The Department of Art History announces its World Cinema Series

On Behalf of the Department of Art History, Professors Evan Perry and Frank Cossa have begun screening classics in World Cinema. The next screening is tomorrow night (Wednesday, March 28) at 7:30pm in Calhoun Annex 108. The film featured this week is F.W. Murnau’s Sunrise(1927). The film tells the story of a farmer, unnamed in the film (played by George O’Brien), who is beguiled by a strnge woman from the city (played by Margaret Livingston) who tries to convince him to drown his wife (Janet Gaynor). The film won the inaugural Oscar for Best Picture (in the cateogry then known as “Unique and Artistic”), Cinematography, and Actress in a Leading Role (Gaynor). For more information about the series, you can download a flier here.