BRANDO! NOBLE! AUGUST 19! Join us for a FREE screening of the 1954 classic film On the Waterfront on Saturday, August 19, 2023 at 5 PM. Directed by Elia Kazan and starring Marlon Brando and Eva Marie Saint, On the Waterfront won eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Set in New York Harbor during John A. Noble's time on the working waterfront, the film features a cameo by the legendary Italian ocean liner SS Andrea Doria, the subject of the museum's current exhibition, Andrea Doria: Rescue at Sea. Dr. John Rocco, professor in the Humanities Department at SUNY Maritime College, will present an introduction to the film contextualizing it within maritime history.
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This public program was made possible, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature; and grants from the Lily Auchincloss Foundation and the Investors Foundation.