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CHARLIE CHAPLIN Stage Mgr September 20, 8 pm NOSTALGIC TUNES OF THE 20’s Ian Whitcomb and His Bungalow Boys rom the late 1800’s featuring Regina Whitcomb Fthrough the early 20th Century, vaudeville was the SALUTE TO VAUDEVILLE COMEDY common people’s theatrical experience. Across America Davis & Faversham and around the world, in “Frankfurter Sandwiches” this wildly popular genre featured variety acts of THE GOLDEN VOICED TENOR countless descriptions and Peter Nathan Foltz later included film programs. Alex Film Society’s annual Marvelous Manual ManiPulations recreation of the nostalgic Jack & Jeri Kalvan program is the only vaudeville Jugglers Extrordinaire! show produced regularly in Los Angeles. A Television Legend Built in 1925, the lovingly Mallory Lewis restored Alex Theatre was & Lamb Chop reopened by the City of Hysterically Funny! Glendale in 1994. It stands today as one of the most AMAZING MASTER MAGICIAN important surviving examples of grand Vaudeville and Christopher Hart movie palaces of the early & “Thing” 20th century and one of the very few extant theatres with LAUGHS On the Big Screen an open forecourt. DOWN AMONG The live portion of today’s THE SUGAR CANE program was produced by Screen Song Cartoon Chuck Burnes, Periwinkle Directed by Dave Fleischer Productions, Anaheim, CA. Fleischer Studios (1932) Announcer .... Chuck Burnes Card Girl ...... Magan Dragon CHARLIE CHAPLIN Stage Mgr ....... Shari Genser in THE CURE Mutual (1917) Theatrical Draperies from the collection of Steve Markham. THE ROYAL RODEO Alex Film Society Technicolor Short PO Box 4807, Glendale, CA 91222 Vitaphone/WB (1939) 818-754-8250 ©2008 AFS Sing-a-long is presented courtesy of UCLA Film and Television Archives. The Cure print courtesy of David Shepard. www.AlexFilmSociety.org The Royal Rodeo print courtesy of see our calendar Warner Bros. Classics. of events on-line. Short film presentations underwritten by David & Catherine Strohmaier. Alex Film Society presents Vaudeville Extravaganza! September 20, 2008, 8 pm THE CURE (1917) Saturday, October 25 at 2 and 8 pm Mutual Film Corporation The Most Awesome Thriller Of All Time! The Cure, written and directed by Charlie Carl Denham Presents KING KONG Chaplin, was his 60th film, released in The classic monster picture that April of 1917. Chaplin plays a drunk spawned the rest is not simply a who checks into a health spa to dry cinematic relic. King Kong was out, but his suitcase full of alcohol created to grip and thrill like no does not aid him in this pursuit. movie before, and these basic The film features Chaplin’s frequent co- principles hold surprisingly true stars Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Henry today. From Willis O’Brien’s Bergman, John Rand, James T. Kelley, amazing technical effects to Max Albert Austin, and Frank J. Coleman. Steiner’s score, the details add up Purviance joined Chaplin at Essanay Studio to more than the pieces. King Kong has been remade, in 1915. Over the next seven years she but never made better. As is usual, our Halloween show appeared as lead in over 20 films made will be sure to delight both fans and families. by Essanay, Mutual, and First National. As Saturday, November 29, 2008 at 2 and 8 pm a repayment for years of work with him, TH Chaplin intended real stardom for her with 11 ANNUAL THREE STOOGES™ A Woman of Paris (1923). She remained BIG SCREEN EVENT! on Chaplin’s payroll until her death in Stooges fans of all ages 1958, her last two appearances being make AFS’ popular non-speaking extra parts in his Monsieur “Stooge-Fest” part of their Verdoux (1947) and Limelight (1952). Thanksgiving tradition. This year’s event, PARDON MY AMNESIA, THE ROYAL RODEO (1939) is a brand new collection Warner Bros./Vitaphone – Technicolor of bona-fide Stooges Classics that we have somehow forgotten in our past Patriotism is given a light-hearted spin in ten screenings. This is a great line-up of guaranteed this Technicolor short which casts Our Gang laffs, presented on the Alex Theatre’s Big Screen! member Scotty Beckett as the boy king of The titles chosen by our blue ribbon panel for 2008 are: “Avania” who regains his kingdom when an IN THE SWEET PIE AND PIE (1941) American rodeo team, headed by singing THREE LITTLE BEERS (1935) cowboy John Payne ousts the plotting regent PUNCH DRUNKS (1934) FRIGHT NIGHT (1947) with the aid of his cowboy and Indian troupe. DISORDER IN THE COURT (1936) Directed by top Warner Bros. editor George We are excited that this year’s bonus features include Amy (Objective Burma!), the short reuses a very rarely seen 1974 INTERVIEW WITH LARRY sets from The Adventures of Robin Hood and FINE, provided to us by his family. Larry talks about his features a kitschy musical finale, “The Good early career, the Stooges vaudeville years and how the ‘ol American Way,” with the closing line, “If trio developed their film personalities and wacky brand your father liked it, it must be okay!” of knock-about comedy. As we have each year, we’ll also The short was written by Owen Crump, present a clip from a “lost” Stooges short or feature film. who years later would write the narration Fun? Soitenly! Prints courtesy of Columbia Pictures. for Errol Flynn’s 1952 travelogue, Running time approximately 2 hours. “Cruise of the Zaca”. .
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