july 4-September 30, 2012 - Museum of the Moving Image

ehindthe sCReenThe Museum’s core exhibition, Behind the Screen, immerses visitors in the creativeand technical process of producing, promoting, and presenting films, televisionshows, and digital entertainment. It includes over 1,400 artifacts—from nineteenthcenturyoptical toys to video games—as well as an array of interactive experiences,audiovisual material, and artworks to reveal the skills, material resources, andartistic decisions that go into making moving images.Behind the screenHIGHLIGHTThe Howdy Doody Show (1947–1960)was one of the earliest and mostpopular children’s programs ontelevision. By 1950 the show hadgenerated an unprecedented rangeof licensed merchandise; Howdywas featured on such products ascookie jars, night lights, coloringbooks, lunch boxes, watches, puzzles,and shoe polish.See this Howdy Doody Coloring Bookand over one hundred other examplesof licensed merchandise in Behindthe Screen.DEMONSTRATIONSEducators demonstrate the professional craft of filmand sound editing, and allow visitors to view a film ona Kinetoscope and play a prototype of the first homevideo game system. Demonstrations are conductedon Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.Visit movingimage.us/exhibitions for more information.ON VIEW IN TV LOUNGECoinciding with the theatrical release of The AmazingSpider-Man, starting July 5, each week TV Lounge willfeature an episode of the animated television seriesSpider-Man (1967), Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends(1981), and the latest installation, The Ultimate Spider-Man (2012).CLASSIC MOVIE SERIALS IN TUT’SFEVER Movie palaceRed Grooms and Lysiane Luong’s artwork/movietheater, Tut’s Fever Movie Palace, an homage to thedays of the ornate movie palace, is the perfect venuefor screenings of classic movie serials. ThroughAugust 3: Terry and the Pirates (Dir. James W. Horne,1940, 15 episodes). Starting on August 4 is Dick TracyReturns (Dir. John English, William Witney, 1938, 15episodes). The sequel to the original Dick Tracy serialfinds Dick battling spies and saboteurs in his questto bring the notorious Stark crime gang to justice.Screenings on Saturdays and Sundays at 1:00 p.m.,2:00 p.m., and 3:30 p.m., and on weekdays at 2:00 p.m.Aliens, Gadgets, andGuns: Designing theWorld of Men in Black 3May 9–September 23, 2012Rick Baker, the master special effects makeup artistwho has won seven Academy Awards, created the aliensfor the Men in Black movies. Baker’s extraterrestrials,as well as futuristic firearms and ingenious gadgets,are among the most memorable visual elements inthe comical action adventure series about a pair ofagents who monitor a population of unruly space aliensposing as ordinary citizens. Aliens, Gadgets, and Guns:Designing the World of Men in Black 3 presents over25 objects from the third installment of the series, andincludes Baker’s aliens, memory-erasing neuralyzers,fantastical guns, a monocycle, and the iconic blackshades worn by Agents J and K. Exclusive behind-thescenesfootage of Baker in his studio and on the set ofMen in Black 3 is also featured in the exhibit.Photo by Thanassi Karageorgiou2928 29