5:00 PM – WELCOMING RECEPTION

7:00 PM – OPENING REMARKS

ALL PRESENTATIONS ARE DIGITAL TONIGHT

7:20 PM – LUCKY STARS

7:30 PM – REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM

9:00 PM – WINDS OF CHANCE

5:00 PM – WELCOMING RECEPTION

7:00 PM – OPENING REMARKS

ALL PRESENTATIONS ARE DIGITAL TONIGHT

7:20 PM – LUCKY STARS

7:30 PM – REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM

9:00 PM – WINDS OF CHANCE

SPECIAL PROGRAMS & PRESENTATIONS

ON FRIDAY

RARE VITAPHONE COMEDY & MUSICAL SHORTS (1939-1944)

(90 MINUTES) FRI AUG 30TH – 10:00AM

Not seen on TCM and not available on home video! A selection of rare and unusual Vitaphone comedy and musical shorts including The Broadway Buckaroo (1939) starring Red Skelton in one of his earliest screen appearances; Matty Malneck & His Orchestra (1940); The Playgirls (1942) featuring several all-girl singing groups.

Plus, three from 1944: South American Sway with Emil Coleman, Joe Reichman and Carl Hoff; Sonny Dunham & His Orchestra with The Pied Pipers and Junior Jive Bombers. All on original 35MM prints from the Warner Bros. vault. Introduced by author, historian and archivist Mark Cantor.

MYRTLE GONZALEZ TRIBUTE

(30 MINUTES) FRI AUG 30TH – 3:05PM

Special tribute to actress Myrtle Gonzalez, who was a trailblazing Mexican-American star of the silent era who captivated audiences with her talent and beauty. Despite a tragically short life and career, her impact on Hollywood remains significant, paving the way for future generations of Latinas in cinema. In her honor we will be showing two rarely seen films from 1916: a short subject called The Kiss and reel two of the feature, The End of the Rainbow, both courtesy of The Library of Congress. In Attendance: Members of the Gonzalez Family (Schedule Pending).

UNIVERSAL & MENTONE SHORTS

(75 MINUTES) FRI AUG 30TH – 7:55PM

New restorations from NBCUniversal! This special program features a selection of newly restored short subjects from the Universal Studios archives including the beautiful 2-Strip Technicolor Walter Lantz cartoon Jolly Little Elves (1934); Show for Sale (1937) featuring The Original Big Apple Dancers; With Best Dishes (1939) with a young singer named Jo Stafford, when she was performing with the original Pied Pipers; and International Revels (1940) which includes an early appearance by Dorothy Dandridge while she was a member of The Dandridge Sisters. Presented by Cassandra Moore, Vice President of Archive and Mastering at NBCUniversal.

ON SATURDAY

BELA LUGOSI & BORIS KARLOFF:

THE TWIN TITANS OF TERROR!

(60 MINUTES) SAT AUG 31ST – 11:30AM

Author Julian David Stone returns with an all-new presentation on the careers of the two actors most responsible for horror becoming the thriving genre that it is today. Drawing on the extensive research he did for his novel, It’s Alive!, about the making of the 1931 Frankenstein, Stone tells the story of these two giants of horror, from their early days as aspiring actors to their overnight success from their breakout roles in Dracula and Frankenstein, to their incredible decade long careers making one classic horror film after the next, with a special emphasis on the eight films they made together.

KINECON 

(90 MINUTES) SAT AUG 31ST – 2:10PM

TV POKES FUN AT ITSELF!

Our eighth iteration of Cinecon’s popular retrospective of rare moments from live television captured on film before the advent of videotape. The main focus this year is on TV poking fun at itself and not taking itself too seriously, even in its infant days. We’ll feature Jack Oakie in his first starring role in a live television broadcast, The Battle for Wednesday Night with Rudy Vallee and Earl Holliman. Plus, we’ll be screening clips of Jack Benny, Fred Allen, Robert Preston, and Tina Cole.

ON SUNDAY

LAUREL AND HARDY RESTORATIONS

(65 MINUTES) SUNDAY SEPT 1ST – 2:30PM

World Premiere screening!

Last year we were thrilled to present three of the newly restored Hal Roach two-reel comedies from 1927 that Serge Bromberg had been working on. This year we are pleased to screen three more Stan & Ollie comedies from 1928 and the quality is unlike anything we’ve seen before. The film titles are From Soup to Nuts, We Faw Down and Leave ‘Em Laughing. All are courtesy of Lobster Films and Flicker Alley.

FEATURES (SOUND)

FEATURES (SILENT)

SHORTS (SOUND & SILENT)

DOCUMENTARY