Cinecon 44 Film Schedule This schedule is subject to change without notice.    All screenings will be at Grauman's Egyptian Theater, 6712 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood. Thursday August 28 7:00    Cartoon Centennials 7:45   Walter Mirisch Tribute Reel 8:00   Q&A w/ Walter Mirisch 8:30   MAN OF THE WEST (1958) Directed by Anthony Mann 10:20   TILLIE’S PUNCTURED ROMANCE (1914) with Charlie Chaplin       Friday August 29 9:00   The Iron Claw, ch. 13 (1941) 9:20   ACQUITTED (1929) 10:35   The Sign of the Cucumber (L-Ko comedy) (1920) 10:55   THE BLOOD SHIP (1927) 12:05    Lunch Break 1:30   The Awful Goof (1937) with Charley Chase 1:50   MURDER IN TRINIDAD (1934) 3:15   THE HOME MAKER (1925) 4:50   THE CASE AGAINST BROOKLYN (1958) 6:10   Q&A w/ Warren Stevens 6:35    Dinner Break 8:10   Off Again, On Again (1945) with Shemp Howard 8:30    I CAN’T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE, BABY (1940) 9:40    THE MOLLYCODDLE (1920) with Douglas Fairbanks 10:55    OUTLAWS OF THE ORIENT (1937)       Saturday August 30 9:00    business meeting 10:10    TRIUMPH (1917; incomplete) with Lon Chaney 11:10    THE EAGLE AND THE HAWK (uncut) (1933) with Cary Grant & Fredric March 12:25    Lunch Break 1:55    Rootin’ Tootin’ Tenderfoot (1952) with Baer & Rosenbloom 2:15    MODERN LOVE (part-talkie) (1929) with Charley Chase 3:40    SKY HIGH (1922) starring Tom Mix 4:50    HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1944) 6:00    Q&A w/ Elena Verdugo 6:30    Dinner Break 8:15    Screen Snapshot (James Stewart) (1942) 8:25    THE POOR NUT (1927) with Jack Mulhall and Jean Arthur 9:45    THE NINTH GUEST (1934) 11:00    OUTLAWS OF THE PRAIRIE (1938) with Charles Starrett       Sunday August 31 9:00    The Iron Claw, ch. 14 (1941) 9:20    Abie Kabibble Outwits His Rivals (LaCava cartoon) 9:30    THE DEVIL’S BAIT (1917) 10:35    CHAMPAGNE FOR CAESAR (1950) 12:15    Q&A w/ Celeste Holm 12:40    Lunch Break 2:10    The Iron Claw, final chapter! (1941) 2:30    CRAZY HOUSE (1943) with Olsen & Johnson 4:00    DAMON AND PYTHIAS (1914) 5:10    THE TEXAN (1930) starring Gary Cooper 7:15    COCKTAIL RECEPTION 8:00    BANQUET       Monday September 1 9:00    Hetty King (1970) 9:20    SING, BABY, SING (1936) with Alice Faye 11:00    RAIN OR SHINE (alt. silent version) (1930) 12:30    Lunch Break 1:55    Southern Exposure (Krazy Kat) (1934) 2:00    MAMMY (1930) starring Al Jolson in color 3:35    SPEEDY (1928) with Harold Lloyd 5:10    THE MENACE (1932) starring Bette Davis   We do our best to stick to the schedule, but changes and delays are inevitable.     For more information visit our website: www.cinecon.org

 

        

Here are some of the films that we have lined up for Cinecon 44. As always films are listed here pending final clearance and are subject to change.     THE MOLLYCODDLE (1920) Known as a light comedian on stage and in films, Douglas Fairbanks was looking for a new formula as his modern dress comedies began to slip at the box-office. The Molycoddle was released just before Doug's breakthrough swashbuckler, The Mark of Zorro, and it was a box-office disappointment, but it holds up as a fine example of Fairbanks's early work. Directed by Victor Fleming (seen here going over a scene with Doug). Fleming would go on to direct Gone With the Wind and The Wizard of Oz.       SING, BABY, SING (20th Century-Fox, 1935) Past Cinecon honoree Alice Faye will be seen in this 1936 musical film said to be loosely based on the much-publicized real-life affair between John Barrymore and the much younger Elaine Barrie. Also in the cast are Adolphe Menjou, Patsy Kelly and The Ritz Brothers.     TILLIE'S PUNCTURED ROMANCE (Keystone-Alco, 1914) UCLA's recent restoration of the first feature-length slapstick comedy, starring Marie Dressler, Charlie Chaplin and Mabel Normand. Directed by Mack Sennett.     THE FRESHMAN (1925) Yeah, the Lloyds are out on DVD, but there's nothing like seeing a Harold Lloyd comedy on the big screen with a theater full of people busting their guts with laughter. Largely a comic re-working of the 1917 Charles Ray drama The Pinch Hitter (with football substituted for baseball), The Freshman is one of the classic Lloyd films and in turn it has been imitated in any number of later college films, but seldom with the same hilarity quotient. Co-starring Jobyna Ralston, & directed by Fred Newmeyer and Sam Taylor.     MAMMY (Warner Bros., 1930) Al Jolson stars in this two-color Technicolor musical drama about a touring minstrel show. Long believed to only survive in Black & White,the film has recently been restored in color.     SPUDS (1927) Another silent comedy feature to be screened at Cinecon 44 is this newly restored World War 1 romp starring acrobatic clown Larry Semon   Here's a few more. TRIUMPH (1917) A new restoration of a long-lost film starring Lon Chaney and Dorothy Phillips with William Stowell. Directed by Joseph De Grasse. HOLLYWOOD SPEAKS (1932) The IMDB lists this as a "lost" film, but what do they know? The truth is that the film survives incomplete, but what's left is well worth a look. See it at Cinecon 44 for the first time since its original release. Genevieve Tobin and Pat O'Brien are featured, and Lucien Prival plays a von-Stroheim-like director on screen, while Eddie Buzzell wielded the megaphone in real life. SKY HIGH (1922) Many Cinephiles have asked for another Tom Mix film, and here's the picture that established Mix's reputation for tongue-in-cheek action romps. Shot on location at the Grand Canyon, Sky High deals with smuggling Chinese laborers across the Mexican border and features hair raising aerial stunts. MODERN LOVE (1929) Screen comic Charley Chase's first feature, and newly restored with its original music score and talking sequences. DAMON AND PYTHIAS (1914) Directed by Otis Turner, known as the "Dean of film directors" at the time, this rare early feature—the first completed at Universal Citywas made, stars William Worthington, Herbert Rawlinson, and Anna Little. SHOW THEM NO MERCY (1935) Cesar Romero, Rochelle Hudson and Bruce Cabot in a fast-paced tale of kidnapping and ransom. Produced by 20th Century Pictures just before its merger with Fox Film Corporation. THE POOR NUT (1927) Starring Jack Mulhall, Charlie Murray and Glenn Tryon, with an early role for future star Jean Arthur, this lost gem offers another perspective on campus life. ACQUITTED (1929) Produced by poverty row studio Columbia Pictures, this recently restored early talkie courtroom drama features silent screen favorite Lloyd Hughes with Margaret Livingston, and character actor Sam Hardy. Directed by Frank Strayer. IT ALWAYS RAINS ON SUNDAY (1947) An early effort from Britain's famed Ealing Studio featuring Googie Withers in a taut melodrama that takes place in the bombed out districts of London just after World War II. Rarely screened in the U.S., this is a real noir gem. THE BLOOD SHIP (1927) For many years this early Columbia feature starring Hobart Bosworth and Jacqueline Logan was only known to survive in battered 16mm prints, but this new restoration returns the film to its 35mm glory. MURDER IN TRINIDAD (1934) Just on the edge of the strengthened Production Code, this steamy tropical drama features Heather Angel and Victor Jory.