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"Lost Cleopatra" Film and Discussion
- Date: 03/29/2018 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
- Location: Newport Beach Central Library, Friends Meeting Room
1000 Avocado Avenue
Newport Beach, California 92660
For the centennial of its filming in Newport Bay, documentary filmmaker Phillip Dye will introduce his reconstruction of this lost movie 'Cleopatra', which starred Theda Bara, the siren of the silver screen. A small presentation and talk will be followed by a screening of his reconstruction of this lost film, 'Lost Cleopatra.' There will then be time for a Q & A following the presentation.
Doors open: 6:00 p.m.
Program begins: 6:30 p.m.
Q&A following the presentation
This free event is presented by the Newport Beach Public Library and the Newport Beach Historical Society.