Quick, name a 1950s TV show. If you said “Howdy Doody” or “Leave it to Beaver,” time to get your consciousness expanded.
What about “World of Giants,” a pilot about a six-inch-tall spy? Or “East Side, West Side,” a series starring George C. Scott as a social worker in a New York City ghetto?
Look no further than 4070 Vilas Hall, 821 University Ave., on the UW campus. That’s where you can find Cinematheque shows on Thursday and Friday evenings throughout the summer. For the 10th year now, Cinematheque has been plumbing the archives of the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research (WCFTR) to bring free screenings of the finest, wackiest or most ground-breaking cinema in its original form.