Film Series: Hollywood Modern

Film Design of the 1930s

Still from The Women (MGM, 1939).

The National Building Museum is proud to partner with the American Film Institute Silver Theatre and Cultural Center (AFI) in presenting a film series associated with the Museum’s exhibition Designing Tomorrow: America’s World’s Fairs of the 1930s. The film series, Hollywood Modern: Film Design of the 1930s, is a month-long festival highlighting modern design through classic films of the 1930s. Tickets may be purchased at the box office (opens 30 minutes before the first show of the day) or online at www.afi.com/silver. The AFI Silver Theatre is located at 8633 Colesville Road in Silver Spring, Maryland, Silver Spring Metro, Red Line.