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2024 THEME: FILMS ON THE NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY
This year’s festival celebrates the National Film Registry with a collection
of films selected for reservation based on their historical, cultural, and aesthetic contributions since the National Film Preservation Board’s inception in 1988.
LIVE EVENT, with FREE ADMISSION for all showings
@ White Concert Hall, Washburn Univeristy, 1700 SW Jewell, Topeka, KS 66603
Friday Afternoon, Feb. 23: Begins @ 1:30 PM
Overture & Welcome
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Introduction to the National Film Registry: Short Presentation by Katherine Pratt
To get us started film preservationist Pratt will give us some background on how the Registry took shape – 15 min.
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Early Short Films on the National Film Registry—Music by Ben Model
We will feature some of the earliest films on the Registry, from men hammering
in a blacksmith’s shop to the animation of Winsor McCay,
and the really bizarre Princess Nicotine.
Also featured is one of D. W. Griffith’s earliest films for Biograph, and a recently discovered snippet of film advertising a musical starring African American actors.
—Intro —
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(1893) |
Edison |
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(1896) |
Selig |
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(1900 |
Biograph |
—Intro —
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(1911) |
McCay |
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(1909) |
Blackton |
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(1906) |
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—BREAK —
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(1928) |
First National, starring Colleen Moore and Gary Cooper
—Music by Donald Sosin
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—DINNER BREAK—
Friday Evening, Feb. 23: Begins @ 7:00 PM
@ White Concert Hall, Washburn University
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(1927) |
Hal Roach Studio, starring Laurel and Hardy
—Music by Jeff Rapsis |
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(1924) |
*100th Anniversary*
starring Buster Keaton
Music by Marvin Faulwell & Bob Keckeisen |
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(1925) |
Paramount, starring Raymond Griffith
—Introduction & Music by Ben Model |
Sat. Feb. 24, 2024, 9:00 a.m.-Noon
@ White Concert Hall, Washburn University
Overture & Welcome
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On DVD, a special presentation by KSFF |
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(1914)
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Keystone, starring & directed by Mabel Normand
—Music by Ben Model |
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(1924)
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*100th Anniversary*
starring Baby Peggy & Hobart Bosworth
—Music by Jeff Rapsis |
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Lunch
Break (on your own), resuming at 1:30 p.m
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Sat. Feb. 24, 2024, 1:30-5:15 p.m.
@ White Concert Hall, Washburn University
Overture & Welcome
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(1920)
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Paramount, starring William S. Hart
—Music by Marvin Faulwell & Bob Keckeisen |
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(1922)
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by Martin & Osa Johnson, introduced by staff from Martin & Osa Martin Safari Museum in Chanute, KS
—Music by Jeff Rapsis |
—BREAK —
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(1922)
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a quasi-documentary by Robert Flaherty
—Accompanied by Ben Model |
Dinner
Special Dinner Event, Our Fifteenth Annual
CINEMA-DINNER,
Seating begins @
5:15 p.m.
Dinner: 5:15-7:20 p.m.
Special Guest Katherine Pratt speaks about her work as a media preservationist who specializes in digital film restoration.
— This event is by reservation only. Dinner is $40. Contact Bill Shaffer at bill.shaffer@washburn.edu to reserve your space —
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Sat. Feb. 24, 2024, 7:30-10:15 p.m.
@ White Concert Hall, Washburn University
Overture & Welcome
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(1927) |
Hal Roach Studio, starring Max Davidson
—Music by Donald Sosin |
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(1923) |
a German production by E.A. Dupont
—Music by Donald Sosin, piano, & Alicia Svigals, violin |
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