On Friday, December 1, the Secret Cinema will bring its 16mm projectors for the first time to a new venue, the Keen Collection at Bethany Mission. This unique, collector-curated museum provides a home for outsider art, including drawings & paintings by James Castle, Sam Doyle, Howard Finster, William Hawkins, Martin Ramirez, Bill Traylor and George Widener, to name a few.

The renovated 1869 Quaker meeting house was opened by Victor Keen to display his self-taught artist acquisitions as well as other art and object collections including folk art, Catalin radios, antique cast iron toys & banks, milk glass, posters, banners & photographs and antique toasters.

With a nod to the beautiful 1920s, '30s and '40s radios on display, we will present the little seen documentary THE GREAT RADIO COMEDIANS, featuring nostalgic broadcasts and latter-day interviews with comedy legends such as George Burns, Jack Benny, Edgar Bergen and more.

The screening will also include a rare radio-themed short film, and free refreshments.

There will be one complete show at 8:00 pm. Doors open at 7:15 pm, allowing time to take in the museum collection.

Admission is free, but space is limited. Reserve seats at Eventbrite.

As always, all Secret Cinema presentations are projected with 16mm film on a giant screen (not digital, not video).

The program will include:

THE GREAT RADIO COMEDIANS (1972, Dir: Perry Miller Adato). This little-known PBS documentary features original interviews with radio legends Burns & Allen, Edgar Bergen, Jack Benny, Jim and Marian Jordan (AKA Fibber McGee & Molly), Bob Hope, and Bing Crosby, among others.

With countless broadcast excerpts, rare photos and film clips of the stars, vintage newsreels, Bob Hope performing for the troops, Bergen with his living dolls on stage, TV, and out in public, Jack Benny live on stage, and much more, this film is a must-see for fans of classic radio shows.