In 2012, City of Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick proclaimed October in Ithaca as Silent Movie Month, a month-long celebration of silent film and Ithaca’s role in early movie making history produced by Wharton Studio Museum in collaboration with many local organizations. Join WSM each October for screenings, exhibits, and events at Cornell Cinema, Cinemapolis, and many other […]
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Join Wharton Studio Museum and Friends of Stewart Park for our 9th annual Party for the Park fundraiser! We’re celebrating our current Roaring 20s by bringing the party back to the Roaring 1920s when silent movies were all the cat’s meow, jazz was playing in secret clubs downtown, and Ithacans were gathering in their new public lakeside […]
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The Mark of Zorro (1920) left its mark on everyone Saturday night for our 14th Silent Movie Under the Stars! The location at Upper Robert Treman State Park was lovely with trees all around the approximately 250 people nestled in to watch the film with a gorgeous original score performed by Cloud Chamber Orchestra — […]
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This year’s Screening & Awards Ceremony featured films from the Ithaca area and beyond—as far east as Hamilton, and as far south as Vestal & Whitney Point. Films will be posted on the Wharton Studio Museum (WSM) YouTube, stay tuned! (Filmmakers: if you don’t want your film up please let us know and we will […]
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Thank you to Krystal Cole of Spectrum News 1 for her interest in the Finger Lakes Film Trail! This is part one of a three-part series about the FLFT, starting at the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, then Wharton Studio Museum in Ithaca, and ending at the Case Research Lab in Auburn. View the […]
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Thank you to the Cornell Daily Sun for its interest in Ithaca’s moviemaking past. Click the link below to read “Hollywood On Cayuga”: Ithaca’s Cinematic History by Carlin Reyen from The Cornell Daily Sun. “Hollywood On Cayuga”: Ithaca’s Cinematic History Julia Nagel/Sun Photography Editor Ithaca houses the historic Wharton Studio Building in Stewart Park, where […]
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In 2012, City of Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick proclaimed October in Ithaca as Silent Movie Month, a month-long celebration of silent film and Ithaca’s role in early movie making history produced by Wharton Studio Museum in collaboration with many local organizations. Join WSM each October for screenings, exhibits, and events at Cornell Cinema, Cinemapolis, and many […]
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Join us for Friends of Stewart Park and Wharton Studio Museum’s 8th annual fundraiser for park revitalization on Saturday, September 23 from 6-8:30 PM in the Picnic Pavilion and outside by the Waterfront Trail and Cayuga Lake. We’re celebrating a groundbreaking year for Stewart Park with the literal imminent groundbreaking for the Splash Pad and […]
Read more ...It’s Silent Movie Under the Stars 13th year and this popular summer tradition continues on Saturday, August 19, 2023, at sundown at Taughannock Falls State Park. Featuring the 1926 comedy Beverly of Graustark starring Marion Davies, considered one of the great comedic actresses of her day, live music will be provided by Cloud Chamber Orchestra. […]
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July 2023 I’m excited to attend the Wharton Studio Museum’s Silent Movie Under the Stars on August 19 at Taughannock Park — its thirteenth annual offering of this beautiful summer experience on Cayuga Lake. This year’s feature film, Beverly of Graustark (1926), starring Marion Davies, opens a viewfinder onto the captivating world of the silent film era, […]
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