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Night at the Opera House<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, October 11, 2016<\/p>\n\n\n\n

STEPHENVILLE, Texas\u2014Kick off your Halloween festivities Saturday, Oct. 29, with a free screening of the 1931 classic horror film Frankenstein<\/em> as Tarleton State University\u2019s W.K. Gordon Center for Industrial History of Texas hosts Night at the Opera House.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The screening begins at 6:30 p.m. in the museum\u2019s theater in the historic ghost town of Thurber. Free refreshments will be served at intermission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Produced by Universal Pictures, the definitive monster\/horror film of all time is the screen version of Mary Shelley\u2019s Gothic 1818 nightmarish novel of the same name and stars Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Mae Clarke and John Boles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The film and novel\u2019s name comes from the mad, obsessed scientist, Dr. Henry Frankenstein (Colin Clive), who experimentally creates an artificial life\u2014an unnamed monster (Boris Karloff)\u2014who ultimately terrorizes the Bavarian countryside after being mistreated by his maker\u2019s assistant, Fritz, and society as a whole. In the film\u2019s most famous scene, Frankenstein befriends a young girl named Maria at the edge of a lake and mistakenly throws her into the water where she drowns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seating for the upcoming Night at the Opera House is limited. Reservations are encouraged. Call 254-968-1886 or email gordoncenter@tarleton.edu<\/a> to save your spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The W.K. Gordon Center, a Tarleton museum and research facility, is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and from 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays. The center is located at Exit 367 on Interstate 20 between Fort Worth and Abilene. For more information, visit www.tarleton.edu\/gordoncenter<\/a> or the museum\u2019s Facebook page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tarleton, a member of The Texas A&M University System, provides a student-focused, value-driven educational experience marked by academic innovation and exemplary service, and dedicated to transforming students into tomorrow\u2019s professional leaders. With campuses in Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, Midlothian and online, Tarleton engages with its communities to provide real-world learning experiences and to address societal needs while maintaining its core values of integrity, leadership, tradition, civility, excellence and service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Contact: Mary Adams, Museum Educator \/ Facilities Manager
254-968-1886
mkadams@tarleton.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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