Charles Hyatt’s Funeral Procession, 1930. Legend tells us that college photographer Arthur V. Knott takes a picture of cadets training with cannons and fixed bayonets but fails to develop the film. Later, when Gen. Hyatt dies, Knott photographs...
At the Movies, 1933. PMC cadets attend a private showing of The Sign of the Cross at the Stanley Theatre, courtesy of the film’s director, Cecil B. DeMille.
Alex North Conducts Spartacus, 1955. A Chester native and composer of “Unchained Melody,” North wrote more than 50 film scores including A Streetcar Named Desire, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf, Spartacus, and Prizzi’s Honor. He receives the...