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Arts Council for Wyoming County 31 South Main Street Perry, New York 14530 585-237-3517
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Arts Council for Wyoming County 31 South Main Street Perry, New York 14530 585-237-3517
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Notice: ACWC's weekly film series has been postponed as we refurbish our screening room, and will resume in June, 2006. Please stay tuned. |
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Screenings take place Thursday and selected Friday evenings at 7 p.m. at the Arts Council for Wyoming County East Indian Screening Room, upstairs at 31 South Main Street (Rte. 39), Perry, NY (Wyoming County); (585) 237-3517. SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE This film series was made possible, in part, thanks to funding from the New York State Council on the Arts, the Wyoming County Board of Supervisors, and the membership of the Arts Council of Wyoming County. |
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March 23 Voltaire
(1933) with George Arliss, March 30 Golden
Dawn (1930) with Walter Woolf King & Vivienne Segal, April 6 50
Million Frenchmen (1931) with Olsen & Johnson April 13 Passover / Holy Thursday - No Show April 20 The
Working Man (1933) with George Arliss, April 27 Alexander
Hamilton (1931) with George Arliss,
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Voltaire
I've
Got Your Number A Modern Hero (1934) Warner Bros., Directed by G.W. Pabst, Scenario by Gene Markey and Kathryn Scola, baed on a novel by Louis Bromfield, Music by Heinz Roemheld. With Richard Barthelmess, Jean Muir, Marjorie Rambeau, Verree Teasdale, Florence Eldridge, Dorothy Burgess, Hobart Cavanaugh, William Sanney, Arthur Hohl. Barthelmess is excellent in one of his best roles, an ambitious circus performer who's determined to claw his way to the top of the business world. A fascinating drama. Back to top of film series listing Golden Dawn (1930) Warner Bros., Directed by Ray Enright, Scenario by Walter Anthony, based on the operetta by Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II, Music by Emmerich Kalmann and Herbert Stothart, Lyrics by Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, and Grant Clarke, Choreography by Eduardo Cansino and Larry Ceballos. With Walter Woolf King, Vivienne Segal, Noah Beery, Alice Gentle, Dick Henderson, Lupino Lane. Operetta about an East African native uprising, and a kidnapped Western woman. Oscar Hammerstein lyrics and Lane offering some of his patented acrobatic comedy highlight. The Green Goddess (1930) Warner Bros., Directed by Alfred Green, Scenario by Julian Joseph, based on the play by William Archer, Music by Louis Silvers. With George Arliss, Ralph Forbes, H.B. Warner, Alice Joyce, Ivan F. Simpson. A third world potentate self-righteously holds innocent Westerners prisoner. Arliss was Oscar nominated as the Rajah in this sure-fire story. Sinners' Holiday (1930) Warner Bros., Directed by John G. Adolfi, Scenario by Harvey Thew and George Rosener, based on the play Penny Arcade by Marie Baumer, Music by Louis Silvers. With Grant Withers, Lucille LaVerne, Warren Hymer, James Cagney, Joan Blondell. Interesting drama about romance and tragedy in an amusement park. A young carnival barker falls in love with the daughter of an overly protective penny arcade operator. The film debut of both Cagney and Blondell. Back to top of film series listing 50 Million Frenchmen (1931) Warner Bros., Directed by Lloyd Bacon, Scenario by Joseph Jackson, Eddie Welch, and Al Boasberg, based on the play by Herbert Fields, Ray Goetz, and Cole Porter, Music by Leo F. Forbstein. With Olsen & Johnson, William Gaxton, Helen Broderick, John Halliday, Claudia Dell, Lester Crawford, Bela Lugosi. Screwball farce about a rich American (Gaxton) in Paris who bets $50,000 he can woo and wed Dell in two weeks, without spending any money. Tonight's program was postponed from an earlier date. Tanned Legs (1929) RKO-Radio Pictures, Produced by William LeBaron, Directed by Marshall Neilan, Scenario by Louis Sarecky, from the adaptation by Tom Geraghty, Songs by Oscar Levant and Sidney Clare. With Ann Pennington, Arthur Lake, June Clyde, Dorothy Revier, Sally Blane, Albert Gran. Musical comedy hi-jinx set in at a seaside resort, where a pretty young women (Clyde) tries to straighten out her wayward family, at the possible cost of her own reputation. Hell's Heroes (1929) Universal, Produced by Carl Laemmle, Directed by William Wyler, Scenario by Tom Reed and C. Gardner Sullivan, based on the novel Three Godfathers by Peter B. Kyne, Music by David Broekman. With Charles Bickford, Raymond Hatton, Fred Kohler, Fritzi Ridgeway, Jo de la Cruz, Walter James. Tough and satisfying Western about outlaw trio on the run, fleeing through a sweltering windswept desert. Vividly atmospheric allegory is well-acted and beautifully told. Back to top of film series listing Passover / Holy Thursday - No Show Back to top of film series listing The Working Man (1933) Warner Bros., Produced by Lucien Hubbard, Directed by John G. Adolfi, Scenario by Charles Kenyon and Maude T. Howell, based on the story "The Adopted Father" by Edgar Franklin, Music by Leo F. Forbstein. With George Arliss, Bette Davis, Theodore Newton, Hardie Albright, Gordon Westcott, J. Farrell MacDonald, Edward Van Sloan. Charming comedy about business tycoon (Arliss) who takes an interest in the children of his late arch-rival-- and determines to change their wastrel ways. Midnight Mary (1933) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Produced by Lucien Hubbard, Directed by William Wellman, Scenario by Gene Markey and Kathryn Scola, based on a story by Anita Loos, Music by Dr. William Axt. With Loretta Young, Ricardo Cortez, Franchot Tone, Andy Devine, Una Merkel. Arresting story of a hard-luck gal, mesmerizingly played by Young. Directed with great visual flourish. Kentucky Kernels (1934) RKO-Radio Pictures, Produced by Lee Marcus, Directed by George Stevens, Scenario by Bert Kalmer, Harry Ruby, and Fred Guiol, based on a story and songs by Bert Kalmer and Harry Ruby, Music Score by Max Steiner. With Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey, Mary Carlisle, "Spanky" McFarland, Noah Beery, Lucille LaVerne, Willie Best, Margaret Dumont. Two slickers take a little boy South to collect his inheritance, but find themselves in the midst of a family feud. One of Wheeler and Woolsey's best, this high-octane comedy builds to a great finale. Back to top of film series listing Alexander Hamilton (1931) Warner Bros., Directed by John G. Adolfi, Scenario by Julien Josephson and Maude Howell, based on the play by George Arliss and Mary Hamlin, Music by David Mendoza. With George Arliss, Doris Kenyon, Dudley Digges, June Collyer, Ralf Harolde, Montagu Love. Enjoyable account about Founding Father Hamilton (Arliss), focusing on one crucial period in his political and personal life. The period detail of this production adds to the dramatic interest, well-rounded by the supporting performances. Five Star Final (1931) Warner Bros., Hal B. Wallis, Directed by Marvyn LeRoy, Scenario by Byron Morgan, from the adaptation by Robert Lord, from the play by Louis Weitzenkorn, Music by Leo F. Forbstein. With Edward G. Robinson, Marian Marsh, H.B. Warner, Anthony Bushell, George E. Stone, Frances Starr, Ona Munson, Boris Karloff, Aline MacMahon. Powerful drama has Robinson cast as the hard-bitten editor of a sensationalist newspaper, exploitively muck-racking to builds circulation in a press war. Back to top of film series listing Pictures was made possible, in part, to funding from the New York Council on the Arts, the Wyoming County Board of Supervisors, and the membership of the Arts Council of Wyoming County. Special thanks for the generosity of Columbia, Samuel Goldwyn Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Paramount, RKO-Radio Pictures, Ted Turner, 20th Century-Fox, United Artists, Universal, Walt Disney Co., Warner Bros., and the Wayne Foundation. |