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Crazy House
(1943)
Comedy
Director: Edward F. Cline
Cast: Olsen & Johnson, Percy Kilbride,
Shemp Howard, Hans Conried
,
Edgar Kennedy
& many more
Olsen & Johnson go to Universal Studios to film the successor to Hellzapoppin', while everyone at the studio runs for cover. Since no one at the studio will back them, O&J decide to return to Miracle Pictures to get their film started.
It's a musical? It's a comedy?
It's a something for everyone wartime movie.
When the Clouds Roll by
(1919)
Director:
Victor Fleming
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Ralph Lewis
Hollywood's original action hero, Douglas Fairbanks becomes the unwitting subject of Dr. Metz, who is secretly intent on driving Doug mad through hypnotic experiments. The best on screen nightmare brought on by ferocious indigestion is just part of the special effects loaded into this film.
Of course there's a girl, a huge misunderstanding, Doug's job on the line and plenty of frantic racing around before the colossal finale.
Designed as a "cheer 'em up film" following the dark days of WW1, this is a wildly energetic and fanciful comedy, that is truly life-affirming.
The Cradle of Courage
(1920)
Director: Lambert Hillyer
Stars: William S. Hart, Ann Little, Tom Santschi
Let's Go Native
(1930)
Director: Leo McCarey
Paramount's wild, merry, mad hilarious farce!
Cast: Jack Oakie
Photoplay review: This is madness - weird, wonderful madness! Every gag in history turns up somewhere in this insane hash of song, dance, and story....Terrific nonsense and how you'll scream!"
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You're Telling Me!
(1934
Director: Erle C. Kenton
Cast: W.C. Fields, Joan Marsh, Buster Crabbe
A hard-drinking, socially-awkward inventor wrecks his daughter's chances of marriage into a rich family and bungles his own chances of success by selling one of his more practical
inventions, a
bullet-proof tire.
Although W.C. Fields
drank immoderately on and off camera, he rarely played a scene in which he appeared pie-eyed drunk. The major exception can be found in this title
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The Forbidden Woman
(1920)
Director:
Harry Garson
Cast:
Clara Kimball Young
Diane (Clara), the toast of the Paris stage, is driven to America by the scandal created when one of her admirers, commits suicide in her apartment. Requiring a period of solitude before making her debut on the New York stage, Diane rents a house in the country where she meets and falls in love with her neighbor who turns out to be related to a dead admirer.
Print provided by Library of Congress
Song of the Open Road
(1944)
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
Cast: Edgar Bergen, W.C. Fields, Sammy Kaye, Jane Powell, Jack Moran,
The Condos Brothers, Reginald Denny,
Regis Toomey.
Child film star Jane Powell, fed up with her every move being stage managed by her stage mother, runs away and joins the US Crop Corp. It doesn't take her long to discover that being "normal" isn't that easy. A crisis causes her to enlist the help of her show friends to try and save the day.
Songs include: "Too Much in Love,"
"Here It Is Monday," "Delightfully Dangerous,"
"Hawaiian War Chant" & "Notre Dame."
The Westbound Limited
(1923)
Director: Emory Johnson
Cast: Ralph Lewis, Claire McDowell, Ella Hall
A railroad engineer narrowly averts injury to the daughter of the president of the company when she falls on the tracks in front of his speeding train.
After receiving a reward, he becomes involved in the villainous schemes of the presidents personal secretary.
For this Fine Arts production Dorothy comes to New York to become an actress. The stagestruck girl marries a man while on tour. Their bus gets stranded when the bogus manager is arrested.
It wouldn't be Massillon without a Gish title and this year it's time for Dorothy to take her turn.
The good news is the Library of Congress has the only print in existence.
The bad news is it's missing the first reel.
We've chosen to show it because that's what we do. Print provided by Library of Congress
Dr. Harriet A. Fields will be joining us for the weekend!
There is sure to be some Q&A and some rare film clips shown plus the features below that showcase her grandfathers talent.
Harriet is one of four grandchildren of W.C. Fields and they inherited all their paternal grandfather's artifacts and memorabilia.
Their #1 goal is to preserve and promote the legacy of W.C. Fields. Our goal is to help. http://wcfields.com for more info
Just Pals
(1920)
Director: Jack (John) Ford
Cast: Buck Jones, Helen Ferguson, George Stone
This is Fords' first effort after leaving Universal and moving to Fox.
Bim is a good-natured ne'er-do-well, has only one passion in life, his love for Mary, who is engaged to bank teller Harvey. One day, Bim rescues a small boy after he is thrown off a freight train and the pair become great friends. Mary is involved in a money scandle and Bim trys to clear her name with mixed results.
Is there a Doctor in the House?
Midnight at the old mill
(1916)
Director: Lloyd Hamilton
Ham and Bud star
in this short comedy.
One of the freshest titles to come out of the LoC lab this year.
The Soldier and the Lady
(1937)
Based on the story Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne and featuring battle footage from a French film version of the tale, this epic action-adventure follows a courageous courier of the Czar Alexander II as he struggles to deliver vital information to Russian troops fighting a losing battle against the invading Tartar hoards in Siberia. It's a straight ahead action film, adventurous, swiftly paced and blood-thirstily satisfying.
The lady in the title has practically nothing to do with it.
Grayson on Fields -
shorts - outtakes etc.
Eric Grayson, the hairiest film historian, will showcase all things Fields that his time allows. Not the common stuff either.
We are sure Dr Fields will be on call to help him.
Broken Chains
(1922)
Cast: Colleen Moore, Malcolm McGregor
She could hear the hoof-beats of the Sheriff's posse in the valley.
One minute more might be too late.
Peter is unable to come to the aid of a lady when her jewels are stolen, and, disgusted with his cowardice, he heads west. He has a chance to fight for her again and freeing her from a brute and from the chains with which she has been bound.
Print provided by The George Eastman House
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A Fool and His Money
(1912)
Directed by Alice Guy-Blaché
Might be the first film to feature an entire cast of black actors.
The Devil
(1921)
Director: James Young
Cast: George Arliss, Sylvia Breamer, Lucy Cotton
Evil could never triumph over truth, although George says he agrees, he plots to prove otherwise. This satiric drama is based on the 1908 play by Ferenc Molnar that launched Arliss's
career
on Broadway and was used to entice him into his very first film.
Print restored and furnished by the Library of Congress
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The most frequent comment we hear about the shorts program is this:
"I skipped it because I have one or two of them on DVD." This happens even if we show prints that greatly excel those on DVD. Well, we've gone to extra trouble to make sure that none of these shorts are available on video.
Cast: Dorothy Devore, Mary Carr, Billy Bletcher
Summary: a prodigal son's descent down the easy path of show life, living on unredeemed pledges and the occasional grants from his impoverished mother, who is finally forced into the workhouse. Meanwhile, a girl who is in the mother's ward enters into a romance with the son's friend, a better specimen than the son himself." The Cinema News and Property Gazette
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Liberty Belles
(1914)
Cast: Dorothy Gish, Jack Pickford
Freshman love blooms in spite of what the fathers want for their daughters.
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