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23rd Annual Program
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2024 THEME: FILMS ON THE NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY
This year’s festival celebrates the National Film Registry with a collection
of films selected for reservation based on their historical, cultural, and aesthetic contributions since the National Film Preservation Board’s inception in 1988.

LIVE EVENT, with FREE ADMISSION for all showings
White Concert Hall, Washburn Univeristy, 1700 SW Jewell, Topeka, KS 66603

Friday Afternoon, Feb. 23: Begins @ 1:30 PM

Overture & Welcome
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Introduction to the National Film Registry: Short Presentation by Katherine Pratt
To get us started film preservationist Pratt will give us some background on how the Registry took shape – 15 min.
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Early Short Films on the National Film Registry—Music by Ben Model
We will feature some of the earliest films on the Registry, from men hammering
in a blacksmith’s shop to the animation of Winsor McCay,
and the really bizarre Princess Nicotine.
Also featured is one of D. W. Griffith’s earliest films for Biograph, and a recently discovered snippet of film advertising a musical starring African American actors.

Intro
Blacksmith Scene
45 seconds
(1893)
Edison
—Music by Ben Model
Something Good...Negro Kiss
1 min. 15 seconds
(1896)
Selig
—Music by Ben Model

Intro
(1926)
Norman Studios
—Music by Donald Sosin

BREAK

Intro
(1906)
Blackton
—Music by Ben Model
(1909)
—Music by Ben Model
 
Lilac Time
110 min.
(1928)
First National, starring Colleen Moore and Gary Cooper
—Music by Bill Beningfield
, piano, and Erin Wood, harp

—DINNER BREAK

Friday Evening, Feb. 23: Begins @ 7:00 PM
@ White Concert Hall, Washburn University

(1909)
Biograph, a work-in-progress
Music by Ben Model
Duck Soup
20 min.
(1927)
Hal Roach Studio, starring Laurel and Hardy
Music by Jeff Rapsis
(1924)
*100th Anniversary* starring Buster Keaton
Music by Marvin Faulwell & Bob Keckeisen
(1925)

Paramount, starring Raymond Griffith
Introduction & Music by Ben Model

Sat. Feb. 24, 2024, 9:00 a.m.-Noon
@ White Concert Hall, Washburn University

Overture & Welcome
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  On DVD, a special presentation by KSFF
Mabel's Blunder
16 min.
(1914)
Keystone, starring & directed by Mabel Normand
Music by Ben Model
(1924)
*100th Anniversary* starring Baby Peggy & Hobart Bosworth
Music by Jeff Rapsis
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Lunch Break (on your own), resuming at 1:30 p.m
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Sat. Feb. 24, 2024, 1:30-5:15 p.m.
@ White Concert Hall, Washburn University

Overture & Welcome
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Little Nemo
12 min..
(1911)
McKay with William S. Hart
—Music by Ben Model
The Bargain
80 min..
(1914)
Paramount with William S. Hart
—Music by Marvin Faulwell & Bob Keckeisen

BREAK

(1920)
by Martin & Osa Johnson, introduced by staff from Martin & Osa Johnson Safari Museum in Chanute, KS
Music by Jeff Rapsis
Head Hunters
11 min.
(1922)
by Martin & Osa Johnson, introduced by staff from Martin & Osa Johnson Safari Museum in Chanute, KS
Music by Jeff Rapsis
(1922)
a quasi-documentary by Robert Flaherty
—Music by Ben Model

Dinner

Special Dinner Event, Our Fifteenth Annual
CINEMA-DINNER
,
Seating begins @ 5:15 p.m.
Dinner: 5:15-7:15 p.m.

Special Guest Katherine Pratt speaks about her work as a media preservationist who specializes in digital film restoration.

— This event is by reservation only. Dinner is $40. Contact Bill Shaffer at bill.shaffer@washburn.edu to reserve your space



Sat. Feb. 24, 2024, 7:30-10:15 p.m.
@ White Concert Hall, Washburn University

Overture & Welcome
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(1927)
Hal Roach Studio, starring Max Davidson
Music by Donald Sosin
(1923)
a German production by E.A. Dupont
Music by Donald Sosin, piano, & Alicia Svigals, violin

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