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LIVE EVENT, with FREE ADMISSION for all showings
@ White Concert Hall, Washburn Univeristy, 1700 SW Jewell, Topeka, KS 66603
Fri.
Feb. 24, 2023, 1:30 p.m.
Overture/Credits by Ben Model
Welcome & Introductions by Denise Morrison
Talk about Film: Bruce Calvert talks about the "Movie-Going Experience in the Silent Era" (30 min.)
Dinner
Break @ 5:00 PM (on your own)
Feb. 24, 2023, 7:00 p.m.
All Harold Lloyd Evening
Overture/Credits by Rodney Sauer
Welcome & Introductions by Denise Morrison
Sat.
Feb. 25, 2023, 9:00 a.m.
Overture/Credits by Jeff Rapsis
Welcome & Introductions by Bill Shaffer and Denise Morrison
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Documentary about the discovery and excavation of the sets and props in sand dunes of Southern California after DeMille finished shooting the 1923 version of The Ten Commandments (which will be shown on Sat. Night. Produced by Peter Brosnan.)
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with Baby Peggy
—Music by Ben Model
Restored by the Museum of Modern Art. Print courtesy of MoMA and Undercrank Productions. |
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(1923) |
with Douglas MacLean, John Steppling, Margaret Loomis, and Edgar Kennedy
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Music by Jeff Rapsis & Bob Keckeisen
Restored by Undercrank Productions. Print courtesy of the Library of Congress and Undercrank Productions. |
Lunch
Break @ Noon (on your own)
Sat. Feb. 25, 2023, 1:00 p.m.
Overture/Credits by Bill Beningfield
Welcome & Introductions by Denise Morrison
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(1923) |
with Marion Davies, Harrison Ford and Courtenay Foote
—Music by Ben Model
Restored by Undercrank Productions.. Print courtesy of Undercrank Productions and the Library of Congress. Special thanks to Ed Lorusso.
—Book Signing (Lobby) by Lara Gabrielle, author of Captain Of Her Soul: The Life of Marrion Davies |
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with Charlie Chaplin, Edna Perviance, Syd Chaplin and Mack Swain
—Music by Ben Model |
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(1923) |
a film by Charlie Chaplin with Edna Purviance, Carl Miller and Adolphe Menjou
—Music by Rodney Sauer |
Dinner Break
Special Dinner Event,
Our Fourteenth CINEMA-DINNER,
Seating begins @
5:15 p.m.
Dinner: 5:30-7:15 p.m.
Speaker is Lara Gabrielle, speaking on "The Life of Marion Davies." Lara is a film writer and researcher whose work on Marion Davies has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The San Francisco Chronicle, Air Mail, and on PBS's American Experience. Her biography, Captain of Her Soul: The Life of Marion Davies, was named one of Alta Journal's top books to read this past fall, and it was included in Leonard Maltin's list of 5 new and notable books. She has spoken about Davies at film festivals and retrospectives worldwide and has served as a consultant on her life and legacy for books, dissertations, and film projects. Gabrielle lives in Oakland, CA.
— This event is by reservation only, a ticketed event. Advance tickets are on sale for $40 per seat till Feb. 20.
Please send your check made out to: Kansas Silent Film Festival, along with the number of tickets. to P. O. Box 2032, Topeka, KS 66601-2032
This dinner event sells out quickly so if you miss the deadline, you may still be able to pick up a ticket at 'Will Call' in the lobby of White Concert Hall on Friday night and part of Saturday.
If you sent in a check and don't receive your tickets by the day of the event, please check at 'Will Call.'
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(1909) |
Newly restored D.W. Griffith short
—Music by Jeff Rapsis |
The Ten Commandments
100th Anniversary—136 min.
—an intermission will be taken during this film's showing
WRAP-UP
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(1923) |
Cecil B. DeMille's epic feature with Leatrice Joy, Richard Dix, Nita Naldi, Theodore Roberts, Rod LaRocque and Julia Faye
—Music by Marvin Faulwell & Bob Keckeisen |
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