of John Barrymore and doing a
walking tour while recounting anecdotes of the young actor’s life
in the town.
The Cliffhanger Film Festival
which showcases notable themes
such as highlighting the start of
Universal Studios in the town and
the films of Alice Guy Blache’, the
first woman director in cinema
history who built her Solax Studio
in Fort Lee in 1912.
The Movies & Music Under the
Stars summer film series which
runs both classic and more recent
films.
More recently the Commission
partnered with Seton Hall University of South Orange, NJ to
produce a short term exhibition
highlighting Fort Lee’s contribution to the film industry and timing it with New Jersey’s 350th
anniversary. Entitled, “A Celluloid
Story, New Jersey’s Filmmaking
History”, the exhibit ran from November 6 to December 12 in the
Walsh Gallery on campus and
showcased the state’s film industry from 1880-1920. Some of the
displays included Thomas Edison
and Barrymore family artifacts,
stills from films shot in Fort Lee
and a screening of Roscoe “Fatty”
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