Newsday (Suffolk Edition) from Melville, New York • 80

6- MftropolKaa HuMum of Art Clncmathcqua Frmncmisa Miunm of Modem AttIllm Stills Archiva Melodrama marks this scene in 'The Cabinet of Dr CaligarL' Buster Keaton looks dangerously inquisitive in 'The General' bills The Board of Estimate ku pnntponl hearings on a capital budget amendment for the $5100000 purchase Show of varied talents The talents of community theater organizations in Nassau will be combined in a multimedia production called "From Then to Now and Beyond" which will be mounted for two admission-free performances in county parks The production under the aegis of the Nassau County Drama Societies Committee and the Nassau County Office of Performing and Fine Arts will be given at 8:30 PM tomorrow in Wantagh Park and Thursday in Grant Park Hewlett The work combines popular drama excerpts poetry and music The drama section is directed by Donn Schrader of the Mohawk Players the poetry section by Feme Sleekier originally of the Long Beach Community Players with Blanche Rothstein of the Vector Theater of Long Beach as assistant director and the music section by Marc Goldstein of Theater Technics The stage manager is Mimi ruber students The films Include such noteworthy Items a Bunel's "L'Age dW (Wednesday) Kea ton's The General" (Aug 22) Lang-don's "The Strong Man" (Aug 29) a 1925 "Wizard of Oz" (Aug 15) a Keaton western "Go West" (Aug 2) a Raoul Walsh western "The Big Trail" (Aug 16) a silent John Ford western "Three Bad Men" (Aug 30) a Fritz Lang 1927 thriller "Spies" (Aug 2) Griffith's "Birth of a Nation" (Sept 1) DeMille's "Male and Female" in which Gloria Swanson takes her famous bath in a sunken tub Aug 18) Among the programs are new films from Europe and Latin America never seen before in this country They include Rosnellini's "Apostles" Parts I and II (Sept 2) and "The Little Theatre and Jean Renoir" (July 29) II Dancers sidestep strike The precision-dancing RockeSttes and the Radio City Music Hall were back in atep yesterday after a last-minute oontraot set dement averring a fliresftened strike The agreement was reached shortly before a midnight strike deadline Wednesday Representatives for the high-stepping chorus tine had sought higher wages and had complained about Music HaM policy of calling back to work dancers who had aocumularted time off Details of the accord between the -theater and Mhe American Guild of Variety Artiste were not immediately announced Three years ago the Rocketries struck die Music Hall for 27 days City's money 'drama The demonstration was me filing yesterday as -the New York Shakespeare Festival publicized lu efflorta to obtain funds for both its Public Theater and its "The Wars of the Roses" production in Central Park On hind outside City Hall were cast members of "Wars of -she Roses" "Sambo" the touring rock musical producer Joseph Papp and actor George Scott chairman of the festival board Papp said the company needs an additional $100000 to keep 'the admission-free cycle of three of Shakespeare's historical plays running in Central Park (through Aug 29 instead of olosing prematurely Aug 9 He also want the city to purchase the festival's Public Theater on Lafayette Street and lease it tuck to the Shakespeare Festival renovate fiw 1 13-year-old building and pay off pjws A city festival of all-time films Film culture Uvea You don't hav to settle for "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" or "Myra Brecken ridge" The Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art are offering an alternative through the end of the summer The Museum of Modem Art at 11 West 53rd Street is sponsoring a show in conjunction with Rochester's George Eastman House From their joint archives they have chosen 37 movies such as "The Cabinet of Dr Caligari" and "Warning Shadow" (Sunday and Tuesday) 'The Last Laugh" (tomorrow and Monday) Buster Kea ton's "The Cameraman" (next Friday) Murnau's "Sunrise" (Thursday and Aug 1) Von Stroheim's "Greed" (Aug 2 and 3) and Dupont's "Variety" (Aug 4 and 5) Among the other notable silent films to be shown are Robert Flaherty's "Moana" (Aug 8 and 10) Flaherty's "Nanook of the North" on a double bill wish a Britkh documentary "Drifters" (Aug 12 and 14) Fudovkin's "Mother" (Aug 13 and 15) King Vidor's "The Crowd" (Aug 16 and 18) Griffith's "Broken Blossoms" (Aug 20 and 21) Josef Von Sternberg's "The Docks of New York" (Aug 22 and 23) and the Russian-mads "The Ghost That Will Not Return" (Aug 25 and 26) The Museum of Modern Art charges 150 admission Film tickets are available on a first-dome flret-served basis on the day of performance For information and screening times call (212) 956-6100 Alt the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Fifth Avenue and 82nd Street 70 films from the 50000-film archives of the Cinematheque Francaise in Paris will be shown on 35 evenings from Wednesday through Sept 3 in the Grace Rainey Rogers auditorium The program is the first collaboration between the Cinematheque and City Center which is currently preparing a New York Cinematheque of its own to be housed in three theaters in its basement at West 55th Street The Met has volunteered its facilities until City Center's theaters are ready after Jan 1 Films from 18 countries are to be shown evening at 6 and 9 PM There are 11 thematic series priced at $750 to $1500 Singl admissions are $2 or $150 for ptns Nmdir Photo br Conn A'Cfri Feme Steckler rehearses her poetry-reading by water in Wantagh Park 9 A Friday July 24 If 70.