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Programs Famous Players in Famous Plays Throughout the month of May, the Donnell Media Center of The New York Public Library will present a series of silent films based on the repertory of touring actors. The free screenings, with selected short subjects, can be seen Wednesdays at 2:30 p.m. in the Bankers Trust Auditorium, Donnell Media Center, 20 West 53rd Street. Admission to all films is free on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, call 212.621.0609. Wednesday, May 2: Silent Shakespeare, 1899-1911 Adaptations of King John, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Twelfth Night, King Lear, The Merchant of Venice, and Richard III Wednesday, May 9: Queens of the Drama Queen Elizabeth (dir. Henri Desfontaines and Louis Mercanton, 1912), starring Sarah Bernhardt and Lou Tellegen; Cleopatra (dir. Charles L. Gaskill, 1912), starring Helen Gardner Wednesday, May 16: American Epic Fiction Evangeline (dir. Edwin Carewe, 1928), starring Dolores Del Rio; Rip Van Winkle (dir. Ward Lascelle, 1920), starring Joseph Jefferson, Jr. Wednesday, May 23: American Films of French Heroics The Three Musketeers (dir. Fred Niblo, 1921), starring Douglas Fairbanks Wednesday, May 30: American Films of British Novels of Ruritanian Heroics The Prisoner of Zenda (dir. Rex Ingram, 1922), starring Lewis Stone and Alice Terry |
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