Cinecon Suggestions?

On Sep 17, 5:47 pm, "mikegeb...@gmail.com" <mikegeb....TakeThisOut@gmail.com>
wrote:
> I suggested this several years ago in some thread, but I'll do it
> again.
>
> King Vidor's The Stranger's Return (1933). The movie Our Daily Bread
> would be if it were about people instead of ideas. Shown on TNT 15
> years ago but never, to my knowledge, on TCM and believe me, I've
> watched like a hawk for it, of course not on video, though all of the
> above suggests it's in the usual Turner vault. Maltin gives it ***1/2
> and says "why this rich, mature, beautifully made film isn't better
> known is a mystery." So solve it!

Our Daily Bread was shown on TCM in January 2007, an excellent copy.

On Sep 17, 8:19 pm, bbirch... RemoveThis @earthlink.net wrote:
> Well, we keep soliciting suggestions from attendees, and if they
> come through it's usually about three weeks before the show when
> everything is pretty well set (give or take).
>
> So, what the hey? The clique at Cinecon (that's us swell-headed
> guys who comb the archives and the studios to bring you this event at
> no personal gain to ourselves except the indisputable, and [god help
> us] unsharable "Glory" of being some of the "Big" boys (and girls) of
> Cinecon--the clique that's harder to join than the Red Circle [and
> with all this and a dime we can buy a cup of coffee]) we'd like to ask
> if there's anything you'd like to see at next year's show?
>
> Please be advised we favor rare over common, and we tend not to
> run stuff we've run before in the last 10 or 15 years.

Dear Bob,

Thank you for this post and for the opportunity to make some
suggestions.

Would you be able to screen the "Sisters" number from THE SHOW OF
SHOWS which was restored a few years ago in Technicolor?

I would also like to see MAMMY with its restored Technicolor sequence.

Any Clara Bow film would be welcome, especially some of her rarely-
screened sound features. I had indicated to you at this year's Cinecon
that I would very much like to see any Eddie Polo movie (even a
fragment) and a good Tom Mix silent western. (A Harry Carey western
would be very welcome too!)

I know they're "common," but would you consider showing a Laurel &
Hardy short? They are real crowd-pleasers and with the Cinecon
audience, they are twice as funny as otherwise.

I too am in favor of having a Preservation Panel. In order that it not
occur at the same time as a potentially interesting movie(s), perhaps
it could be scheduled immediately after, or even as part of, the
Business Meeting.

I personally am very interested in the "transition" era; if possible,
and if there are any newly-restored early sound films (shorts, part-
talkies, full talkies) or such films that have had only limited
showings, would you consider running one or more of them? I
particularly enjoyed the "Vitaphone" show that ran a couple of years
ago.

And, as always, please consider showing, as a favor to Roz, any Warren
William and/or Lee Tracy pre-code film.

Regarding serials, I know it's VERY common, but, after THE IRON CLAW
concludes, would you consider showing FLASH GORDON (Universal, 1936)?
For those who love this serial, it gives them an opportunity to see it
on "the big screen" with the best of all possible audiences; for those
who do not care to see it, it gives them an extra half-hour of sleep.

As always, Roz and I really enjoyed this year's Cinecon and we thank
you, Bob, as well as Robert Nudleman, Marvin Paige, Stan Taffel, Mike
Schlesinger, Stella Grace, and all other participants and volunteers
without whom Cinecon could not function.

Looking forward to Cinecon 44, I am,

Very truly yours,

Lawrence H. Bulk