Thursday, April 8 - Saturday, April 10, 2010 “Hollywood and the Great Depression: 10-cent Entertainment During Difficult Times” Relive the Golden Age of Hollywood and see the films that America watched during the nation’s most turbulent economic times! Audiences escaped into big budget musicals, romantic settings, and outsized actors and actresses — come experience this incredible time in cinematic history.
The Lowell Film Festival is FREE to everyone, but your donation is greatly appreciated!
Thursday, April 8 @ 7PM | Lowell National Historical Park, 246 Market Street ”Jezebel” starring Bette Davis Celebrate OPENING NIGHT of the Lowell Film Festival with Lowell’s own native daughter!
Friday, April 9 @ 7PM | Lowell National Historical Park, 246 Market Street ”Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” starring James Stewart
Friday, April 9 @ 10PM | 119 Gallery, 119 Chelmsford Street ”Frankenstein” starring Boris Karloff Don’t miss this James Whale masterpiece!
Saturday, April 10 | Boott Cotton Mills Museum, 115 John Street 12 Noon: Panel discussion on Lowell and America in the 1930s 1PM: “Grapes of Wrath” starring Henry Fonda
Saturday, April 10 @ 1:30PM | Pollard Memorial Library, 401 Merrimack Street ”Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” - the Disney Classic! All ages! Kids and families welcomed!
Saturday, April 10 @ 3PM | Pollard Memorial Library, 401 Merrimack Street ”Modern Times” starring Charlie Chaplin Special guest speaker: Todd Avery, UMass Lowell
Saturday, April 10 @ 7PM | O’Leary Library, 61 Wilder Street ”It Happened One Night” starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert
Saturday, April 10 @ 10PM | 119 Gallery ”Bride of Frankenstein” starring Boris Karloff The monster comes back seeking a mate in James Whale’s follow up to the horror classic!
Visit www.lowellfilms.org
Thursday, April 8 - Saturday, April 10, 2010
"Hollywood and the Great Depression"
See the classic films the nation watched during the turbulent 1930s! All events take place in downtown Lowell -- FREE ADMISSION!
