Fowler Museum, UCLA
Westwood Plz & Sunset Blvd
310.825.4361
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The Incredible Mr. Limpet
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June 25, 2008 – July 23, 2008
Wednesdays (noon)
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Every Wednesday from now until the end of July, the Fowler hosts a noontime film series that complements its ongoing Mami Wata exhibition. Throughout the series, an astonishing range of animated and live-action features and shorts covers more than 100 years of mermaids in cinema. Highlights include haunting, romantic films like La Sirène (France, 1904); the 1964 Don Knotts nostalgia-fest, The Incredible Mr. Limpet; the synchronized-swimming spectacular Million Dollar Mermaid (1952), starring Esther Williams; and the comedic fairy tale Splash (1984). Even if you don't believe in fish-tailed maidens, it's a great incentive to take a long lunch.
