GME Presentations at AMIA 2010 Conference, November 2-6, in Philadelphia
/In 2010, the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) and the International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA) will come together for the first time in a joint conference: November 2-6, Philadelphia, PA.
GME is represented at two of this year’s Conference Events:
Friday - November 5 7:30pm - 10:00pm International House Theater
Archival Screening Night is the traditional centerpiece of AMIA's annual conference. It is a unique snapshot new preservation work, footage from recent discoveries and curatorial discoveries. Submissions are drawn from for-profit and non-profit institutions, and individual members and we work with host venues to support the full range of film and electronic formats submitted.
The Lady and the Stock Exchange (1962) Institution: Gartenberg Media Enterprises Presenter: Jon Gartenberg
This film is particularly relevant given the current financial crisis. Sponsored by the New York Stock Exchange, it dates from the prosperous Eisenhower-Kennedy era. The film stars Janet Blair and Eddie Bracken as a couple making their first purchase of stock. A revealing excerpt from this rare I.B. Technicolor print will be shown.
Saturday - November 6 10:30am - 12:00pm Loew's Hotel Philadelphia (conference meeting room)
The Life and Times of Siegmund Lubin: King of the Movies
Chair: Bill Morrow - Footage File
Speakers: Jon Gartenberg - Gartenberg Media Enterprises Joseph P. Eckhardt - Betzwood Film Archive Peter Decherney - University of Pennsylvania
In early motion picture history we all know the names of such film pioneers as Edison, Lumiere and Griffith, but may not be familiar with the name of Lubin. Siegmund Lubin, born in Germany in the 1850s, later moved to Philadelphia where he established a thriving motion picture business. The presentation will trace the growth of Lubin's film production enterprise as well as his personal evolution. Though at first regarded as a shameless pirate, Lubin became the first to vertically integrate the movie industry, taking on the roles of Producer, Director, Distributor, and Exhibitor, with equal enthusiasm. Emerging as one of the best-known figures in the film industry by 1910, he crowned himself the "King of the Movies." The session will also focus on Lubin's success within the larger context of early cinema, other studio production, and the issue of early film piracy.