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Cinecon 47 at the Egyptian Theater

To Pay Tribute to The National Film Preservation Foundation

The 47th Annual Cinecon Classic Film Festival at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood, California will be held over the Labor Day Weekend, September 1-5, 2011. Tribute will be paid to the National Film Preservation Foundation with screenings of two recent NFPF funded projects, The Active Life of Dolly the Dailies Episode 5, and The Chinese Fan, produced by Thomas A. Edison, and the 1920 Metro Pictures film, Stronger than Death, starring legendary Russian actress Alla Nazimova.

The Active Life of Dolly the Dailies is presented by the Academy Film Archive through a collaboration of the New Zealand Film Archive, the National Film Preservation Foundation, and the American archival community. Stronger Than Death was preserved by the George Eastman House through a grant funded by the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Both films are two of nearly forty rare and unusual films to be screened during the five-day Cinecon Classic Film Festival. Other titles scheduled include Raymond Griffith’s Civil War comedy Hands Up! (1926); Stormy Weather (1943) featuring Lena Horne, Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, Cab Calloway, Thomas “Fats” Waller and the Nicholas Brothers; Beauty’s Worth (1922) produced by newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst and starring Marion Davies; Blazing Days (1927) an early effort by future Oscar-winning director William Wyler, and The Brasher Doubloon (1947) a film noir classic based on Raymond Chandler’s novel, “The High Window,” with George Montgomery in the role of detective Phillip Marlowe.

In addition to the film screenings, Cinecon offers a movie memorabilia and collectibles show during the festival at the Hollywood Renaissance Hotel, 1755 North Highland Avenue in Hollywood.

If you love movies, Cinecon 47 is the place to be over the Labor Day weekend.

–From Cinecon’s website

 For more information, click HERE for Cinecon’s website!

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 By Allan R. Ellenberger

Today fans of Toto and the Wizard of Oz gathered at Hollywood Forever Cemetery for the unveiling and dedication of the Toto Memorial. Cloudy skys turned to sun, however there were no rainbows but only smiling faces and many, many Cairn Terriers to celebrate the day.

Those who had part in the ceremony included Chanell O’Farrill who welcomed everyone on behave of Hollywood Forever; members of the Toto Memorial Committee, J. P. Myers, Steve Goldstein; Mark Dodge from FixNation, and Robert Baum, the great-grandson of The Wizard of Oz creator, L. Frank Baum. After the crowd sang a chorus of “Over the Rainbow,” the unveiling went off with smoothly. Many thanks go to all who participated today and Tyler Cassity, owner of Hollywood Forever who donated the land the memorial stands on. Enjoy the following photos from todays festivities.

Fans and several Cairn Terriers begin to gather for todays ceremony

These Cairns had front row seats for the unveiling

Claire and Robert Baum, great-grandson of author L. Frank Baum

Robert Baum speaks to the crowd before the unveiling

Waiting for the unveiling

 The unveiling of the Toto Memorial. From left, Robert Baum, J.P. Myers, Steve Goldstein, Mark Dodge, Tyler Cassity

Welcome home Toto.

(Toto sculpted by Roman Gal and the base was designed by Arsen Oganesyan)

Above and below, the inscriptions on either side of the memorial

Toto (1933-1945)

The Cairn Terrier Club of Southern California

J.P. Myers and Steve Goldstein, the brains behind the Toto Memorial Marker. Congratulations gentlemen on a job well done.

Olivia Francis with Toto

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Evening @ the Barn

June 8, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.

Hollywood Heritage Museum

2100 N. Highland Avenue

(across from the Hollywood Bowl)

Hollywood, CA 90068

www.hollywoodheritage.org

Hollywood Heritage is pleased to announce an evening with beloved actress Jane Withers on Wednesday, June 8 at 7:30 pm at the Hollywood Heritage Museum.  Ms. Withers, who just celebrated her 85th birthday, will present a special retrospective on her varied career filled with film clips, anecdotes and personal remembrances. She will also be on-hand to sign autographs and take photographs with her fans.

Jane is best known for being one of the most popular child film stars of the 1930s and early 1940s, as well as for her portrayal of Josephine the Plumber in a series of TV commercials for Comet cleanser in the 1960s and early 1970s. Her big break came when she landed a supporting role in the 1934 Shirley Temple film Bright Eyes. Her character Joy Smythe was spoiled and obnoxious, a perfect foil to Temple’s sweet personality.

Through the remainder of the 1930s she starred in several movies every year, including Ginger (1935), The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935) and Little Miss Nobody (1936), usually cast as a wholesome, meddlesome young girl in films less sugary than Temple’s vehicles. Moviegoers flocked to see her films, and Withers became one of the top 10 box-office stars in 1937 and 1938. Her popularity was such that 20th Century Fox gave her big name co-stars such as the Ritz Brothers (in Pack Up Your Troubles) and Gene Autry (in Shooting High). Withers also did a stint in screenwriting in 1941: she wrote the original story filmed as Small Town Deb, under the pseudonym Jerrie Walters.

Withers kept working in the 1940s; she made 16 films for 2oth Century Fox, Columbia Studios and Republic Pictures. Her sweet sixteen birthday party was filmed by Paramount for the Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood series. In 1943 Withers received excellent notices for her dramatic performance in Lewis Milestone’s The North Star. She came out of retirement in 1955 to appear with James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor and Rock Hudson in the landmark film Giant, directed by George Stevens.

Withers gained fame again as Josephine the Plumber, a character in a long-running and popular series of television commercials for Comet cleanser, Jane continues to do voice-over work and occasional guest appearances. She is also a passionate collector and maintains many of the original costumes from her films. A selection of Jane Wither’s memorabilia will be on display in the museum lobby for this event, which promises to be a truly special evening.

 Admission:

Hollywood Heritage Members, $5.00; General admission at the door is $10.00

Doors open at 7:00PM and seating is limited

Free Parking in Lot D

www.hollywoodheritage.org

323-874-2276

Tickets for this event are also available online with your credit card via Brown Paper Tickets. A nominal fee will be added to the ticket price for this service. Just go to: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/176929 for more information. Or call 1-800-838-3006 to reserve tickets over the phone. 

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Hollywood Heritage salutes Hollywoodland

Sunday, June 5, 2011 at 7:00 p.m.

Hollywood Heritage Museum

2100 N. Highland Avenue

(across from the Hollywood Bowl)

Hollywood, CA 90068

 www.hollywoodheritage.org

Hollywood Heritage will celebrate the release of the book Hollywoodland from Arcadia Publishing with author Mary Mallory and presenting slides, film, and artifacts of Hollywoodland on display in the museum lobby.  Hollywoodland is a visual history of the neighborhood’s development, detailing its construction, amenities, famous homes, residents, movie locations, and one of the world’s most famous icons, the Hollywood Sign. 

Ms. Mallory will present a Power Point presentation highlighting chapters in the book, augmented by a clip reel of films shot in Hollywoodland/Beachwood Canyon and screening of rare 1923 archival footage of the Hollywood sign provided by the Moving Image Research Collections (MIRC) at the University of South Carolina. The footage is among more than 200 hours of material in its Fox Movietone News Collection, which experts have described as the world’s most complete moving-image record of American culture in the 1920s. 

Established in 1923 by investors Eli P. Clark, M. H. Sherman, Harry  Chandler, and developers Tracy E. Shoults, and S. H. Woodruff, Hollywoodland was the first themed residential development built in the Hollywood foothills.  Beautiful views and elegant homes lent a fairy tale atmosphere to the neighborhood, drawing such famous artists and performers as James M. Cain, Aldous Huxley, Max Steiner, Bela Lugosi, Robert Montgomery, and Madonna as residents. One of the world’s most recognizable icons, the Hollywood Sign, was constructed as a giant billboard promoting the development.

About the author: 

Mary Mallory serves as a member of Hollywood Heritage’s Board of Directors, where she acts as a docent for the Hollywood Heritage Museum. She is also a member of the Cultural Affairs Committee of the Studio City Neighborhood Council, which organized the 75th Anniversary of Republic Studios in 2010.  She is a photograph processor at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Margaret Herrick Library, and holds a master’s in film history from the University of Texas at Austin. In addition, Mallory acts as a theatre critic for The Tolucan Times and has appeared on Turner Classic Movies.

Admission: 

$5.00 for Hollywood Heritage Members; $10.00 for non-members.

www.hollywoodheritage.org

323-874-2276

Free Parking in Lot D. Tickets for this event are also available online with your credit card via Brown Paper Tickets. A nominal fee will be added to the ticket price for this service. Just go to: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/176909 for more information. Or call 1-800-838-3006 to reserve tickets over the phone

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Toto memorial marker dedication

TODAY

Saturday, June 18, 2011

11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

6000 Santa Monica Blvd, Hollywood, CA, 90038

Fans of the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz will celebrate the dedication of a full size bronze memorial sculpture of Toto, Dorothy’s beloved dog. The Cairn Terrier’s original grave marker was destroyed in 1958 to make way for a Los Angeles freeway. Attendees are encouraged to bring their pets.

More on the life of Toto at a future date on Hollywoodland

Link to Donate to the Endowment Fund for care of the monument and the cemetery using FundRazr (PayPal) CLICK HERE

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Dustin O’Halloran in the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever

89.9 KCRW and Hollywood Forever present

a special performance in The Masonic Lodge on

Friday, May 27th, 2011 by:  

Dustin O’Halloran 

Doors will open at 8:00pm

Concert begins at 9:00pm 

Tickets are $20 and are on sale HERE or at ticketweb.com/hollywoodforever 

Parking is FREE on site.

Dustin O’Halloran will be performing works from his new album Lumiere. Released earlier this year, Lumiere represents a departure for the Los Angeles-born, Berlin-based composer. Instead of the solo piano work of previous efforts, for Lumiere, O’Halloran arranges strings by New York’s acclaimed ACME ensemble, as well as subtle electronics, guitar from Stars of the Lid’s Adam Wiltzie and violin from prodigious young composer/arranger Peter Broderick. The end product is a collection of miniature symphonies so heartbreakingly crafted that one could be forgiven for imagining the grandest scale film pieces or a master of classical composition at work.

O’Halloran will be accompanied by a string ensemble comprised of members of Magik*Magik Orchestra.

The BBC lauded Lumiere’s “universally affecting resonance,” and Magnet called it “a must-hear by any measure,” “easily one of the most affecting collections to come from the modern-classical and ambient-music camps in recent years.” The Toronto Star praised “O’Halloran’s impeccably crafted style,” while Textura called it “aural catnip to listeners whose taste runs to Nils Frahm, Eluvium, Goldmund, Max Richter, Sylvain Chaveau, Hauschka, and Peter Broderick.”  

O’Halloran has been in the news recently for scoring Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning film Like Crazy, which will be released nationally this fall by Paramount. The film’s soundtrack includes three tracks from Lumiere.

For more information on Dustin O’Halloran please visit www.dustinohalloran.com

For more information on KCRW please visit www.kcrw.com

Hollywood Forever Cemetery is a beautiful landmark of Hollywood’s past, present and future. Founded in 1899, it is one of the oldest standing landmarks in Los Angeles. The final resting place of many of the early founders and artists that defined the city (including Cecil B. DeMille, Douglas Fairbanks, Rudolph Valentino, Jayne Mansfield), it is also a cultural center for the arts with the popular outdoor summer film series, the annual Dia de los Muertos festival and musical performances at Hollywood Forever’s Masonic Lodge. For more information on Hollywood Forever please visit www.hollywoodforever.com

If you have any questions please e-mail: events@hollywoodforever.com

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 Valentino Tribute at the Barn…

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 Joe Yranski and ‘M’Liss’ at the Mary Pickford Institute for Film Education

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 Hauschka in the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever

 89.9 KCRW and Hollywood Forever present

A special performance in The Masonic Lodge on

Sunday, May 1st, 2011 by:

Hauschka

Doors will open at 7:00pm

Hauschka goes on at 8:00pm

Tickets are $18 and are on sale at www.ticketweb.com/hollywoodforever

Parking is FREE on site.

Hauschka is the alias of Düsseldorf-based Volker Bertelmann. Having studied classical piano for ten years, his work as Hauschka is based upon an exploration of the possibilities of the ‘prepared’ piano. Creatively undermining the preconceived idea of the piano as a pure-toned, perfected instrument waiting for a gifted virtuoso to play on it, Bertelmann instead modifies it by placing an assortment of material (gaffer tape, kitchen foil, felt wedges, bottle tops, ping pong balls, guitar string, etc) within its innards. What results are vivid, unconventional pieces made in a spirit of playful research-enthusiasm. As precised by Mojo magazine, “The sounds Bertlemann creates with(in) a piano are nothing short of astonishing.”

Hauschka will perform selections from his extensive catalog, while highlighting tracks from forthcoming LP, Salon des Amateurs. He will be joined by Samuli Kosminen from múm on the drums and a group of very talented local musicians.

For more information visit on Hauschka please visit www.hauschka-net.de

For more information on KCRW please visit www.kcrw.com

Hollywood Forever Cemetery is a beautiful landmark of Hollywood’s past, present and future. Founded in 1899, it is one of the oldest standing landmarks in Los Angeles. The final resting place of many of the early founders and artists that defined the city (including Cecil B. DeMille, Douglas Fairbanks, Rudolph Valentino, Jayne Mansfield), it is also a cultural center for the arts with the popular outdoor summer film series, the annual Dia de los Muertos festival and musical performances at Hollywood Forever’s Masonic Lodge. For more information on Hollywood Forever please visit www.hollywoodforever.com

If you have any questions please e-mail: events@hollywoodforever.com

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Explosions in the Sky at Hollywood Forever

Hollywood Forever

is proud to present

TONIGHT 

Saturday, April 30th, 2011 by :  

Explosions in the Sky

A special outdoor performance