Theodore Case Film Festival
June 1, 2012 – June 2, 2012
Auburnians Theodore W. Case and Earl I. Sponable forever changed the motion picture
industry by developing a commercially viable sound-on-film process in the 1920s. The
Theodore Case Film Festival honors the film technology breakthroughs of the Case Research
Laboratory by promoting Media Studies research and screening original visual media
projects by Central New Yorkers.
This year’s program is called A CASE RETROSPECTIVE, Sound-on-Film: An Industry
Remade and highlights the contributions of these great American inventors to the history of
narrative film. It takes place in conjunction with the completed restoration of the Carriage
House Annex behind the Cayuga Museum of History and Art in Auburn. This was the
original site of Case’s test film production studio and will now be a multipurpose theater
known as ‘Theater Mack.’ It will be one of the venues of the inaugural Finger Lakes
Musical Theatre Festival this summer.
Friday, June 1
6 p.m. Student Showcase
Work from a number of area schools (Free)
Saturday, June 2
10 a.m. “The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk”
(Documentary and discussion) (Free)
1 p.m. “Ted’s Talkies”
A collection of test films, shorts, etc. from the Cayuga Museum archives
(Commentary and discussion) (Free)
3 p.m. 2012 Oscar Nominee “Hugo”
Director Martin Scorsese’s storybook tribute to French silent film pioneer,
George Melies. (Historical intro)
($6 Admission charged)
For further information contact Eileen McHugh at The Cayuga Museum - 315.253.8051
