Subject: The 2011 Fall Cinesation film festival
Date: September 22 ~ 25
Location: Lincoln Theater - Massillon, Ohio
All silent film presentations
showcased the musical talents of
Dr. Philip Carli or Ben Model
All film presentations brought to you by the talent of:
Andy Eggers - Projection
Bill Hewitt - Film Inspection
Dennis W. Atkinson - Schedule Logistics
Neal Rockman of CardinalSound.com - Technical
Hooray for Love (1935)
Musical Comedy
Stars: Ann Sothern, Gene Raymond,
Bill Robinson, Fats Waller, Lionel Stander
As much sheer entertainment value as any
Busby Berkeley
spectacular.
Doug, a college boy aspires to become a Broadway producer. With reluctant songstress Pat
as his star, Doug stages a big-time revue,
financed by Pat's father, a con artist.
Then the plot gets really gets going.
A musical highlight is Robinson's "I'm Living in a Great Big Way," accompanied by Fat's Waller and
Jeni Le Gon
.
Feel My Pulse (1928)
Comedy
Cast: Bebe Daniels, Richard Arlen, William Powell
A rich but hypochondriac heiress inherits a sanitarium.
What she doesn't know is that it is a front for bootleggers and more
The Bad One (1930)
Musical
Cast: Dolores del Rio, Edmund Lowe, Ralph Lewis and Don Alvarado
A weird combination of reckless levity and ruddy melodrama.
M'Liss (1936)
Drama
Stars: Anne Shirley, John Beal, Guy Kibbee
M'liss, a wildcat daughter of the founder of the small town, lives a lively life. However she is tamed under the influence of a handsome schoolteacher.
Mountain Rhythm (1943)
A ROUNDELAY OF FUN!
The Weavers' Most Hilarious Adventure... Brimming With New Songs... Trimmed With Rollicking Comedy!
White Oak (1921)
Star: William S. Hart
Oak Miller is a card dealer that knows how to use a gun. Against her wishes, he is obsessed with desire to punish the man who abused his sister.
Fighters of the Saddle (1929)
Star: Art Acord
A ruthless land developer is running tenants off their land so he can sell the land to corporations building roads
Since you in what is probably the last Triangle theater that's still operating, why don't you show more Triangle titles?
We replied: What are you thinking?
Pending confirmation of course.
Betty takes a Hand (1918)
Star: Olive Thomas
Discovering that her father had been defrauded by a business partner, Betty goes to Los Angeles to take care of the situation.
Film print preserved for you by The Library of Congress.
The Gun Woman (1918)
Director: Frank Borzage
Cast: Texas Guinan, Ed Brady
A saloon owner loans her lover the money to buy a house, which he has led her to believe they will live in after they're married. Instead, he takes the money and buys a saloon in another town.
Don't forget about the hold-ups, deception, and a fire?
Film print preserved for you by The Library of Congress.
Comedy
Director: William Christy Cabanne
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Tom Kennedy, Gladys Brockwell
A timid young banker is hit on the head by thugs. Five years later, he awakens and, to learn what happened, he goes to Madame Leclaire, a clairvoyant .
Film print preserved for you by The Library of Congress.
Mistaken Orders (1926)
Railroad Action | Adventure | Crime
Director: J. P. McGowan
Cast: Henry Barrows, Helen Holmes
The vice-president of the C & E Railroad, fears that his ne'er-do-well son will never become responsible. He will of course, but how?
Is My Face Red? (1932)
Action / Crime / Drama
Helen Twelvetrees, Zasu Pitts, Ricardo Cortez, Robert Armstrong
A newspaper gossip columnist based on real-life journalist Walter Winchell, dishes up innuendoes, destroys reputations, enjoys hobnobbing with the rich and powerful. He makes the error of announcing a gangland murder before the police have found the body. The leak needs to be plugged!
Lord Jim (1925)
Drama
Director: Victor Fleming
Cast: Percy Marmont, Shirley Mason, Noah Beery
Jim, the first mate on a ship carrying Moslem pilgrims, deserts his post when the craft strikes a derelict ship. He is brought before an admiralty court and loses his seaman's certificate. After several years of vagabondage, Jim starts a life where his past is unknown.
He has respect, friends and advises the natives.
Then three of his former shipmates show up...
Film print preserved for you by The Library of Congress.
Director: Larry Semon
Cast: Larry Semon, Dorothy Dwan, Charles Murray, Oliver Hardy,
Nearing her 18th birthday, Dorothy learns from her "aunt" that she is a orphan, left on the doorstep as an infant. The aunt then produces a letter, found with the baby, that is to be opened when she becomes 18.
The story gets crazy from there. This is not your fathers Wizard of Oz!
Film print preserved by UCLA.
The Half Naked Truth (1932)
Comedy / Romance
Stars: Lupe Velez, Lee Tracy
Carnival barker and professional scammer cooks up a plan to get his girl on Broadway. Through a series of publicity stunts he succeeds in tricking a producer to let her star in one of his lavish productions. Once a star, she thanks him by showing him the door and fooling around with the producer. The second time around, he gets his way.
The Cop (1929)
Cast: William Boyd, Alan Hale,
Robert Armstrong, Tom Kennedy
A rookie cop is assigned to run down Scarface Marcas, a crook leader who he once befriended. Then Scarface kills again!
Film print preserved for you by The Library of Congress
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You Made Me Love You (1933)
Comedy with music
Director: Monty Banks
Production Company: British International Pictures
Story: Stanley Lupino
Cast: Stanley Lupino, Thelma Todd, Monty Banks (bit part)
A songwriter tries to woo the woman of his dreams despite the slight drawback that she can't stand the sight of him.
Note: We were offered this title a few years ago but the 1970's preservation was not up to snuff so we decided to wait for a new print. Guess what!
The new print is brought to you by The Library of Congress.
The Michigan Kid (1928)
Director: Irvin Willat
Cast: Ren�e Ador�e, Conrad Nagel
Jimmy Cowan leaves home as a young boy to seek his fortune in Alaska so that he may marry his childhood sweetheart. He becomes known as the Michigan Kid, a notoriously lucky gambler and proprietor of a gambling hall. When he loses at gambling and shoots the dealer, plans change quickly.
George White's Scandals (1934)
A pre-code musical
Cast: Alice Faye, Rudy Vallee, Jimmy Durante
Alice Faye makes her film debut in this rousing backstage extravaganza, an interesting assembly of Broadway revue, comic sketches, songs and dancing. Will anyone object to the implications of the "Nasty Man" song like they did 77 years ago?
Other songs and numbers include "So Nice", "Every Day's a Father's Day", "Following in the Mother's Footsteps", "Sweet and Simple", "Picking Cotton", and "The Man on the Flying Trapeze".
A NEW RESTORATION FROM
THE GEORGE EASTMAN HOUSE!
The Phantom Foe (1920)
A
Pathé
Serial
Cast: Warner Oland, Juanita Hansen
Chapter Titles to be shown this year:
(1) Doom (2) Disappearance of Janet Dale
(3) Trail of the Wolf (4) The Open Window
(5) The Tower Room (6) The Crystal Ball
(7) Gun Fire
The Showdown
(
1928
)
Drama
Cast: George Bancroft, Evelyn Brent, Neil Hamilton
In his never-ending search for new oil sources, wildcat driller Cardan lets nothing get in his way -- least of all his chief rival. Cardan begins cooking up schemes to dispose of his rival.
The ultimate showdown between them takes place because of a woman, who isn't too keen about being First Prize in a contest.
Film print preserved for you by The Library of Congress
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Lost Three Stooges film found!?YES!
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