The Nitrate Picture Show
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A Festival of Film Conservation to showcase vintage 35mm nitrate prints at the historic Dryden Theatre
It’s been a fantastic weekend - check out some of the highlights from day 3.
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🎶 Ashley Jane Davis
If any festival goers haven’t taken a minute to check out the Nitrate Touch tables, now’s the time! See nitrate film up close and personal 🎞️
05/29/2026
Collection Manager Deborah Stoiber and Associate Collection Manager Kirk McDowell rehearse for live gramophone accompaniment during the 10th Nitrate Picture Show.
Classic 78 rpm records will be played live on an antique Victor Talking Machine Co. Model VIC-1 phonograph, commonly called a gramophone, alongside a vintage nitrate print.
But what film will they be accompanying? Find out when titles are announced on Thursday, June 4!
Our thanks to the Antique Wireless Association Communication Technologies Museum for making this first-of-its-kind screening possible through the loan of this remarkable, well-preserved, and fully functional piece of antique sound technology.
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