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Arbuckle’s A Reckless Romeo. “I think this exhibit on New Jersey film history is excellent and one of my favorite exhibits as it tells the story not just of Fort Lee but of New Jersey as we are the birthplace of the American film industry. We need to do a better job of using this history in the 21st century to showcase our state in a better light and to bring back some of this film / TV industry to help improve our economy and reconnect with an industry native to this state,” said Commission Founder and Fort Lee Museum Operator Tom Meyers. “I compare this exhibit to ones we have mounted in our Fort Lee Museum on film history such as our 2012 Universal Studio Centennial: From Fort Lee to Universal City exhibit or our upcoming 2015 exhibit Fox Studio Centennial: From Fort Lee NJ to Century City CA. The Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens has fantastic permanent and changing exhibits and we have borrowed ideas for our exhibits from that venue,” he added. Sarah Hart and Romana Schaeffer are graduate students in Seton Hall University’s M.A. program in Watch The Blue Bird A Silent Film Shot in Fort Lee In 1918 New Jersey Stage December 2014 pg 54