In March I shared that the UCLA Festival of Preservation has been scheduled to take place from May 29th through 31st at the Billy Wilder Theater in Westwood.The schedule for the entire weekend is now available at the UCLA Film & Television Archive website.The schedule opens Friday evening, the 29th, with a film and TV special celebrating black performers such as Ossie Davis and Redd Foxx.I intend to see four films on Saturday the 30th:*ADVENTURES OF CASANOVA (1948) which I saw in a 16mm print at UCLA a dozen years ago. This is the world premiere of a new DCP restoration from a variety of elements including the original 35mm nitrate negative and a 16mm print. It stars Arturo de Cordova and Lucille Bremer.*A new DCP restoration of the silent film LORNA DOONE (1922). It was directed by Maurice Tourneur (father of Jacques) and stars Madge Bellamy.*The premiere of a DCP restoration of one of my favorite '30s comedies, MERRILY WE LIVE (1938), with Constance Bennett and Brian Aherne leading…
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