What a wonderful experience we had at the Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention in Gainesville, Florida! We thank the Cade Museum staff and volunteers for their hospitality and for the opportunity to educate so many people about Norman Studios. Nearly 9,000 people were able to view the exhibit. Four special events also took place: … [Read more…]
Beginning on Monday, September 16, the Norman Studios is proud to present an exhibit at the Jacksonville Public Library. The exhibit features the history of silent films in Jacksonville as well as of Richard Norman and his studios complex. In addition to various of the items previously shown at the Norman Studios exhibit at the … [Read more…]
Meet David Norman, the grandson of filmmaker and inventor Richard Norman, on Sunday, August 11, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., as part of the Meet the Inventor Series at the Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention in Gainesville. As an added bonus on the same day at 5 p.m. there will be an encore … [Read more…]
A showing of The Flying Ace on June 28 with live musical accompaniment will be presented as part of the Norman Studios’ presents The Flying Ace exhibit at the Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention. The film will screen at the Cade, located at 811 South Main Street in Gainesville, on June 28th from 6:00 … [Read more…]
An exhibit entitled “Norman Studios presents The Flying Ace at the Cade” will open at the Cade Museum in Gainesville, Florida on June 14. The exhibition explores the career of Richard Norman, Jr., the founder of Norman Studios, as a producer of home talent and other local motions pictures and as a major producer of … [Read more…]
Norman Studios Vice President Barbara Wingo recently appeared on Gainesville’s Ilene Silverman Show, a half-hour public affairs program that has been on the air for over a decade. The show highlights the culture people that make North Central Florida such a special place to live and visit. In the show, available on YouTube and select … [Read more…]
The beautiful Fay Wray began her career in silent films. Perhaps her most famous silent film is The Wedding March with Erick von Stroheim. However, even though she starred in over 75 films, she is remembered today as the unwilling object of the affections of Kong, her very unusual costar in the 1933 motion picture … [Read more…]
By Barbara Wingo Mostly Lost, sponsored by the Library of Congress at its Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation in Culpeper, Virginia, is a meeting in which the audience actively assists in identifying unidentified and “under-identified” films and film fragments, primarily from the silent era. In addition, presentations on various aspects of early filmmaking are … [Read more…]
Fans of the Norman Studios’ Silent Sundays film series are in for a musical treat. Our next screening, featuring Norma Talmadge in 1916’s “The Social Secretary,” will also feature live musical accompaniment by renowned pianist Bernie Katzman. And, for the first time, we’ll go live with Katzman’s performance streamed on Twitch.TV Known as the “PianoImproMan”, … [Read more…]
By Cher Davis As a Black actress in today’s entertainment industry, I have often felt duty-bound to pay homage to those individuals who have, throughout history, paved the way for ongoing generations of Black performers to be recognized for their talent, not for the color of their skin. One such individual is Egbert Austin Williams, … [Read more…]