Hollywood's American History
Fall 1998
 All Films on Tuesdays, 7 pm, Blackington Hall Room 138, Pitt-Johnstown
 Sponsored by Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society--Admission FREE
 Hosted by
 Dr. Paul Douglas Newman, Assistant Professor of History
 Dr. Daniel Santoro, Associate Professor of Sociology
 
SPECIAL PRESENTATION: "BUFFALO SOLDIERS" by William Rozier, local expert
September 15: "Buffalo Soldiers" Turner movie starring Danny Glover

CHARLIE CHAPLIN FESTIVAL 
September 22: "Chaplin" 1992 biography starring Robert Downey, Jr.

September 29: "Gold Rush" Chaplin's spoof on the Klondike Rush of 1898

October 6: "Modern Times" Chaplin satirizes the dehumanization of industrial life

October 13: "The Great Dictator" Chaplin takes on Hitler and Nazism

October 20: "A King in New York" Chaplin's last film criticizes McCarthyism

WORLD WAR ONE In honor of 80th anniversary of Armistice Day
October 27: "Shoulder Arms" One last Chaplin flick, an irreverent look at the trenches

November 3: "Wings" 1929, First ever Best Picture Oscar, stunning aerial photography

November 10: "Sergeant York" 1940, Gary Cooper prepares us for WW2

HOMEFRONT: WORLD WAR II 
November 17: "Air Raid Wardens" Laurel & Hardy provide Civil Defense

November 24: "Swing Shift" Goldie Hawn as Rosie the Riveter

December 1: "A League of Their Own" Geena Davis leads a women's baseball league

December 8: "1941" John Belushi guards Hollywood against a Japanese attack


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