Every year, movie lovers in Los Angeles spend Labor Day weekend at the Cinecon Classic Film Festival, an event comprised of rare silent and early sound films, celebrity guests and a movie collectible show.
This year, festivalgoers will be treated to four films restored by UCLA Film & Television Archive:
- Way Out West (1937)
Laurel & Hardy's only joint venture into the Old West is often considered their finest feature. - The Goose Woman (1925)
Director Clarence Brown depicts a former prima donna who descends into alcoholism. - Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath (1928)
A comedy about two men who escape to a bath house when their dance hall is raided. - She Wanted a Millionaire (1932)
A Pre-Code drama in which beauty contest-winner Joan Bennett forsakes newspaperman Spencer Tracy for millionaire James Kirkwood.
Watch KABC's news story, below. As Cinecon's Stan Taffel puts it, "[The Laurel & Hardy] films have every reason to be seen today...and that's why UCLA is taking the time to preserve as many of the original camera negatives as possible."
