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Featuring great films to fill the four glorious days from the vaults of the world's greatest libraries and obscure specialties we are noted for from private collectors!
TENTATIVE TITLES SUBJECT TO CHANGE (more titles to be announced later)
THURSDAY, March 19th
9:00 am A BUNDLE OF BLUES (1933) with Duke Ellington, Ivie Anderson
9:10 am SAFETY IN NUMBERS (1930) with Buddy Rogers, Carole Lombard
10:40 am LESS THAN THE DUST (1916) with Mary Pickford, David Powell.
LUNCH BREAK
1:00 pm CARETAKER’S DAUGHTER (1934) with Billy Gilbert, Eddie Foy, Jr.
1:25 pm ALL WRONG (1919) with Bryant Washburn, Mildred Davis
2:25 pm TRAILER MANIA SHOW II Hosted by Ray Faiola
3:30 pm CITY OF PLAY (1929) with Chili Bouchier, Patrick Aherne
4:50 pm DOCTORS' WIVES (1931) with Warner Baxter, Joan Bennett
DINNER BREAK
8:10 pm GUMBASIA (1955) A film by Art Clokey
8:15 pm THE INSTALLMENT COLLECTOR (1929) with Fred Allen
8:30 pm THEY SHALL PAY (1921) with Lottie Pickford, Allan Forrest, Paul Weigel.
9:30 pm LOVE NEVER DIES (1921) Dir. King Vidor, with Lloyd Hughes, Madge Bellamy, Lillian Leighton.
10:50 pm THE LAST TRAIL (1933) with George O’Brien, Claire Trevor
11:55 pm WHAT PRICE VENGEANCE (1937) with Lyle Talbot, Wendy Barrie
FRIDAY, March 20th
9:00 am THE DESERT SONG (1929) with John Boles, Carlotta King, Louise Fazenda, Johnny Arthur, watch for Myrna Loy.
10:50 am WOMAN (1918) Dir. Maurice Tourneur with Warren Cook, Florence Billings.
LUNCH BREAK
1:00 pm THE WHEEL OF LIFE (1929) with Richard Dix, Esther Ralston
2:10 pm GREENBRIAR PICTURE SHORTS presented by John McElwee
3:15 pm NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS (1931) with Edgar Kennedy, Pert Kelton
3:40 pm THE DANCIN’ FOOL (1920) with Wallace Reid, Bebe Daniels
4:35 pm THE SECRET MAN (1958) with John Loder, Marshall Thompson
DINNER BREAK
8:00 pm THE BANK SWINDLE (1930) William J. Burns Detective short
8:15 pm JOAN CRAWFORD'S HOME MOVIES
8:45 pm THE CIRCLE (1925) with Eleanor Boardman, Malcolm McGregor
9:45 pm THE PERFECT SPECIMEN (1937) with Errol Flynn, Joan Blondell
11:20 pm DOCTOR X (1932) with Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Lee Tracy
SATURDAY, March 21st
7:45 am The buses will begin to load from the front entrance of the Holiday Inn for the 35mm presentations at the Palace Theatre. Last bus leaves at 8 am
8:30 am (Films may not be presented in order shown on program)
35mm presentation at the Palace Theater includes:
EVERYBODY'S SWEETHEART (1920) with Olive Thomas, William Collier Jr.
TWENTY DOLLARS A WEEK (1924) with George Arliss, Ronald Coleman
A MILLION BID (1927) with Dolores Costello, Warner Oland, William Demarest
LUNCH BREAK
BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK (1925) with Edward Everett Horton, Betty Compson, Esther Ralston
THE SHOPWORN ANGEL (1928) with Gary Cooper, Nancy Caroll, Roscoe Karns, Paul Lukas
BACK PAY (1922) Dir: Frank Borzage, with Seena Owen, Matt Moore
The buses will leave immediately after the presentations for the hotel
Program resumes at the Holiday Inn
4:30 pm RHAPSODY IN BLACK AND BLUE (1932) with Louis Armstrong
4:40 pm ENTER MADAME (1935) with Cary Grant, Elissa Landi
DINNER BREAK
8:00 pm STARBRIGHT DIAMOND (1930) William J. Burns Detective short
8:10 pm WEAK BUT WILLING (1929) with Billy Bevan, Dot Farley
8:35 pm BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR SID GRAUMAN’S DOG (1925)
8:40 pm IN THE PARK (1915) with Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance
8:50 pm WHITE GOLD (1927) with Jetta Goudal, Kenneth Thomson, George Bancroft, George Nichols, Clyde Cook.
10:10 pm ONE MORE RIVER (1934) with Diana Wynyard, Frank Lawton, Jane Wyatt, Colin Clive, Reginald Denny.
11:40 pm PADDY THE NEXT BEST THING (1933) with Janet Gaynor, Warner Baxter, Walter Connolly.
SUNDAY, March 22nd
9:00 am THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE (1940) with Allan Jones, Irene Hervey, Martha Raye,
10:30 am THE AUCTION (2009) - Sunday Morning - hosted by Leonard Maltin and His Stooges
12 noon A Tribute to Director Justin Herman:
Piano accompaniments by Philip Carli, Makia Matsumura, Donald Sosin, and Ben Model!
Registration or admission fee is required of each person attending Cinefest. Cinefest 2009 screenings begin at 9:00 am on Thursday, March 19th and will run through 5:00 pm Sunday, March 22nd. Pre-registration cost for each person before February 16th is $65.00, after February 16th, $70.00 for all four days. Remember, pre-registration discount cutoff date is Monday, February 16th. On a daily basis, the registration cost is $25.00 per day. Your ticket, as purchased, will admit you to all activities at the Holiday Inn during the four-day run of the Cinefest - all film screenings, dealer rooms, etc.
This year's 35mm screenings will be Saturday morning, March 21st at the newly restored Palace Theater. The fee is $25.00 and includes bus transportation from the hotel to the Palace Theater and back to the hotel at the conclusion of the 35mm program.
Dealer's tables are $75.00 each. A reminder to all dealers, you must sell film or related film material such as stills, posters, books, magazines, records, video tapes, supplies etc. No items pertaining to pornography will be permitted. Table rental fee applies for the entire four days, Thursday through Sunday. Dealers should also note that their tables or space occupied by them, can not be sublet without authorization. Table locations are given out at the discretion of Cinefest. Note: All dealers must confirm attendance by February 1st. After that date, tables will be on a first-come, first- served basis. Call Gerry Orlando at 315-468-6147, Mon.-Fri., 7 to 9 pm EST for confirmation. No tables will be held because you have been here every year.
Cinefest Dealer Information:
Gerry Orlando
101 Terrytown Heights Drive
Syracuse, NY 13219
315-468-6147, evenings 7-9 pm EST
mailto:gorlando@twcny.rr.com?Subject=Cinefest
2009
The registration form is posted below. Registrations sent in will be for the amount of $65.00 before February 16th, and $70.00 after February 16th, 2009 for the 4 days. On a daily basis the registration is $25 per day. Also, don't forget it's an additional $25.00 each for the Saturday morning show at the Palace Theatre, so the grand total for the weekend will be $90.00 per person before February 16th, and $95.00 after. Get your registrations in early!!
Please fill out the registration form and send it to:
CINEFEST HOTEL RESERVATIONS UPDATE! We have reached capacity according to both the group reservation person, Michelle Groth, and the Director of Sales, Tiffany Gallagher. Typically we exceed our block by a bit but the wiggle room isn’t there this year because of hotel renovations. Our Holiday Inn has secured a room block at the Comfort Inn & Suites, call direct 315.457.4000 and mention Cinefest and they will honor the room rate. They are located at 6701 Buckley Road, about 1½ miles away and they have shuttle service. Both hotels have promised to provide shuttle service between the properties.
Click here for a Map of the Hotel
ALSO, the Knights Inn across the street may have rooms available. They do not have the same prices as the Cinefest rate, but their rates may be close. Here is their information:
Knights Inn
430 Electronics Parkway
Liverpool, New York 13088
315-453-6330
You can also try the Holiday in periodically, as they may have cancellations!
MAKE YOUR HOTEL RESERVATIONS EARLY!
For hotel reservations call:
Holiday Inn - (same hotel as last year!)
441 Electronics
Parkway
Liverpool, NY 13088
315.457.1122
BOOK YOUR RESERVATION
ONLINE HERE! Use the code CIN for the Cinefest discount rate!!
http://www.mapquest.com - use Mapquest.com to find driving directions to the hotel from your location! Just enter your starting address. Your destination is already filled out for you!
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