The Stanley Kramer Centennial Celebration kicked-off with a VIP party at the Hammer Museum on Friday August 9, 2013, prior to the screening of the newly restored print of Kramer's Death of a Salesman. Stars from many of Stanley Kramer's films were in attendance at the event, including: Sidney Poitier, Louis Gossett Jr., Mickey Rooney, George Chakiris, Barrie Chase, Marvin Kaplan, Stan Freeberg, Cara Williams Barrymore, Theodore Bikel, Richard Erdman, Marsha Hunt, Barbara Luna, Bill Mumy, Marc Vahanian, Karen Sharpe Kramer, and Kat Kramer.