Davenport, Iowa (August 8, 2016) – In conjunction with The Wonderful World of Oz: Selections from the Willard Carrol/Tom Wilhite Collection exhibition currently on view at the Figge Art Museum, a rare 35mm film presentation of The Wizard of Oz will be shown at the Adler Theatre in downtown Davenport on Saturday, August 13 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
John Fricke, the preeminent Oz and Judy Garland historian, will introduce this special screening, which has been made available courtesy of Warner Brothers. The print for the screening is one of a very few manufactured in 1998 when Technicolor briefly resumed a photo-chemical printing method that replicated the “three-strip” dye-transfer color process used when the picture was made in 1939.
Cost will be $3 per person or $10 for a family pack (max. 5 people). No advanced sales.
The Wonderful World of Oz exhibition is on display at the Figge Art Museum through September 25 and admission is free through September 25 thanks to the support of The Bechtel Trusts and John Deere Classic.
Described by the Library of Congress as “America’s greatest and best-loved home-grown fairy tale,” L. Frank Baum’s novel and the classic film it inspired have entertained generations everywhere – their iconic characters, phrases and music continually resonating throughout worldwide popular culture.
When the 1939 film premiered at Davenport’s Capitol Theater in August of that year the Davenport Daily News raved that “Here is something too fantastic to be described, good witches and bad, talking trees, live scarecrows, tin woodmen, cowardly lions, magic slippers. Truly a fairy tale suddenly brought out of the imagination and given substance, it is, in the parlance of the streets, a ‘whopper.’”
About the Figge Art Museum:
The Figge Art Museum is located on the riverfront in downtown Davenport at 225 West Second Street. Hours are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday and Sundays noon to 5 p.m. Thursdays the museum is open until 9 p.m. Admission to the museum and tour is normally $7, but is free through September 25, 2016 thanks to The Bechtel Trusts and John Deere Classic. Admission is always free to Figge members and institutional members, and free to all on Thursday evenings from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. The Figge Café is open 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. To contact the museum, please call 563.326.7804, or visit www.figgeartmuseum.org.
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