A History of the American Film

7:30pm - 12:00am, Friday, March 12, 2010

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Venue: Krannert Center for the Performing Arts

Address: 500 S. Goodwin Ave. , Urbana

Venue Details: Krannert Center's Colwell Playhouse

Cost: $8-$15

Posted 2:16 pm Feb 9
Updated 11:47 pm Feb 11

Loretta Moran and Jimmy the gangster are the tour guides on this wickedly wacky ride through American films. Genres and plots mash with silly and witty songs as we take off with silent films, segue through musicals, dash across the Golden Age, and land with a not-so-typical Hollywood ending.

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