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Captain America

EXHIBITION

Captain America in Tut’s Fever Movie Palace

May 24 — Sep 5, 2014

Daily schedule
Saturdays and Sundays: 1:00, 2:00, 3:30 p.m.

Weekdays (Wed–Fri) at 2:00 p.m.

There are daily screenings of episodes of classic movie serials in Tut’s Fever Movie Palace, an artwork by Red Grooms and Lysiane Luong that pays homage to the movie palace.



Captain America

Dir. Elmer Clifton, John English. 1944, 15 episodes. With Dick Purcell, Lorna Gray, Lionel Atwill. Dick Purcell starred as Captain America, a crime-fighting district attorney who attempts to thwart super-villain The Scarab. The most expensive serial ever produced by Republic Pictures, it was also the last appearance by a Marvel comic book hero in a feature film for more than 40 years.