The Nutley Historical Society Presents . . . The Gary and Zeny Erbe Old-Time Film Festival

Admission is free, Light refreshments will be served

The Nutley Historical Society presented a special showing of old-time Christmas cartoons and short films on Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018, at the Nutley Museum 65 Church Street, Nutley, N.J. More classic films and short will be shown at the museum at 9:30 a.m., on Saturday, April 6, 2019.

The winter program included Christmas short films from the 1930s – 1950s that include “The Little Drummer Boy,” “A Christmas Dream” and “The Night Before Christmas,” as well as classic cartoons like “The Christmas Visitor” and “The Little King Christmas Night.” The showing will also include “The Little Match Girl,” an immortal cartoon from 1937.

All Nutleyites are invited to welcome spring at the Saturday Morning Cartoons event on April 6.

The Gary and Zeny Erbe Old-Time Film Festival

The showing marks the first installment of The Gary and Zeny Erbe Old-Time Film Festival, a film series that will be held at the Nutley Museum. All events will feature films that were donated to the Nutley Museum by Nutley residents Gary and Zeny Erbe. Gary Erbe, a world-renowned painter who lives in Nutley, collected all the antique films that will be shown and recently had them transferred to DVDs.

“We are grateful to Gary and Zeny Erbe for making this incredible resource available to the people of Nutley,” said Domenick Tibaldo, president of the Nutley Historical Society. “In addition to cartoons, the collection that the Erbes donated to the museum includes classic Westerns, old television shows, newsreels, travelogues, Civilian Defense films from the World War II era, and even films of classic prizefights. We will be thrilled to show these films at the museum in a new film festival that we are naming for Gary and Zeny Erbe to recognize their wonderful contribution to our town.”