Cinecon 2nd Annual "POP-UP" Day

A Special Cinecon Fundraising Event at Old Town Music Hall!

Our special One-Day Event to support Cinecon Classic Film Festival and Old Town Music Hall returns. It will be another full day of unique Cinecon programming featuring Movie & TV rarities! Please check out the schedule below and then grab your all-day ticket. What fun! It's definitely the best way to spend a Saturday.

ALL PROCEEDS WILL BENEFIT OLD TOWN MUSIC HALL & CINECON CLASSIC FILM FESTIVAL, 501c3

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CINECON "POP-UP" DAY SCHEDULE - SATURDAY, MARCH 21st

9:00 AM – Doors Open

9:30 AM – Paramount Varieties & Novelties Short: Find What’s Wrong (1938) FUN WITH FILM CONTINUITY! Can you figure out what’s different from scene to scene? Narrated by Earl Gilbert (10 mins)

9:40 AM – Welcoming Remarks

9:50 AM – Two Gals And A Guy (1951) – UNSEEN FOR DECADES! PAST CINECON HONOREE PATTY MCCORMACK IN PERSON! Starring Robert Alda, Janis Paige, James Gleason, Lionel Stander, Arnold Stang, Patty McCormack (In her screen debut). Synopsis: Married TV-show stars (Janis Paige, Robert Alda) and their manager (James Gleason) seek a look-alike to take the wife's place. McCormack plays the couple’s daughter. (70 mins)

11:05 AM– Restroom Break

11:15 AM – The Johnstown Flood (1926) – A BREATHTAKING NEW RESTORATION FROM ROBERT HARRIS AND JAMES MOCKOSKI! LIVE MUSICAL ACCOMPANIMENT BY JON MIRSALIS! Starring George O’Brien, Janet Gaynor, Florence Gilbert, Anders Randolf, Paul Nicholson. Synopsis: An engineer for a local lumber company (George O’Brien), who is engaged to the owner’s daughter (Florence Gilbert), warns his bosses of the imminent failure of the dam, only to be ignored, leaving it up to his fiancée to try to save her community from impending disaster. (68 Mins)

12:25 PM – Lunch Break

2:00 PM – ORGAN DEMONSTRATION WITH STIRLING YEARIAN AT THE MIGHTY WURLITZER!

2:10 PM – Big Business (1929) – BRAND NEW RESTORATION! Starring Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Charlie Hall, Retta Palmer, Tiny Sandford. Synopsis: Laurel & Hardy attempt to sell Christmas trees door-to-door in Southern California with ill-fated results. (20 Mins)

2:30 PM – Paramount Varieties & Novelties Short: Ted Husing’s Television Preview (1940) RESCUED FROM THE PARAMOUNT VAULT! Starring Lanny Ross, Bob Hope, Akim Tamiroff, Bob Burns. Early advancements in television technology are reported in this amusing time capsule. Narrated by Ted Husing. (10 Mins)

2:40 PM – The Rifleman (1960) Season 2, Episode 62: “Heller” – TV CLASSIC! PAST CINECON HONOREE GIGI PERREAU IN PERSON! Starring Chuck Connors, Johnny Crawford, Gigi Perreau, Don Grady, Paul Fix, Peter Whitney, K.T. Stevens, Hope Summers. Synopsis: A young boy (Don Grady) and his sister (Gigi Perreau), victims of an abusive father (Peter Whitney), realize that the only way to protect themselves from further abuse is to kill him. (30 Mins)

3:30 PM – Night Time in Nevada (1948) – WORLD PREMIERE TRUCOLOR RESTORATION FROM PARAMOUNT PICTURES! Starring Roy Rogers, Trigger (The Smartest Horse in the Movies), Adele Mara, Andy Devine, Grant Withers, Marie Harmon, Sons of the Pioneers. Synopsis: The bad guy (Grant Withers) steals a gold mine from his partner (Jim Nolan) and then murders him. Next, he turns to cattle rustling. It’s up to Roy Rogers and his gang to stop him in his tracks. Roy sings “Big Rock Candy Mountain.” (67 Mins)

4:40 PM – Restroom Break

4:50 PM– The Four Feathers (1929) – NEW 2K SCAN FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS USING THE BEST SURVIVING FILM ELEMENTS AVAILABLE! LIVE ACCOMPANIMENT BY JON MIRSALIS! Starring William Powell, Richard Arlen, Fay Wray, Clive Brook, Noah Beery, and Theodore von Eltz. Synopsis: When a British officer (Richard Arlen) resigns from his regiment, he is labeled a coward by his family and friends. In order to redeem himself and win back the heart of his fiancée (Fay Wray) and the respect of his best friend (William Powell), he sets out to return the feathers to the pockets from whence they came. (82 Mins)

6:15 PM – Restroom Break

6:25 PM – House of Strangers (1949) – NEW 4K RESTORATION INTRODUCED BY KEVIN SCHAEFFER, DIRECTOR, RESTORATION & LIBRARY MANAGEMENT, THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY! PLUS, SPECIAL GUEST FRANCESCA ROBINSON, EDWARD G. ROBINSON’S GRANDDAUGHTER! Starring Edward G. Robinson, Richard Conte, Susan Hayward, Luther Adler, Efram Zimbalist, Jr., Paul Valentine, Debra Paget, Hope Emerson. Synopsis: After years in prison, a man (Richard Conte) promises revenge on his brothers for their betrayal of him and his father (Edward G. Robinson). His lover (Susan Hayward) and memories of his past yield him a broader perspective. (101 Mins)

8:15 PM – Closing Remarks

SPECIAL THANKS: to Blackhawk Films, Flicker Alley, Levy-Gardner-Laven Productions, Inc., Paramount Pictures, and Walt Disney Pictures for loaning materials for this event.

PLEASE NOTE: All titles are subject to change. Celebrity appearances are pending availability.