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KSFF 2026 Program
2026 KSFF Program Listing
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LIVE EVENT, with FREE ADMISSION for all showings
@ White Concert Hall, Washburn Univeristy, 1700 SW Jewell, Topeka, KS 66603

Friday Afternoon, Feb. 27: @ 1:30 PM

—Intro—
Cinderella
6 min.
(FR, 1899)
 by George Melies
—Music by Bill Beningfield
(GB, 1903)
 from Cecil Hepworth
—Music by Bill Beningfield
Snow White
63 min.
(US, 1916)
 Marguerite Clark
—Music by Jeff Rapsis

—INTERMISSION, 15 minutes—

—Afternoon films with Guest Melissa Talmadge Cox—
Neighbors
20 min.
(US, 1920)
 Buster Keaton
—Music by Marvin Faulwell
US, 2024)
 Constance Talmedge
—Music by Ben Model
 
—DINNER BREAK—

Friday Evening, Feb. 27: Begins @ 7:30 PM

(US, 1913)
 D. W. Griffith
—Music by Bill Beningfield
(US, 1925)
 Charley Chase
—Music by Jeff Rapsis
(US, 1928)
 Laurel and Hardy
Music by Ben Model

—INTERMISSION, 10 minutesx—

(US, 1926)
 Reginald Denny
Music by Marvin Faulwell & Bob Keckeisen

Saturday Morning, Feb. 28, 2026, 9:00 a.m.

  Continuing series on history of silent film
(US, 1929)
 Tom Tyler
—Music by Ben Model
The Toll Gate
54 min.
(US, 1920)
 William S. Hart
—Music by Jeff Rapsis
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LUNCH BREAK (on your own), resuming at 1:30 p.m
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Saturday Afternoon, Feb. 28, 2026, 1:30 p.m.

Father Was a Loafer
 13 min..
(1915)
 Billy Ritchie
—Music by Ben Model
The Wind
 81 min..
(1928)
 Lillian Gish
—Music by Marvin Faulwell & Bob Keckeisen

—Intermission / Book signing by Ben Model—

The Pawnshop
 25 min.
(1916)
 Charlie Chaplin
—Music by Jeff Rapsis
You'd Be Surprised
 66 min.
(1925)
 Raymond Griffith
—Music by Ben Model

Saturday Evening Dinner

Dinner Event, Our Seventeenth Annual
CINEMA-DINNER,
Seating begins @ 5:15 p.m.
Dinner: 5:30-7:20 p.m.

Special Guest: Melissa Talmadge Cox

— This event is by reservation only. Dinner is $40. Contact Bill Shaffer at bill.shaffer@washburn.edu to reserve your space —

Saturday Evening, Feb. 28, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
An evening of films with Melissa Talmadge Cox

(US, 1925-27)
 with Carter De Haven
—Music by Bill Beningfield
(US, 1923)
 with Buster Keaton
 —Music by Jeff Rapsis
The General
135 min.
(US, 1926)
 with Buster Keaton
—Music by Ben Model & Bob Keckeisen

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