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*How M. B. Curtis was the only citizen to ever pay to light the Statue of Liberty when Congress refused to do so in?1886.
*M. B. Curtis's early life and stage career in San Francisco.
*Curtis's huge effect on Berkeley.
*?The immigrant actor's ground-breaking play "Sam'l of Posen"?about an awkward immigrant.
* The play "Sam'l of Posen" and its effect on the nation's culture over decades.
* How M. B. Curtis became a national phenomenon
overnight with his portrayal of Sam'l?and was regaled wherever he went.
* The effect the play had on immigrants, Jews and traveling salesmen (then called "drummers").
* How Mark Twain approached Curtis to produce "Connecticut Yankee" on stage.
*How Curtis endured being accused of murdering a San Francisco police officer and three trials on the charge.
*How he was a pioneer in the silent movie industry, starring in 1899 and 1910 movies.?
*How Curtis managed one of the most talented troupes of African American performing artists and took them to Australia and New Zealand.
*The exhibit?will tell the tale of the town of Samlposen in Tehama County that Curtis dreamed up to improve attendance at his play in San Francisco.

On June 2, 2019 author Richard Schwartz will?offer an illustrated talk about M. B. Curtis's life and times and a tour of the entire exhibit?

Starting on the day of the June 2 talk (and continuing through August 22), a lost fragment of M. B. Curtis's 1910 silent movie "Samuel of Posen" will be shown on a repeating loop, courtesy of the Library of Congress, who restored the film clip. It has not been shown publicly since the movie's release in 1910. This is a truly historic?occasion.?

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