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Sky Room Talk – Live Zoom Discussion and Q&A!
Tod Browning – Crown Prince of the Cinematic
Macabre, hosted by Keith Crocker!
Wednesday, October 28th at 8:00 PM - Zoom Invitation Link provided
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Public $7 | Members $5
Tod Browning – Crown Prince of the Cinematic Macabre: Tod Browning was once one of Hollywood's golden
directors during the silent era of motion pictures. He helped make a star of
Lon Chaney Sr. by collaborating on a series of film noir styled crime films for
MGM. He was recruited by Universal pictures for Dracula (1931). But his career plummeted after he directed the
notorious Freaks (1932) which went on to horrify and upset
movie patrons for decades: But what was the story behind this man and his
increasingly disturbing motion pictures? Join film-maker and film historian Keith Crocker for a
psychological introspection on one of the masters of the macabre, Tod Browning.
Keith Crocker is a Long
Island, NY based filmmaker and film historian. He attended the New York
Institute of Technology from 1984 through 1988, where he majored in film and TV
production. Keith’s first job in cinema was making short Super 8mm films used
for aversion therapy in phobia clinics. In 1993, Keith made his first feature
film, which was based on Edgar Allan Poe’s Murders in
the Rue Morgue. During this time, he also worked as a motion
picture projectionist and started a video on demand company. 30 years later,
that business is still running. From 1987 through 2005, Keith was editor of the
fanzine The Journal,
which published 25 issues before going into hiatus. In 2008, Keith
released Blitzkreig,
which was a WWII based film. During this time, he was also the co-founder of
Wildeye Releasing. He left Wildeye in 2012. Keith has been teaching adult
education at Nassau Community College for the past 18 year has also been giving
seminars on motion pictures to public libraries and community centers for the
past 25 years. He lives on Long Island with his wife/muse Christina Crocker. He
has two screenplays written for upcoming production.
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