Capitolfest 2008 (Rome, NY)
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us to start seriously thinking about next year's Capitolfest line-up.
(I tend to get the bulk of the Capitolfest organizational work done in
December.) So, once again we ask attendees or potential attendees
what they would like to see. We do a 16mm program at the Rome Elks
Club (2 features and 2 or 3 shorts) on Friday night, then a bunch of
features and shorts in 35mm at the Capitol on Saturday and Sunday. We
do have a theme next year which will restrict (but not in a BAD way)
what we can show--it's our 80th anniversary so we want to only show
features that actually played here. Shorts are a little more
complicated since we don't know for sure what WAS shown here--we've
compiled the listing from newspaper ads and sometimes the shorts are
mentioned and sometimes they're not. (Or sometimes it's just,
"Charley Chase Comedy" or something like that.) So for shorts we'll
just stick to things from the right period. (Though we showed things
like Harold Lloyd's CAPTAIN KIDD'S KIDS in a re-issue in 1929.) We
opened December 10, 1928 and we'll likely limit the period to about 6
or 7 years from that time.
So, as I say, if you've got requests, we'd much appreciate hearing
about them, either here or off-list. And if you know where a print of
your request can be obtained, please let us know that, too.
(Before the El Brendel fans descend on us, we ARE looking into
MR. LEMON OF ORANGE, but aren't hopeful. UCLA has only a nitrate
print and we haven't been able to locate another....)
Thanks!
Art Pierce
Capitol Theatre
Rome, NY
(315) 337-6277
www.romecapitol.com
J. Theakston
> Although it is a long, long time off (Aug. 8-10, 2008), it's time for
> us to start seriously thinking about next year's Capitolfest line-up.
> (I tend to get the bulk of the Capitolfest organizational work done in
> December.) So, once again we ask attendees or potential attendees
> what they would like to see.
Well, Art, if you're limiting it to what was played at the Captiol,
there's still plenty of great films that played there that fall under
what we like to see. The Capitol played both STATE STREET SADIE and
THE MIDNIGHT TAXI-- two interesting films that Zanuck wrote at WB
under his pen name "Gregory Rogers." They're also both early Myrna
Loy films. Unfortunately, I don't know if either survives.
I'd recommend THE LAST WARNING which played the Capitol in '29, which
is FANTASTIC. It's "out there" on the bootleg market, but only in a
crummy, 6th gen dupe off of someone's 16mm.
With the ads for these films as your guide, perhaps you could do a
show featuring the exact same shorts, etc?
Here's hoping I can find some shorts that ran at the Capitol for my
Follies!
J. Theakston
romec...@aol.com
Hi, Jack,
Yes, we'd LOVE to run STATE STREET SADIE and/or THE MIDNIGHT TAXI--
does anybody know if these survive? (I have a feeling not.) THE LAST
WARNING would be ok even in 16mm for the Friday night show. Now all
we need to do is to locate a good 16mm print.
I should have mentioned that I'm in the process of compiling a
listing of what was shown at the Capitol, and I'm presently mid-way
through 1931. If anybody wants a copy of this list contact me
directly and I'll happily e-mail it to them.
shecky465
The Midnight Taxi does exist and I believe a print is at the British
Film Institute.
Danny Burk
UCLA now.
Fair Pickings
at dannybu...@gmail.com wrote on 10/23/07 3:54 AM:
> I believe John Hampton had a print of LAST WARNING, so it should be at
> UCLA now.
>
Was it 35mm or 16mm?
Art Pierce
Capitol Theatre
Rome, NY
Danny Burk
J. Theakston
> 16mm Show-at-Home
I'm not sure that UCLA would be lending out their original for
projection purposes, though.
Doesn't this survive in 35mm? I think Universal or LoC would probably
have it.
J. Theakston
John
THE LAST WARNING was run in 2004 at the Cinevent. I'm sure Steve
Haynes would remember the source of the print they ran (16mm).
--John A.
Stacia
> (Before the El Brendel fans
There's more than 3 of us? Yay!
> descend on us, we ARE looking into
> MR. LEMON OF ORANGE, but aren't hopeful. UCLA has only a nitrate
> print and we haven't been able to locate another....)
Seriously, if "Mr Lemon of Orange" was at Capitolfest, I'd do
whatever I had to do just to attend. Commit atrocities, pawn my cats,
whatever.
Stacia
James Roots
How the heck do you pawn a cat?
(Answers dependent on "very carefully" will not be accepted.)
Jim
(eyeing the gerbil on the top shelf)
Louie
this past year and they showed "Delicious", Brendel got the largest
laughs of the weekend.
I have been trying to get Capitolfest to show Mr. Lemon for the past 2
years, but there is only a nitrate 35mm at UCLA. But seriously,
although "Mr. Lemon" is my "grail" film, I would love to see any of
the early Fox Brendels, like "Movietone Follies of 1930", "Disorderly
Conduct", "Handle With Care", "Olsen's Big Moment", and I would LOVE
to see a nice copy of "Happy Days".
Louie
Stacia
>I have been trying to get Capitolfest to show Mr. Lemon for the past 2
>years, but there is only a nitrate 35mm at UCLA. But seriously,
>although "Mr. Lemon" is my "grail" film, I would love to see any of
>the early Fox Brendels, like "Movietone Follies of 1930", "Disorderly
>Conduct", "Handle With Care", "Olsen's Big Moment", and I would LOVE
>to see a nice copy of "Happy Days".
I'd love to see any of those, too. You saw "Dangerous"? I'm jealous.
For some reason I thought "Movietone Follies of 1930" was available. Is
it lost like the 1929 Follies?
Stacia
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