Shelley's Ghost: The Afterlife of a Poet Exhibition: NYPL Monster Film Fest presents The Headless Horseman
Date and Time
March 10, 2012
Location
Event Details
Don’t miss the NYPL Monster Film Fest, a trove of classic horror flicks that take their inspiration from Mary Shelley’s famous novel, Frankenstein, and its even more famous “monster.
The Headless Horseman (1922)
This adaptation of Washington Irving’s American Gothic story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” features Will Rogers as Ichabod Crane, the beseiged Yankee schoolmaster of a Dutch Hudson Valley town. Silent film. Directed by Edward Venturini; 94 minutes.
Support
Support for Shelley's Ghost: The Afterlife of a Poet has been generously provided by the Aronson and Pforzheimer Families. Support for The New York Public Library’s Exhibitions Program has been provided by Celeste Bartos, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Mahnaz Ispahani Bartos and Adam Bartos Exhibitions Fund, and Jonathan Altman.