Off-the-Square Screening Room to Show "The Ghost Army" This Saturday at Hyatt Place Hotel!

The Mystic Art Gallery is pleased to announce a very special edition of the Off-the-Square Screening Room.  On Saturday, September 21 at 6:00 pm at the Hyatt Place Hotel in Medford Square, the Screening Room will present “The Ghost Army,” a documentary about a top-secret U.S. Army unit that carried out series of deceptive operations during World War II.

Using rubber tanks, sound effects, phony radio transmissions and even playacting, the men of the 23rd Special Headquarters Troops – as The Ghost Army was officially known – used deception and “special effects” as its main weapon in fighting the Axis powers.  From June 1944 to March 1945, beginning in Normandy and ending along the Rhine River, over 20 missions were carried out to deal with a specific battlefield situation, each with its own carefully scripted scenario designed to play on the fears and expectations of the enemy.

Former Medford Mayor Jack McGlynn was hand-picked to join the covert unit as an audio specialist.  He will be our special guest at the screening and take part in a Q&A.

Unlike previous Screening Room sessions, this will be the only film shown that evening.

Admission to the Screening Room is free but there is a $5 suggested donation at the door.  A large crowd is expected and seating is limited, so attendees are encouraged to arrive early; a second screening may also be given depending on demand. 

For more information on the film, visit www.ghostarmy.org.

For future Screening Room sessions, the Mystic hopes to feature films by other local producers, and is actively seeking submissions.  If you have work you would like to submit or recommend, contact info@mysticartgallery.org.

For more information on the Mystic Art Gallery, its latest schedule of events and MACI, visit us on the web at www.medfordarts.org or www.facebook.com/TheMysticArtGallery, or call 781-396-ARTS (2787).