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5:00 PM – WELCOMING RECEPTION

7:00 PM – Q & A WITH MITZI GAYNOR

7:50 PM – ANYTHING GOES

9:45 PM – SCRAM

10:05 PM – KING OF THE CIRCUS

11:15 PM – END OF FESTIVAL DAY

5:00 PM – WELCOMING RECEPTION

7:00 PM – Q & A WITH MITZI GAYNOR

7:50 PM – ANYTHING GOES

9:45 PM – SCRAM

10:05 PM – KING OF THE CIRCUS

11:15 PM – END OF FESTIVAL DAY

CONCURRENT SPECIAL PROGRAMS

SOUNDIES AND JUKEBOX SHORTS OF THE 1940’S

SATURDAY, SEPT 3RD – 11AM  (90 MIN SESSION)

HOLLYWOOD HERITAGE MUSEUM – 2100 N. HIGHLAND

The 1940s saw a brief if audacious experiment in mass entertainment: a jukebox with a screen. Patrons would insert a dime, then listen to and watch a three-minute musical short. Our special program explores this long-forgotten niche in entertainment and cultural history with a variety of both Soundies as well as the products of its many competitors. Among the films that will be shared in this program are several rarities, some one-of-a-kind. Join us for 90 minutes of entertainment and delight in the music of such artists as Nat “King” Cole, Duke Ellington, Merle Travis, Louis Jordan, Henny Youngman, Kay Starr, and many more. Hosted by jazz-on-film expert Mark Cantor, whose forthcoming essay The Soundies will undoubtedly be the definitive reference book on this subject when it is released this fall.

PROPERTY MASTERS GUILD PRESENTATION

SUNDAY, SEPT 4TH – 11:30AM  (60 MIN SESSION)

HOLLYWOOD HERITAGE MUSEUM – 2100 N. HIGHLAND

The Property Masters Guild screens The Property Man (1914) starring Charlie Chaplin, with live musical accompaniment by pianist Adam Swanson in the Lasky-DeMille Barn, one of Hollywood’s first film stages, followed by a lively discussion about film props from the silent to sound era.

Guest speaker, Hope Parrish PMG, a third-generation property master whose grandfather started in the silent film era, will talk about the recreation of the film set for “Hell’s Angeles” in The Aviator. Hope’s illustrious career also included Water of Elephants, Django Unchained, Big Littles Lies, etc. She is the current president of the Property Masters Guild.

Guest speaker, Beth Werling, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, oversees one of the largest collections of silent film era artifacts, from the bat from Dracula (1931) to Mary Pickford’s curls. Beth is a collections manager, history lecturer, author, and board member of Hollywood Heritage.

Moderator Jeffrey Johnson PMG has been a property master for three decades. Recently he has been working in Hungary on Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan. Jeff is vice president of the Property Masters Guild. 

FEATURES (SOUND)

FEATURES (SILENT)

SHORTS

SERIALS

KINECON

This year, our sixth edition of rare broadcast moments, preserved on Kinescope, features some of the greats from the early days of Live Television.

Among the stars you will see are Sid Caesar, Jack Benny, Ethel Merman, Carl Reiner, Bert Wheeler, Danny Thomas, George Kirby, Howard Morris, John Cameron Swayze and many more. Return with us to those thrilling days of yesteryear! Kinecon At Cinecon returns!