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Kevin Christopher on OUR TOWN (1940)
Playwright, actor and film buff Kevin Christopher introduces the 1940 film adaptation of Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play OUR TOWN, about a rural New Hampshire town at the beginning of the 20th century, directed by Sam Wood.
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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Watch Now » -
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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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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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Gary Lambert on HORROR EXPRESS (1972)
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Gary Lambert on HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (1959)
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Night of the Living Dead (1968)
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A Bucket of Blood (1959)
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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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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)
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Watch Now » -
Seth Jarvis on HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940)
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Watch Now » -
Orly Yadin on THE BIGAMIST (1953)
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John Killacky on BLACK TIGHTS (1961)
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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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Barry Snyder on MARCH OF THE WOODEN SOLDIERS (1934)
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Watch Now » -
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