Thursday - September 28,
@ 7 P.M. through
Sunday - Oct. 1st, 9 A.M. ~ 2 P.M.

Bars of Hate (1936) Victory Pictures Corporation
Directed by Albert Herman
Stars: Regis Toomey, Harry "Snub" Pollard, Fuzzy Knight
Sam Katzman does it again with this Grade A, B movie.
It's a race against time to save an innocent man before he gets "THE CHAIR".

Archive Surprise #1
Direct from the Library and Archives Canada and introduced by DJ Turner. Co-Starring Mary Astor. (Silent 35mm)

Archive Surprise #2
Treasures fresh out of The Library of Congress lab.
James Cozart will give us the introduction & details. (Silent 35mm)

A Mormon Maid (1917)
Directed by
Robert Z. Leonard
Stars: Mae Murray, Frank Borzage, Hobart Bosworth, Noah Beery
Restored by the
Library of Congress
and the
Film Foundation
It's the 1840's and the westward migration has begun in the USA.

A young woman and her family are attacked by Indians but are saved by a Mormons traveling to Utah. The plot thickens as suicide, polygamy and love enter the picture along with the Avenging Angels, a band of masked Mormon militiamen who leave our stars in the desert to die! Live or die, the Mormons might have some explaining to do.
This film showcases the good and evils of Mormonism at that time and it's one of Mae Murray's few surviving films.

SUPERMAN (1948) Chapter 6 - Superman In Danger

Their Big Moment (1934) RKO Radio Pictures
Directed by James Cruze
Stars: Zasu Pitts, Slim Summerville, Bruce Cabot
Zasu and the gang are hired by a woman that's trying to help her wealthy, widowed sister see that her doctor is a charlatan.
A bogus seance is held in the widow's creepy mansion with real results, the spirit says he was murdered. Then the sleuthing begins!

Lonesome Luke's Lively Life (1917)
Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, Snub Pollard, Bud Jamison
35mm Print courtesy of The George Eastman House

Madcap Madge (1917)
Director: Raymond B. West Producer: Thomas H. Ince
Stars: Olive Thomas, Charles Gunn, Dorcas Matthews
Madge Flower is a high-spirited young lady. When Madge is expelled from boarding school for her practical jokes and pranks, she joins her mother and sister in Palm Beach with hopes of snaring a husband for her sister Julia.
35mm Print courtesy of The George Eastman House

Bolero (1934) Paramount Pictures
Directed by Wesley Ruggles
He rose to fame on a ladder of dancing ladies!
Stars: George Raft, Carole Lombard, Sally Rand, Ray Milland

Short Subject
Down Where the Limburger Blows (1917)
Starring The Katzenjammer Kids.

Short Subjects
Jasper's in a Jam (1946)
A George Pal Puppetoon featuring the music of Charlie Barnet and his Orchestra and the voice of singer Peggy Lee.

The Grub Stake (1923)
Directed by Nell Shipman, Bert Van Tuyle
Written by Nell Shipman
Produced by Ernest Shipman & Nell Shipman
Stars: Nell Shipman, Alfred Allen
A young woman is lured to the Yukon by a gambler with promises of marriage and a gold mine.
She and her ailing father go, only to discover it was all a lie.
Then the action starts!
35mm Print courtesy of Library and Archives Canada

The Fall Cinesation Presents...
Films you were not suppose to see on the big screen!
A cinephile from the region has offered to intro & share rare original titles from his collection, such as:
Technicolor for Industrial Films (1949) promoting use of the Technicolor process to industrial film producers.
Showdown at Ulcer Gulch (1956) with the Marx Bros. in color.
Beauty Secrets with Constance Bennett (1932) in Cinecolor

The Library of Congress Presents
Archive Surprise 2006 Part 2
Introduced by James Cozart

followed by

The Moonstone (1915) Mystery
Director: Frank Crane
Stars: Eugene O'Brien, Elaine Hammerstein, William Rosell
Just in case it's ever stolen, the diamond in the eye of the Temple's Buddha is cursed by the priest. Of course the diamond does get stolen and both death and the priests follow it to London.
35mm Print courtesy of The George Eastman House

A Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic (1929)
Eddie Cantor sings three songs & performs his standup act at
Flo Ziegfeld’s roof garden.

SUPERMAN (1948)
Chapter 8 - Superman To The Rescue

The Old Dark House (1932)
35 mm
71 min - Library of Congress mint print from the Universal collection.
Directed by James Whale
Stars: Boris Karloff,
Charles Laughton,
Raymond Massey, Gloria Stuart & more.
It's a dark and stormy night (isn't always?)
and several travellers get out of the storm only to arrive at a strange mansion that is owned by the even strainger Femm family.
From the guests, to the family, first impressions are deceiving. The exception is Morgan. He's the mute, alcoholic family butler!

SUPERMAN (1948)
Chapter 9 - Irresistable Force

The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Directed by James Whale
Stars: Boris Karloff, Elsa Lanchester
Restored by the Library of Congress.
This film is regarded as the high point of the Universal horror series and is a testament to the genius of James Whale. It's a story about a doctor who has made a few mistakes in the past and is going to quit the business until he is talked out of doing so. He won't make the same mistake again, you know he does.

A Silent Animation / Live Action Celebration
KO-KO NUTS. (1925) Ko-Ko and his dog take over a nut-house.
THE CARTOON FACTORY (1924) Out of the Inkwell Series.
A CONTINUOUS LINE OF THOUGHT. (1920) Goldwyn-Bray Pictographs.
FELIX SAVES THE DAY (1922) Felix steps in to try and save the ball game.
DINKY DOODLE AND RED RIDING HOOD (1925) Prod.: John R. Bray; Dir.: Walter Lantz

Wedding Present (1936) Comedy
Director: Richard Wallace
Stars: Joan Bennett, Cary Grant, George Bancroft, Conrad Nagel.
In this newspaper farce, the editor loses his voice and his job after being tormented by practical jokes. The joker ends up the new editor. His life changes, love and marrage follow, but not the way or to the people it should.

KIKI (1926) NEWLY RESTORED
by The Library of Congress
Stars: Norma Talmadge,
Ronald Colman Gertrude Astor, Frankie Darro, Marc Macdermott.
Legendary dramatic actress Norma Talmadge was a huge star in the late teens and twenties. That fact is sadly forgotten today as few of her films survive. She was known for her great dramatic work while her sister Constance was celebrated as a comedian. In Kiki, Norma excels in the only comedy she ever made, and after 70 years she will do so again!

SUPERMAN (1948)
Chapter 10 - Between Two Fires

Bella Donna (1934) Twickenham Film Studios
Directed by Robert Milton
Stars: Conrad Veidt, Mary Ellis, Cedric Hardwicke
Newly restored at the Library of Congress in 35mm.
Another "once lost, now found" title will highlight the Fall Cinesation.
Conrad Veidt plays a sinister Egyptian Mahmoud Baroundi and has a bad history with women. His latest victim is a bored American housewife that he treats like dirt and makes her like it.
Some how she falls in love with him and persuades Mahmoud to bump off her husband.

The Italian Straw Hat (1927) Comedy
Director: René Clair
Stars: Albert Préjean, Alice Tissot, Olga Tschekowa
A young man on his way to his wedding is so unfortunate as to have his horse eat the hat of a respectable lady while she is embracing her lover. Of course, the lady cannot return home without her hat, so the apologetic bridegroom is forced to search for its twin throughout his wedding day. 35mm Print courtesy of Kino.

SUPERMAN (1948)
(Chapters 6 - 10 this year)
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
6 - Superman In Danger
7 - Into The Electric Furnace
8 - Superman To The Rescue
9 - Irresistable Force
10 - Between Two Fires