The Dryden will screen Nitrate Shorts with live piano accompaniment by Philip C. Carli to kick off the Nitrate Picture Show. The films are:

• Movies are Adventures (Jack Hively, U.S. 1948, 10 min.): "The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences produced this short advertising the magic of the movies."
• Together in the Weather (George Pal, U.S. 1946, 7 min.): "One of the most beloved (and edgiest) "Puppetoons" by the famous Academy Award—winning Hungarian-American master of stop-motion puppet animation."
• The Kidnapper's Foil (Melton Barker, U.S. 1930, 17 min.): "A unique treasure of our shorts program, this early example of truly independent, amateur small-town filmmaking is the original that inspired Barker to travel the United States for forty years, remaking the same film with local children."
• En Kluven Värld (A Divided World, Arne Sucksdorff, Sweden 1948, 9 min.): "Arguably the greatest by the Swedish master of shorts Arne Sucksdorff, A Divided World is a hauntingly beautiful, poetic depiction of animal hierarchy in a forest somewhere in Sweden on a winter night."
• PÃ¥ Ski Med Per Og Kari (Skiing with Per and Kari, Norway 1948, 13 min.): "Based on the eponymous book by the Norwegian skier Tomm Murstad, Skiing with Per and Kari shows two children who receive skis for Christmas and then enroll in Tomm Murstad's ski school for children. The film was shown to children all over Norway."
• Something You Didn't Eat (James Algar, U.S. 1945, 9 min.): "A government-produced, Disney-made animated short on the benefits of a healthy, balanced diet."
• In a Roman Garden (Donald MacDonald, U.S. 1913, 12 min.): "Produced by the Powers Motion Picture Company in New York, this costume drama of religious subject is the earliest film shown so far at the Nitrate Picture Show."

[source: George Eastman Museum calendar, 2017-May-5]