Annual Festival to Showcase Role of Native Americans in Lubin Films

Montgomery County Community College will host its annual Betzwood Silent Film Festival on Saturday, May 11 at 8 p.m. Science Center Theater, 340 DeKalb Pike, Blue Bell. Tickets cost $10 general admission and $5 for children under age 10. The films are shown at their original projection speeds with organ accompaniment by Don Kinnier.

For information and tickets, visit www.mc3.edu/livelyarts.

In its 24th year, the Betzwood Silent Film Festival pays homage to films produced at the Betzwood Motion Picture Studio  founded in 1912 by film pioneer Siegmund Lubin  in what is now West Norriton Township, Montgomery County.