Welcome Guest [Log In] [Register]
Welcome to In The Balcony. We hope you enjoy your visit.

You're currently viewing our forum as a guest. This means you are limited to certain areas of the board and there are some features you can't use. If you join our community, you'll be able to access member-only sections, and use many member-only features such as customizing your profile, sending personal messages, and voting in polls. Registration is simple, fast, and completely free. Plus, you'll be eligible for the monthly $1 million prize. (Not really.)

Join our community!

If you're already a member please log in to your account to access all of our features:

Username:   Password:
Add Reply
Cinevent 2015 Film Program
Topic Started: Mar 19 2015, 06:23 AM (316 Views)
rodney
Member Avatar
Charter Member
[ *  *  * ]
Here's what we're watching at the 47th annual Cinevent

Cinevent Flyer

Thoughts? Must sees? Must misses?
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
The Batman
Member Avatar
Charter Member
[ *  *  * ]
A nice line-up of films, would love to be there. These are the ones that interest me the most:

TILLIE WAKES UP (1917) - Marie Dressler and Johnny Hines in this Coney Island set comedy. - Always enjoy the early comedy silents and with this one being on Coney Island should have some great footage of the place in that time

M'LISS (1918) - Mary Pickford is a spunky mining camp lass who falls for Thomas Meighan. - Mary Pickford, 'nuff said

THE WHISTLE (1921) - Lambert Hillyer directs Wiiliam S. Hart in a rare non-Western role. - Would like to see how the director of the first Batman serial handles a silent

OLIVER TWIST (1922) - Lon Chaney is Fagin and Jackie Coogan is the hungry title orphan. - Lon Chaney, 'nuff said

THE PRAIRIE KING (1926) - Hoot Gibson is one of three who have been left a gold mine by a deceased prospector, but only if conditions can be met... - the premise sounds intriguing

THE NERVOUS WRECK (1926) - Harrison Ford, Phyllis Haver, and Chester Conklin in this Arizona-set Christy comedy feature. - Holy cow, Harrison Ford in an early role, he's even older than I thought!

THE SHIELD OF HONOR (1928) - Can Neil Hamilton, the first flying policeman on the force, save his dad from stop-at-nothing jewel thieves? - before he became Commissioner of Gotham, Jim Gordon flew with the bats, gotta see that!

SHOOTING STARS (1928) - A sinister plot at a film studio – will an on-screen/married off-screen couple be broken up by – MURDER? - Always love a film set at a film studio, they are just fun

THE DRUMS OF JEOPARDY (1931) - Warner Oland is mad doctor Boris Karlov(!), looking for revenge on those he thinks caused his daughter’s death. - Warner Oland in a Karloff biopic...I'm there!

LUXURY LINER (1933) - George Brent, Zita Johann, Alice White and Frank Morgan are among the passengers in this sea going soap opera. - Could be fun

THE NINTH GUEST (1934) - Donald Cook and Genevieve Tobin are among 8 guests invited to a penthouse for dinner...and MURDER! - Who doesn't love dinner?

THE SQUEAKER (1937) - Edmund Lowe is a drunken undercover inspector after jewel thieves in this Edgar Wallace thriller. - Watched a couple Wallace's before, would like to check another one out

UNDERCOVER DOCTOR (1939) - Drunken doctor J. Carroll Naish fixes up wounded gangsters in another J. Edgar Hoover crime drama. - J. Carroll Naish, 'nuff said

SAN FRANCISCO DOCKS (1940) - Burgess Meredith, Irene Hervey, & Robert Armstrong in a Universal B crime comedy/drama. Burgess Meredith, 'nuff said

MAN AT LARGE (1941) - George Reeves is a G-Man instead of an S-Man. - George Reeves, 'nuff said

MOON OVER LAS VEGAS (1944) - Anne Gwynne goes to Vegas to make hubby David Bruce jealous in this novelty act laden Universal B - the novelty acts could make this one fun

THE SENATOR WAS INDISCREET (1947) - William Powell and Ella Raines in a political comedy, the only film ever directed by George S. Kaufman. - So, was he that bad at directing? Curious

99 RIVER STREET (1953) - Phil Karlson directs John Payne and Evelyn Keyes in this tough pulp tradition film noir. -film noir, 'nuff said


Looking forward to your thoughts/reviews on any of these, Rodney. Are any of these titles available on DVD?





Edited by The Batman, Mar 22 2015, 06:02 PM.
Always be yourself! Unless you can be Batman...then always be Batman!
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
panzer the great & terrible
Member Avatar
Mouth Breather
[ *  *  * ]
Sounds like an interesting lineup. Both of the two (only two!) I've seen were fun. About George Kaufmann, my guess is he hated Hollywood and couldn't wait to get away. The town is depicted as pure hell in two of his plays, Once I a Lifetime and Merrily We Roll Along (same plot as the Sondheim show).
Life is just a bowl of cherries, it's too mysterious, don't take it serious...
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
rodney
Member Avatar
Charter Member
[ *  *  * ]
Steve Haynes, the surviving member of the Cinevent planning committee, passed away this morning after a brief illness. Steve was a super nice guy, and embodied the spirit of what truly is the friendliest film convention in the country.

Cinevent will continue this year, and I'm sure we'll all be unspooling some reels in Steve's honor.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
The Batman
Member Avatar
Charter Member
[ *  *  * ]

Condolences to his family, friends and fellow film fans.


Always be yourself! Unless you can be Batman...then always be Batman!
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
panzer the great & terrible
Member Avatar
Mouth Breather
[ *  *  * ]
A real loss.
Life is just a bowl of cherries, it's too mysterious, don't take it serious...
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
riddlerider
Member Avatar
Balcony Gang, Foist Class
[ *  *  * ]
I still haven't decided whether I'm going to go, but even if I do it won't be the same without Steve. He was one of the good guys. In fact, he was the heart and soul of Cinevent, which is not to take anything away from Stingley, Larrimore, and the other guys who helped run the show. (Anybody remember the guy who was originally in charge? Art something or other, wasn't it? I think he was a lawyer.)

Forty years ago and more, pre-home video, you went to Cinecon to see the rarest movies. But Cinevent was always the premier marketplace for 16mm collectors. And it remained so for years, even after videotape became the dominant medium. Steve helped make that happen.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
rodney
Member Avatar
Charter Member
[ *  *  * ]
I've only been going for the last ten years or so. The conditions that caused Cinevent have always seemed shrouded in mystery to me, so I certainly don't remember the guy that started it.

I'd go ahead and come out. I wonder if this might be the last one.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
ZetaBoards - Free Forum Hosting
Create your own social network with a free forum.
Learn More · Sign-up for Free
« Previous Topic · Balcony Banter · Next Topic »
Add Reply