UCLA Festival of Preservation

A lot of film events going on this spring in Philadelphia. Perhaps most exciting to me is a series of classic Hollywood films playing at the International House from the "UCLA Festival of Preservation." It's a chance to see hard-to-find Hollywood films on the big screen. Bonus is the strong representation from Paramount, a studio that's often slow to release its back archive on DVD.

The series starts tomorrow. Film descriptions are available at the links.

Wednesday 4/2   7:00 pm

Mantrap

dir. Victor Fleming, US, 1926, 35mm, b/w, silent, 75 min.
Silent Sinclair Lewis adaptation

Thursday 4/3    7:00 pm

Gun Crazy

dir. Joseph H. Lewis, US, 1950, 35mm, b/w, 86 min.

Freudian-infused B-noir masterpiece.

Friday 4/4     

7:00 pm

Double bill:

Double Door

dir. Charles Vidor, US, 1934, 35mm, b/w, 75 min. 

Based-on-a-true-story dynastic melodrama

Supernatural

dir. Victor Halperin, US, 1933, 35mm, b/w, 65 min.

Forgotten 30s horror film

Wednesday 4/9   7:00 pm

Midnight Madness

dir. F. Harmon Weight, US, 1928, 35mm, b/w & tinted, silent, 65 min.

Silent romantic melodrama set in Africa

Live musical accompaniment by Andrew Marsh and Kate Porter

Thursday 4/10    7:00 pm

The Chase

dir. Arthur Ripley, US, 1946, 35mm, b/w, 86 min.

Noir based on Cornell Woolrich novel

Thursday 4/17    7:00 pm

International House

dir. Edward Sutherland, US, 1933, b/w, 35mm, b/w, 68 min.

early sound comedy starring W.C Fields, George Burns, Gracie Allen and Peggy Hopkins Joyce

combined with:

Busy Bodies

dir. Lloyd French, US, 1933, 35mm, b/w, 19 min.

Laurel and Hardy short

Friday 4/18     

7:00 pm

That Cold Day in the Park

dir. Robert Altman, US, 1969, 35mm, 112 min.

early, pre-fame Altman feature

Saturday 4/5     2

:00 pm

Thirty Day Princess

dir. Marion Gering, US, 1934, 35mm, b/w, 74 min.

Paramount comedy with Sylvia Sidney and Cary Grant

(image credit DVD Beaver)