Articles Filed Under: Eric Grayson

“The Payoff” at Garfield Park

April 26, 2018 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — Film historian Eric Grayson will screen The Payoff, a 1942 film starring Lee Tracy, a former top Broadway actor, at 7 p.m. on Sat., April 28, at the Garfield Park Arts Center, 2432 Conservatory Drive. Tracy was known for his role as the fast-talking reporter in The Front Page. … Read More

Local Film Historian Screens W.C. Field Films, Shorts in NYC

June 25, 2015 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis-based film historian Eric Grayson screened films and shorts starring W.C. Fields at a special invitation-only event honoring Fields at the New Amsterdam Theatre in New York City on June 22. Since 2005, Grayson has been working with two of Fields’ grandchildren, Dr. Harriet Fields and Ronald J. … Read More

Film Historian Discusses Restoration of Film Serial

August 22, 2013 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — Eric Grayson, the Indianapolis-based film historian, collector, and preservationist, has been invited to address the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) at its annual convention in November in Richmond, VA. Grayson will speak about his recent preservation and restoration of Chapter 5 of the 1929 film, King of … Read More