Ithaca Motion Picture Project pushes for creation of museum to mark city’s film history
By Dialynn Dwyer
The nondescript building with a sloping roof next to the large pavilion in Stewart Park may not look like much. While it now houses maintenance equipment for the park and offices for Department of Public Works workers, films starring the likes of Lionel Barrymore and Pearl White were created within its walls during the era of silent film production in Ithaca.
The Ithaca Motion Picture Project seeks to return the building, known as the Wharton studio building, to a purpose reflecting its place in history by converting the building into the Ithaca Motion Picture Museum. In order to do so, a lease must be agreed upon between the city and IMPP for use of the building which may include IMPP’s construction of a maintenance building to hold the items currently housed in the studio. And, of course, funding still needs to be received for the building’s transformation.
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