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On the Bowery (Film Screening)
  • Date: Thursday, September 10, 2015 - Friday, September 11, 2015
  • Time: 11:00 pm
  • Location: William G. McGowan Theater, Washington, DC

On the Bowery (65 minutes) chronicles three days in the drinking life of Ray Salyer, a part-time railroad worker adrift on New York’s skid row. When the film opened in 1956, it exploded onto the screen, burning away years of Hollywood artifice, jump-starting the postwar American independent film scene, and earning an Oscar nomination. Restored by the Cineteca di Bologna, On the Bowery is simultaneously an incredible document of a bygone era and a vivid and devastating portrait of addiction that resonates today just as it did when it was made. The screening will be introduced by Film Preservationist Dennis Doros.

Reserve a seat

All public programs at the National Archives are free. Reservations are recommended; seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. The doors to the building will open 45 minutes prior to the start of the program. Use the Special Events entrance on the corner of Constitution Avenue and 7th Street, NW. Click here for more information on getting to the National Archives and parking.

Live captioning will be available online and in the William G. McGowan Theater. If you require an alternative or additional accommodation for an event (such as a downloadable transcript or a sign language interpreter), please send an email to public.program@nara.gov or call 202-357-5000 in advance.