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Vintage Film Festival

movie-reels79The Foundation produces the Vintage Film Festival every year on a weekend in October. Full details here.

 

Marie Dressler House

MDH with new sign

The history of the Marie Dressler House is here.  It is now the home of the Interactive Canadian Women in Film Museum.

Dressler House is located at:
212 King street West (Hwy 2),
Cobourg, Ontario, Canada.


The Marie Dressler Museum has been expanded and is now called "Canadian Women in Film Museum".


Hours

Opening hours for Summer 2022
Tuesday thru Saturday, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm

Visit the new museum's website here for details of how to book your visit at other times

 

Latest Bursaries

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    Carter Holmes 2017

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    Kieva Earle 2018

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    Juliette Sinnott 2019

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    Andrew Atanasoff 2019

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    Mackenzie Earle 2017

  • Alyssa Brush

    Alyssa Brush - 2022

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    Kyler Tonkin 2017

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    Sydney Stewart 2018

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    Morgan Murray 2017

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    Ben Hughes 2018

  • Malcolm Jack

    Malcolm Jack - 2022

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    Ava Bogyay 2019

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    Olivia Rapsos 2019

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    Graham Beer 2018

  • Georgia Callaghan

    Georgia Callaghan - 2022

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    Stephanie Kooman 2017

  • Isabell Haig

    Isabell Haig - 2022

At Monday’s Committee of the Whole Council meeting, Marie Dressler Foundation (MDF) chair Rick Miller presented plans to expand the existing Museum at Dressler house to include two other Canadian female Oscar winners: Mary Pickford and Norma Shearer.  Rick said that he had firm commitments from partners in the venture who would supply material for the museum and assist with marketing.  To proceed, Rick wanted the Town to revise the existing lease from just a part of Dressler House to include the entire building.  After some debate, Councillors approved a revised lease and a bylaw implementing the lease was approved at their meeting on 9 September, 2019.

Partners

  • Mary Pickford Foundation – owns rights to all Mary Pickford images and other material – these will all be available to the museum
  • Darin Barnes (NormaShearer.com) - owns rights to all Norma Shearer images and other material - these will all be available to the museum
  • Film Reference Library at Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) – includes many Mary Pickford artifacts
  • University of Toronto Master of Museum Studies program (donation of design of expanded Museum)
  • The Corporation of the Town of Cobourg (external maintenance)

Presentation Photos and Video

Rick’s presentation included background information, an outline of plans and a short video promoting the idea.

Mary Pickford; Norma Shearer; Marie Dressler