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Introductions
by Denise Morrison
Music provided by Dr. Marvin
Faulwell
and by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra
Friday,
Feb. 23, 2001
Begins:
7:00 pm
Shorts
The
Daredevil (1923) Ben Turpin, the cross-eyed
comedian, stars as an early-day Hollywood stunt man, who can stand up
to almost anything. A fast paced gem!
Music by the Dr.
Marvin Faulwell
BARNEY
OLDFIELD'S RACE FOR A LIFE (1913) Another heart-stopping action
comedy featuring Mabel Normand and the Keystone Kops.
Music by Mont
Alto Motion Picture Orchestra
Feature
CITY
LIGHTS (1931) - One of the American Film
Institute's 100 Greatest Movies of All Time, this is also arguably
Charlie Chaplin's greatest feature film. Featuring Virginia Cherrill.
"Eloquently moving and funny" - Leonard Maltin
Music by Charles Chaplin (Soundtrack)
Saturday
- Feb. 24, 2001
Morning - 10
am to Noon Introductions - Denise Morrison
Shorts
FELIX
IN HOLLYWOOD (1922) - Before Mickey Mouse
became a star for Walt Disney, the biggest star in the cartoon world
was a cat named Felix, created by Pat Sullivan. Loved by kings and queens
and better known than most movie stars, here Felix meets his peers (Charlie
Ï Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks and Cecil B. DeMille).
Music by Dr. Marvin Faulwell
PERILS
OF PAULINE - Chapter One - (1914) "Through Air and Fire"
- The title says it all. This is Chapter One of one of the earliest
movie serials ever created. With Pearl White either hanging from a
cliff or tied to the railroad tracks, doing what else? Screaming!
Music by Dr. Marvin Faulwell
A
CORNER IN WHEAT - (1909) One of D.W. Griffith's best early short
films, this one tells the story of how corporate greed claims a heavy
toll on the farmers and their families.
Music by Dr. Marvin Faulwell
Feature
BLIND
HUSBANDS (1919) - An early feature directed
by Ï the Man You Love to Hate, Erich von Stroheim. A moralistic
story as only von Stroheim could tell Ï it.
(Lunch Break)
Afternoon - 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm, Introductions - Denise Morrison
Short
THE
BLACKSMITH (1922) - Another short comedy
classic Ï from the Great Stone Face, Buster Keaton.
Music by Dr. Marvin Faulwell
Feature
SUDS
(1920) - The delightful Mary Pickford stars in a change of pace role
as a laundress who longs for a handsome young man to return to pick
up his clean shirt.
This restored edition (being readied for video release) will feature
a world premiere music score by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra.
See stills from Suds: Suds
1, Suds 2, Suds 3,
Suds 4, Suds 5
(Break)
Feature
BLOOD
AND SAND (1922) - The legendary Rudolph
Valentino stars as a bullfighter caught between two beautiful women
- one good, one wicked. The bullfighting scenes are still considered
quite impressive. This film was a big hit, too.
Music by Dr. Marvin Faulwell
Shorts
MUD
AND SAND (1923) - Stan Laurel stars as
champion romancer, Rhubarb Vaselino in this hilarious send up of (you
guessed it) BLOOD AND SAND.
Music by Dr. Marvin Faulwell
PUSS
AND BOOTS (1922) - A very early Walt Disney cartoon with many
connections to the previous Valentino feature.
Music by Dr. Marvin Faulwell
(Dinner Break)
Evening - 7:00
pm to 10:00 pm, Introductions - Denise Morrison
Shorts
LEAVE
'EM LAUGHING - (1928) A Laurel and Hardy
gem with the boys going to the dentist's office where the laughing
gas gets left on and the boys head out in traffic for a frollicking
good time!
Music by Dr. Marvin Faulwell
IT'S
A GIFT (1923) - Snub Pollard, a diminutive comedian with a droopy
moustache shows off his prowess as an inventor of useless gadgets.
Music by Dr. Marvin Faulwell
Feature
BEAU
GESTE (1926) - An epic adventure about three
devoted brothers fighting in the French Foreign Legion, featuring Ronald
Coleman. It was remade scene-for-scene for a 1939 remake with Gary Cooper--which
couldn't top this!
Music by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra
About
Denise Morrison:
Denise
Morrison
is a film historian from Kansas City, Missouri, with a special focus
on silent film. She works as an archivist with Science City at the Union
Station in Kansas City, and has been involved with the Kansas Silent
Film Festival since the beginning. She was quite active with the Granada
Theatre in Kansas City when they were showing a full schedule of silent
movies. Denise will give an overview of the silent film era and also
provide introductions to each film.
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About
Marvin Faulwell:
Dr.
Marvin Faulwell
is a dentist from Kansas City who is a very accomplished theatre organist.
He has played for all of the previous four Silent Film Festivals in
Topeka. He has a large theatre organ in his home, and he also restores
the instruments. He has appeared in concert or has accompanied silent
film programs in Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, and Minnesota, and also accompanied
many silent films shown at the Granada Theatre in Kansas City.
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About
the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra:
The
Mont
Alto Motion Picture Orchestra
comes from Boulder, Colorado and will be making their third appearance
at the Silent Film Festival. The orchestra consists of a piano, violin,
cello, clarinet, and trumpet. They are quite active in their hometown,
have appeared several times in California, at the Buster Keaton Festival,
and have also made three CDs of salon and silent film music. This year's
program will include the world premiere of their music score for the
movie "Suds" starring Mary Pickford.
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