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I watched Casablanca a few years ago TCM Classics. Seeing the movie on the big screen was a treat. Recommend.

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https://www.romecapitol.com/capitolfest-20preview/

Just made my reservations for Capitolfest 20. Anyone else here going?
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j.lunatic wrote: March 26th, 2023, 7:29 am https://www.romecapitol.com/capitolfest-20preview/

Just made my reservations for Capitolfest 20. Anyone else here going?
It'll be great seeing you again-maybe we can even see a movie together! The very best part of film festivals is hanging around with other Cinephiles.
I will be in the Dealer's Room selling my wares again-they went over really well last year AND I had a chance to see a few good movies too.

The NITRATE PICTURE SHOW is June 1-4, 2023.

CapitolFest is really inexpensive at $77 for all 3 days while Eastman Festivals tickets are pretty costly at $200, plus Rochester Hotels are easily double the cost of Rome NY Hotels. Sadly, most of my family have moved away from Rochester & I have no place to stay for an Eastman House Film Festival.
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Yay seeing TikiSoo again! The Capitolfest schedule has been updated, and I still haven't quite caught my breath after seeing some of those additions. (The expanded version of THE UNKNOWN? Yes please!)
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Only a little more than a month away!

Looks like an interesting schedule, although any Astors with Barrymore are absent:

https://www.romecapitol.com/capitolfest-20preview/

BTW, I'm going to have to get up pretty early every day to man my booth in the Dealer's Room by 9am. That means I'll have to leave at dinnertime, missing each evening's schedule.

So if anyone wants merchandise, come see me before lunch or in between afternoon session movies.
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Would love to see this one scheduled for August 13.
I love Mae Clark!

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I'm gearing up for selling my Classic Film Star tchotchke & catching one or two movies per day.

Only wish I could afford to attend the Mid Atlantic Film Festival held in MD. My friends go & love it!
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Capitolfest is next weekend, and I just confirmed my hotel reservation. TikiSoo, when you do come in and catch a movie, be sure to look for me.

(Considers repeating last year's Capitolfest Beefcake Photo Spectacular preview. Suspects this forum's mods would not take kindly to multiple hotlinked photos.)
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Capitolfest 20 is over. I made it home safely, and am almost caught up on my sleep and housekeeping.

Thursday August 10: Capitolfest Appetizer:
The Maltese Falcon (Huston, 1941). I had seen this before, but welcomed a chance to see it with a knowledgeable audience. Unfortunately they were so knowledgeable, especially how its innovations were ripped off left and right by subsequent film makers, that they tittered more than they applauded.

Friday August 11: Capitolfest Day 1
The Beggar Maid (Blache, 1921). One of Mary Astor's earliest surviving films, in which she is a poor, virtuous orphan who inspires Edward Burne Jones to paint King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid.
The Fighting American (Forman, 1924). A mishmash of college comedy and military adventure.
Ladies Must Love (Dupont, 1933). Four gold-digger roommates sign a contract to share any money or other gifts they get from their beaux. Then one of them meets a pleasant young man of means.
Caviar (Moser, 1930). Cartoon critters celebrate the winter in the manner of pre-revolutionary Russia.
Follow Thru (Corrigan & Schwab, 1930). A musical comedy about a high-stakes golf match at a country club.
Alibi Bye Bye (Holmes, 1935). An Atlantic City photographers' studio specialize in photos purporting to show people vacationing elsewhere, But then both halves of a married couple are staying at the same hotel.
Jennie Gerhardt (Gering, 1933). Sylvia Sidney once again plays the woman done wrong by her men. So drawn out as to infringe on torture porn.
Long Pants (Guiol, 1926). A young man gets his first pair of big-boy pants and soon falls in with a worldly widow.
The Golden Bed (DeMille, 1925). A self-made businessman marries the spoiled daughter of a prominent but penniless family, then ruins his company trying to keep her in the style to which she has become accustomed.
The Palm Beach Story (Sturges, 1942). The screwball classic. I hate the screwball comedy genre, and I still enjoyed this.
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Saturday August 12: Capitolfest Day 2
Fashions in Love (Schertzinger, 1929). Concert pianist Paul has many female admirers, and takes the prettier ones on holidays to his remote cabin studio. But Delphine, his most recent conquest has exhausting and overwhelming ideas about love. And then his wife and Delphine's husband arrive at the cabin, say that they have fallen in love, and suggest that both couples divorce so that Paul can marry Delphine.
The Boy Friend (Roach, 1928). A husband and wife decide their daughter is too young for a serious beau, so they pretend to be crazy to try to drive him away. Until they discover the young man is the son of the husband's employer.
The Unknown (the 2022 restoration, incorp'ing addl. footage) (Browning, 1927). The added footage seems to be mostly of various circus attendees. It's nice to have but it doesn't impact on the power of the central story.
Supper at Six (Shores, 1932) Supposedly a parody of Dinner at Eight, it's more a series of sketches in a theatrical boardinghouse, leading into them practicing their acts.
Almost Married (Menzies, 1932). A young British diplomat marries a White Russian woman to save her from the Bolsheviks. Unfortunately she has an estranged husband in a facility for the criminally insane. And when he hears about the marriage he breaks out, in order to menace her and the other man. I had been eager to see this, but it turned out to be sadly perfunctory.
Private Jones (Mack, 1932). As the U.S enters WWI, Bill Jones is skeptical about the war. And after he is drafted and sent to France he is constantly offending his superiors and earning kitchen duty.
Brother of the Bear (Carle, 1924). A hotheaded lumberjack learns to control his temper, inspired by a tame bear and the mill owner's beautiful daughter (Mary Astor).
Blonde or Brunette (Rosson, 1927). A Paris bureaucrat, hating liberated flappers and their world, marries a modest, well-bred girl from the provinces. Who upon arriving in the capitol becomes even more modern than her Paris peers.
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Sunday August 13: Capitolfest Day 3
Wake Up and Dream (Newmann, 1934). A trio of entertainers, watching the implosion of vaudeville, struggle unsuccessfully to put one or all of them over. Until they get to Hollywood and catch the attention of a studio head and his no. 1 musical star.
My Lady o' the Pines (Gordon, 1921). A college-educated forester arrives in the Maine woods, just in time to help a young timber heiress (Mary Astor) protect her property.
Second Fiddle (Tuttle, 1923). A young mechanic is in the shadow of his collegiate big brother. Until the local drunk breaks out of jail and the local belle (Mary Astor) needs to be recused.
Reckless Living (Gardner, 1931). A young married couple is trying to make a success of their speakeasy, in hope of one day buying a gas station. But he keeps wagering what capital they do collect, and the local bookie keeps trying to draw them into his enterprises.
No Time to Marry (Lachman, 1938). A newspaper couple swears they are going to be married this Christmas Eve. But he's running around New York, trying to find goats for his boss' son's Christmas present, and she is trying to find the Boston heiress who disappeared in Manhattan.
Oh, Doctor! (Pollard, 1925). A hypochondriac mama's boy suddenly wants to be healthy and fearless, in hopes of winning the love of his beautiful young nurse (Mary Astor).

Next year's featured co-stars: Reginald Denny and Edward Everett Horton. At this point I expect to attend.

I saw Tikisoo several times in the dealer's room; she is well. I ran into the poster formerly known as Musical Novelty (on the old TCM forums), and gave him the address of this place. Does anyone know if the poster formerly known as Midnight08 migrated over here? I hung out with him during the previous two Capitolfests, and was disappointed to not see him this year. And if anyone else reading this was at the festival, I'm sorry I didn't get in touch with you.
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This year was the most fun I've had at Capitolfest EVER. Don't know if it was because of the films or the people or BOTH!

It was fun to see old friends like musicalnovelty Rich although I hardly saw him. Midnight08 & several other regulars didn't attend, I assume because of conflicts. Ms Lunatic was a social butterfly, often spotted in deep conversation with other rare film experts-intimidating for this newb- but so glad she stopped over to say hello!

The Dealer's Room was downsized (due to conflicts) but hopefully will be back to it's normal bustling marketplace next year. That said, my classic movie star merchandise sold well-sold out of Una Merkel, Colleen Moore & Wizard of Oz!
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Have lunch or dinner under the marquee & enjoy the vintage fire truck!
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Since I was manning a booth, had to limit myself to only two movies each day-it's wonderful sitting in a theater where you hear applause when a star first appears or at the end of a musical number.

The highlight for me was 1930's FOLLOW THRU starring Nancy Carroll & Thelma Todd. Although I had seen it before this was a completely new print made from the Technicolor 2 strip negative. WOW! (fuzzy stealth photography)
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Although not nearly as good as the 35mm projection, made sure I bought the DVD (to share with friends) from one of the dealers before it sold out.

I also saw the hilarious LADIES MUST LOVE '33 starring June Knight, a star unknown to me. It was a "gold digger" type comedy filled with snappy dialogue & funny situations. Amazing the four roommates who didn't have enough money for food or rent walked around in dresses trimmed in mink & fox fur!

The next day I watched THE UNKNOWN '27 although I had already seen it on 35mm at the Dryden years ago. But it's a Lon Chaney and with newly found footage added, could not skip it. Although I did leave the theater as soon as the operating room came up. I know how it ends & it sickens me. What can I say? I believe Chaney's performance. It's always amazing to see "the foot" actor's performance & how seamlessly the stunts were done.

Next I had to see the Lee Tracy Universal PRIVATE JONES '33 but did not catch the alternate ending-both were shown. It was one of the best Lee Tracy movies I've seen, chock full of double entendres & offensive terms! The editing was way off since the "chippie sister" storyline disappeared after the first 10 minutes, never to return.

Sunday the only movie I got to see was RECKLESS LIVING '31 starring Mae Clark & Ricardo Cortez. It was a fun breezy story involving alternative Depression careers such as Bookies, Speakeasies & bathtub Gin. I loved it & was hoping Mae would prevail keeping her marriage together despite rich, smoldering Cortez & she DID!
None of the movies exceeded 90 minutes so it was just one fun film after another! Even though I only saw 5 movies, it still was completely worth going-I can't imagine how fun it is for attendees that can see them ALL.

And some arrive in vintage vehicles (sorry I missed pics of the cool pick-up)
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Next years Featured Stars are Reginald Denny & Edward Everett Horton!! Woo-hoo!
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HoldenIsHere wrote: July 3rd, 2023, 3:28 pm Would love to see this one scheduled for August 13.
I love Mae Clark!

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Mae gave so many memorable performances. A favorite of mine is her powerful, touching work in Waterloo Bridge from 1931. I prefer this to MGM's glossier remake from 1940 with Vivien Leigh and Robert Taylor.
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Cinemaspeak59 wrote: August 18th, 2023, 12:57 pm
HoldenIsHere wrote: July 3rd, 2023, 3:28 pm Would love to see this one scheduled for August 13.
I love Mae Clark!
Mae gave so many memorable performances. A favorite of mine is her powerful, touching work in Waterloo Bridge from 1931. I prefer this to MGM's glossier remake from 1940 with Vivien Leigh and Robert Taylor.
I totally agree, Cinemaspeak.

Folks from the old TCM message boards know how much I love the 1931 WATERLOO BRIDGE directed by Frank Whale.

The first scene with Mae Clarke and Kent Douglass in her character's apartment always blows me away with its magical realness.
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Tomorrow night I'm attending Binghamton NY's LUMA FESTIVAL.
The LUMA Fest attracts top animators from around the world to create "projection mapping" films on the large, historic, downtown buildings. Spiedies for dinner & everyone gets a good view!

Here's a good one from 2017:

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