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Lawrence of Arabia

Archive acquired of theatre and film actor Peter O’Toole

April 21, 2017 - Jennifer Tisdale

The Ransom Center has obtained the archive of British-Irish theatre and film actor Peter O’Toole (1932–2013). [Read more…] about Archive acquired of theatre and film actor Peter O’Toole

Filed Under: Film, Theatre + Performing Arts Tagged With: acquisition, Acquisitions, Bristol Old Vic, British theater, Dustin Hoffman, Edmund Kean, Eric Colleary, film archive, Harold Pinter, Henry Irving, Jeremy Irons, John Gielgud, Kate O’Toole, Katherine Hepburn, Kevin Spacey, Laurence Olivier, Lawrence of Arabia, Marlon Brando, Michael Blakemore, Michael Caine, National Theatre, Paul Newman, Performing Arts, Peter Hall, Peter O’Toole, Royal Shakespeare Company, Spike Milligan, Stella Adler; Robert De Niro; Edith Evans; Anne Jackson; George Bernard Shaw; Eli Wallach; Donald Wolfit, T. E. Lawrence, theater, Trevor Nunn

World War I Film Series highlights films made during and about the First World War

May 5, 2014 - Gabrielle Inhofe

Film still from "A Farewell to Arms" (1932).

In conjunction with the current exhibition The World at War, 1914–1918, the Ransom Center, Austin Film Society, and Paramount Theatre are presenting a series of 13 films centered around World War I.

 

The films will be screened from May through July at the Ransom Center, Paramount Theatre, and Marchesa Hall & Theatre. Tonight, Grand Illusion (1937) will be screened at 7 p.m. at the Stateside Theater at the Paramount.

 

Other films in the series include All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), The African Queen (1951), The Big Parade (1925), Gallipoli (1981),  J’Accuse! (1919), Jules and Jim (1962), Paths of Glory (1957), The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), Sergeant York (1941), A Farewell to Arms (1932), Shoulder Arms (1918), and Lawrence of Arabia (1962).

 

Screenings at the Ransom Center are free. Tickets are required for screenings at the Paramount and Marchesa Theatre and may be purchased at their box offices or on the Paramount website or the Austin Film Society’s website.

 

The Ransom Center’s Charles Nelson Prothro Theater has limited seating. Line forms upon arrival of the first person, and doors open 30 minutes in advance. Patrons are encouraged to visit the exhibition, which is open until 7 p.m. on Thursdays, before attending the screenings.

Image: Film still from A Farewell to Arms (1932).

Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Film Tagged With: A Farewell to Arms, All Quiet on the Western Front, Austin Film Society, Gallipoli, Grand Illusion, J’Accuse!, Jules and Jim, Lawrence of Arabia, Marchesa Hall and Theatre, Paramount Theatre, Paths of Glory, Sergeant York, Shoulder Arms, The African Queen, The Big Parade, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, World War I Film Series

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