Sounds wonderful, Nathalie. I wish this would happen in LA. At UCLA they're screening my favorites: Tod Browning and Lon Chaney Sr. I hope I get to attend. My work days have been too long. Toochis
--- Shelly Whitworth-King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nathalie and Phil > > I would have been deliriously happy for such an > event to come to > Newcastle-upon-Tyne, but I doubt the turnout would > make it viable. > > The NFT in London would be the perfect venue, but > for us provincials, it's a > fair old trek. > > Shelly > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: Phil Edwards Cinema Arts > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Phil Edwards Cinema Arts > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Karloff Film Fest > Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 10:02:42 +1100 > > Sadly events like this just don't happen in > Australia. The turn-out > would be miserable. > Several years ago a friend staged a seven day > science fiction film > festival in Sydney. > It had a massive amount of media coverage, > advertising, excellent > central venue in an "arts" area of the city. > he even organised a couple of advance screenings of > new films with > distributors and spent months planning, sourcing > prints > etc,etc. > > I think the best night's attendance was 25 people. > Other sessions there > was 4 or 5. He lost his shirt on it. > It's simply a population factor. > > I've seen almost all those films on the big screen > at some point, many > at the NFT in London, and there is no > substitute for seeing film in a dazzling print > projected onto a big screen. > > I guess we all hope that one day the missing scenes > from such films as > THE MUMMY, THE BLACK CAT and THE BRIDE OF > FRANKENSTEIN are found, and > that the original material later re-shot for MASK OF > FU MANCHU shows up > beyond a few tantalising stills. > > THE LOST PATROL remains one of my favourite films, > directly remade in > such films as Walter Hill's excellent SOUTHERN > COMFORT and, without too > much of a stretch, even the root film for ALIEN. > > How odd that a decent print of TARGETS coud not be > tracked own, though. > Phil > > > > ISteven Yafet wrote: > > >It's a shame that more of you didn't get a chance > to attend this series > >at the Film Forum in NYC from February 3 - 9. To > honor the 75th > >anniversary of the film that made Boris Karloff a > star, this nonprofit > >theater screened fourteen Karloff films. The > program was: > > > >Frankenstein, The Mask of Fu Manchu, Bride of > Frankenstein, The Mummy, > >The Raven, The Guilty Generation, Graft, The Black > Cat, The Old Dark > >House, The Body Snatcher, The Lost Patrol, The > Criminal Code, The > >Haunted Strangler and Targets. > > > >Series advisor, Tom Weaver (author of numerous > entertaining and > >necessary books) was there as was Greg Mank > (Karloff and Lugosi, It's > >Alive, Hollywood Cauldron, Women in Horror Films, > etc.) Michael Brunas > >(co-author, Universal Horrors with his brother, > John, and Tom Weaver) > >and Universal horror expert, Todd Feiertag. > Richard Gordon, producer > >of The Haunted Strangler, introduced that film and > Peter Bogdanovich > >talked about Targets. > > > >The theater was packed which, hopefully, will > encourage Film Forum to > >consider doing a Lugosi Fest next year. I met Alan > Bayersdorfer from > >MoPo there who was in town for business. We > watched Graft, The Raven > >and The Guilty Generation together with Greg Mank > and Elizabeth > >(another film fan who has a Masters in Film > Studies) The audience was > >enthusiastic, especially since Graft and The Guilty > Generation have > >never had public screenings before. They weren't > comedies, but these > >lines got big laughs: > > > > > >from Graft - Karloff as Joe Terry (a hitman) - > "That dame is dynamite!" > > > >from The Raven - Karloff as Edmund Bateman (a bank > robber and murderer) > > Lugosi as Dr. Richard > Vollin (a surgeon > >and lover of > >Poe) > > > >Lugosi: "So you put the burning torch into his > face! Into his eyes! > >Karloff: "Well sometimes you can't help things > like that." > > > > > >The 35mm prints were gorgeous, especially The Old > Dark House, from the > >Library of Congress. Unfortunately, Targets was in > 16mm and was the > >edited English version. One of Boris Karloff's > best scenes (with Peter > >Bogdanovich in the hotel room) was excised. > Bogdanovich refused to > >stay for it, saying that he would, "rather watch > the DVD at home." > > > >Another disappointment, no movie paper from the > films was on display in > >the showcases except some original Haunted > Strangler and publicity > >stills. But in spite of not being able to see the > one sheet from The > >Mummy in all its glory, this was a week that no > Boris Karloff or > >classic horror fan should have missed. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at > www.filmfan.com > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo > Mailing List > > > > Send a message addressed to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In the BODY of your message type: > SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > > > The author of this message is solely > responsible for its content. > > > > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at > www.filmfan.com > > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo > Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the BODY of your message type: > SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible > for its content. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Are you using the latest version of MSN Messenger? > Download MSN Messenger > 7.5 today! http://messenger.msn.co.uk > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at > www.filmfan.com > > ___________________________________________________________________ > === message truncated === Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
