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Julia Swift on GASLIGHT (1940)
Champlain College Assistant Professor, producer, and award winning independent filmmaker Julia Swift introduces the 1940 British production of GASLIGHT which was the first of two adaptations of Patrick Hamiliton's play. Burlington Film Society Presents is a co-production of RETN and the Burlington Film Society, a program of the Vermont International Film Foundation.
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A Star is Born (1937)
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Watch Now » -
Gaslight (1940)
Paul Mallen (Anton Walbrook) is the consummate aristocrat, oozing Victorian charm to his new neighbors at 12 Pimlico . . .
Watch Now » -
Our Town (1940)
Based on Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play about rural home town America (Grover’s Corner, New Hampshire) . . .
Watch Now » -
Kevin Christopher on OUR TOWN (1940)
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Watch Now » -
Julia Swift on GASLIGHT (1940)
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Watch Now » -
Julia Swift on A STAR IS BORN (1937)
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Kevin Christopher on NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968)
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Watch Now » -
Gary Lambert on HORROR EXPRESS (1972)
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Watch Now » -
Gary Lambert on HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (1959)
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Night of the Living Dead (1968)
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Horror Express (1972)
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House on Haunted Hill (1959)
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Ethan de Seife on A BUCKET OF BLOOD (1959)
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A Bucket of Blood (1959)
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Watch Now » -
Stephen Bissette on THE DEVIL BAT (1940)
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Watch Now » -
The Devil Bat (1940)
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Watch Now » -
White Zombie (1932)
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Watch Now » -
Rick Winston on THE LADY VANISHES (1938)
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Watch Now » -
Stephen Bissette on WHITE ZOMBIE (1932)
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Watch Now » -
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
THE LADY VANISHES is a 1938 British comic thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Margaret Lockwood, . . .
Watch Now » -
Seth Jarvis on HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940)
Seth Jarvis has been active in Burlington’s performing arts scene for over fifteen years. In addition to appearing as . . .
Watch Now » -
Orly Yadin on THE BIGAMIST (1953)
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Watch Now » -
John Killacky on BLACK TIGHTS (1961)
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Watch Now » -
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Watch Now » -
Barry Snyder and Eric Ford Introduce "Burlington Film Society Presents"
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Watch Now » -
His Girl Friday (1940)
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Watch Now » -
Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)
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The Bigamist (1953)
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Watch Now » -
Kathryn Blume on CYRANO DE BERGERAC (1950)
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Watch Now » -
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Watch Now » -
Barry Snyder on MARCH OF THE WOODEN SOLDIERS (1934)
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Watch Now » -
Carnival of Souls (1962)
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Watch Now » -
March of the Wooden Soldiers (1934)
1934 film based on Victor Herbert's operetta Babes in Toyland. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy star as Stannie Dum and . . .
Watch Now » -
Scrooge (1935)
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Watch Now »