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[This program is subject to change]

Fri. Feb. 26, 2010, starts at 7 p.m.

Overture by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra
Opening Titles performed by the Mont Alton Motion Picture Orchestra
Intros by Denise Morrison

Angora Love
20 min.

(1929)

with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy
—Organ music by Greg Foreman

The Vagabond
20 min.

(1916)

with Charlie Chaplin
—Organ music by Marvin Faulwell



Short Break
Intermission slides featuring Phil Figgs on piano

Special Guest: MELISSA TALMADGE COX, grand-daughter of Buster Keaton and Natalie Talmadge. Ms. Cox will discuss why OUR HOSPITALITY is her favorite Keaton film because it features her grandparents, her great grandfather (Joe Keaton) and her own father (James) playing Buster as an infant.

Our Hospitality
75 min.
(1923)
with Buster Keaton
—Music by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra


Sat. Feb. 27, 2010, starts at 10 a.m.

Overture by Jeff Rapsis
Opening Titles - Music by Jeff Rapsis
Welcome
and Intros by Denise Morrison

(1905) with Blair, the collie
Piano music by Jeff Rapsis
The Iron Mule
16 min.  
(1925) with Al St. John
Piano music by Jeff Rapsis
Thundering Fleas
20 min.  
(1926) with Our Gang
Organ music by Greg Foreman
The Magic Clock
30 min.  
(1928) A magical color-tinted animated feature, directed by Wladyslaw Starewicz
—Music by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra


Lunch Break (on your own), resuming at 1:00 p.m.


Sat. Feb. 27, 2010, starts at 1:30 p.m.

Overture by Marvin Faulwell
Opening Titles - Music by
Marvin Faulwell
Intros
by Denise Morrison

(1927)
with Max Davidson
—Piano music by Jeff Rapsis
(1916) with Douglas Fairbanks Sr. & Constance Tamadge
—Organ music by Marvin Faulwell


Short Break
Intermission slides featuring Jeff Rapsis on piano
— Cookies and Punch served in the lobby —

Special Guest: MELISSA TALMADGE COX
Melissa, the grand-niece of movie stars Norma and Constance Talmadge
will speak about her aunties and their lives after their careers had ended.

(1922)

with Norma Talmadge & Harrison Ford
—Organ music by Greg Foreman
(DVD Presentation)



Supper Break, resuming at 7:00 p.m.


CINEMA-DINNER

Served buffet-style
Featuring our special guest
Melissa Talmadge Cox
Bradbury Thompson Alumni Ctr., Washburn University, Topeka, KS
—Total cost: $25 per person (non-refundable) —

Tickets will be on sale at the event, but seating is limited.
Why not make reservations early? Send reservation requests to:

KSFF Cinema-Dinner
P.O. Box 2032
Topeka, Kansas 66601-2032




Sat. Feb. 27, 2010, starts at 7 p.m.

Overture - Music by Greg Foreman
Opening Titles - Music by Greg Foreman
Intros by
Denise Morrison

(1910) by D.W. Griffith, with Linda Arvidson and Mary Pickford
Piano music by Greg Foreman

The Moony Mariner
20 min.

(1927)

with Billy Dooley
Piano music by Jeff Rapsis

(1926) with William Boyd, Elinor Fair and Junior Coghlan
Organ music by Marvin Faulwell & Bob
   Keckeisen
, Percussion
   A Restored Film

There will be an intermission in the Feature Film

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