Is a film festival a festival without a lot of movies?
Not if you're a true cinephile in a theater!

SUPERMAN (Chapters 1- 5 this year)
(1948)
Kirk Alyn is Superman / Clark Kent.
One of most entertaining serials ever made and one of the most successful. Pure fun that includes the "Spider Lady" Carol Forman,
one of the first villainesses in serials.
35mm Prints courtesy of The Library of Congress

The Danger Signal (1925)
(a lost film until this year!)
Restoration is now done by
The Library of Congress
Director: Erle C. Kenton
Stars: Jane Novak, Dorothy Revier, Gaston Glass
A railroad picture you haven't seen!
For more information on The Novak Sisters and Steam Trains, click here
35mm Print courtesy of The Library of Congress

Short Subject:
Superman (1948) serial chapter 1
Kirk Alyn is Superman / Clark Kent.
Feature:
Let's Make a Million
( 1936) Comedy
Edward Everett Horton, Charlotte Wynters
A WWI veteran gets married after receiving his bonus money from the government. His family gets involved and tells him how the tidy sum should be invested in oil.
Then con men show up. Will anyone strike it rich?

Superman (1948) serial chapter 2
1 reel short TBA
Feature:
Ladies Love Brutes
(1930)

The George Eastman House Archive surprise!
followed with
The Whispering Chorus
(1918) Crime - Psychological Drama
Director, Writer & Producer: Cecil B. DeMille
Stars: Raymond Hatton, Kathlyn Williams, Tully Marshall, Noah Beery
Raymond Hatton gives the performance of his career as embezzling bank clerk John Trimble. When a state investigation of company funds threatens to expose his activities, John runs and ends up changing clothes with a corpse that has drifted ashore. He mutilates the body and sets it adrift, and later, it is reported that John has been murdered. THEN it starts getting interesting!
35mm Print courtesy of The George Eastman House

Short Subject:
Jungle Jam (1931) Van Beuren Studios
Stars: Tom, Jerry
Feature:
One Frightened Night
(1935)
It's a Mystery, a Comedy and a Whodunit
Stars: Charley Grapewin, Wallace Ford,
Lucien Littlefield, Regis Toomey
Known to be one of Mascot Pictures best!
Hoping to avoid the new inheritance tax, millionaire Jasper Whyte (Charles Grapewin) gathers together his relatives and associates and announces that he intends to give away his fortune to his long-lost granddaughter Doris - but if she doesn't show up for the reading of the will, the money will be divided evenly among the heirs. Among those present are two girls who both claim to be Doris. When one of the girls is poisoned, the real fun begins.

Cinema Potpourri for night owls
Just might be a 35mm silent animation. Might be comedies. Might be both!
It will be titles you have not seen in a long time, if ever.

Saturday 9am

Library of Congress Archive surprise
Mr. Cozart, the representative from the LoC, wants 60 minutes of our time to show off something we'll really enjoy. He ask for a piano player too.

Library and Archives Canada Archive surprise
D.J. Turner is bringing a silent title that you don't want to miss.
Worth the 30min investment!

Short Subject:
Superman (1948) serial chapter 3
Feature:
A Lady's Profession (1933)
Stars: Alison Skipworth, Roland Young, Roscoe Karns
A couple of down-and-out British aristocrats buy an American roadhouse in this uproarious farce from Paramount.

Short Subject:
Superman (1948) serial chapter 4
Feature:
Hot Saturday
(1932) Romantic Comedy - Pre-Code
They gave her a bad name...and she lived up to it!
Stars: Nancy Carroll, Cary Grant, Randolph Scott, Grady Sutton
Ruth, a socialite, has an argument with her man. Her revenge includes spending a day and a lot of the night with a local playboy. Small town gossip ensues ~ she loses her job and her life is turned upside down. The ending is supposed to be a surprise, so don't look it up!

Prodigal Daughters
A recreation of a lost 1923 Gloria Swanson film. It has been made by a history major at Kent State University. Go to www.blueleofilm.com for all the details and more.

What's Worth While?
(1921) comedy-drama
Director Lois Weber, Producer Lois Weber, Writer Lois Weber
Stars: Claire Windsor, Arthur Stuart Hull
A film about love, rejection, wealth, poverty and compromise.
Lois Weber is considered by many the most important American woman director of the silent era.
35mm Print courtesy of The Library of Congress

Murders in the Zoo

When Dawn Came ( a lost film until this year!)
(1920) Drama
Stars: Colleen Moore, Lee Shumway, Kathleen Kirkham
Restoration being done now by The Library of Congress
Choices are made in the name of love, or is it lust?
The results will be seen!
We have been told this will be the first time that this formerly-lost Colleen Moore film has been seen since its original release.
35mm Print courtesy of The Library of Congress

Short Subject:
Superman (1948) serial chapter 5
Feature:
From Nine to Nine
(1935) Mystery
Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer
Stars: Ruth Roland, Roland Drew
When is the last time you saw this title in a theater!?
Just one more reason to attend and support film preservation.
35mm Print courtesy of The Library and Archives Canada

The Dixie Flyer
(1926) Additional newly discovered scenes added by The Library of Congress.
Director: Charles J. Hunt
Cast: Cullen Landis, Eva Novak, Pat Harmon
For more information on the Novak Sisters and Steam Trains, click here
The vice-president of railroad seeks removal of president and stirs up insurrection in ranks with exception of a young foreman.
The president's daughter seeks to find trouble and meets foreman.
Do they defeat the attempts of vice-president and find mutual love?
35mm Print courtesy of The Library of Congress

This page last modified on 9/21/05

Colleen Moore in When Dawn Came

One Cinesation bonus that everyone loves is the "Archive surprise"
and it will return possibly featuring items of interest along with the representatives from:
Library of Congress - A confirmed silent surprise.
George Eastman House. A confirmed silent surprise.
Library and Archives Canada - A confirmed silent surprise.