodically, we pull select titles from this collection and put them on display in our front yard.

These screenings are free to all, and all are welcome. Pets are welcome too, as long as they're crowd-friendly. Free popcorn will also be available.

Film Information:

The first is Sage Brush Tom, directed by Tom Mix, a western comedy from 1915.

Sagebrush Tom's favorite movie actress arrives at his Arizona ranch to shoot a western picture. When he meets her, Tom gets a bit flirtatious and a scuffle ensues after another actor comes to the actress's defense. Stay tuned for the hilarious results!

Second in line is Love in the Hills, directed by DW Griffith in 1911.

A pretty mountain girl has to decide between three suitors, an upright young man from the mountains, a shiftless fiddler, and a visitor from the city.

Third comes A Corner in Wheat, directed by DW Griffith in 1909.

It tells of a greedy tycoon who tries to corner the world market on wheat, destroying the lives of the people who can no longer afford to buy bread.

The Mountaineer's Honor, directed by DW Griffith in 1909

Depicts Harum Scarum's short-lived romance with a passer-by. This spells tragedy for the passer-by, and for her family.

Fourth you will see The Musketeers of Pig Alley, directed by DW Griffith in 1912.

One of the first films about organized crime, a poor young couple in New York City find themselves in the middle of a strange crime triangle. In the end, an unlikely friend is made.

And finally, you don't want to miss The Battle at Elderbush Gulch, directed by DW Griffith in 1913.

When a pair of sisters head out west to visit their uncles, trouble ensues! Their love for puppies almost dooms them as they fight for all their worth with a local tribe of Indians.

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