Tonight's Movies: Lorna Doone (1922) and The Magnificent Matador (1955) at the UCLA Festival of Preservation

We had a really wonderful day yesterday seeing four films at the 2026 UCLA Festival of Preservation.The festival was held at UCLA's Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum in Westwood, where I have seen scores of films over the years. It began Friday evening, May 29th, running through Sunday night.We chose to attend most of the day Saturday due to both our schedules and our interest in the day's movies. Two of yesterday's films were new to us and two were repeat watches, combining for a perfect day of viewing.We also saw a quartet of restored Fleischer and Terry Toons cartoons which were introduced by animation historian Jerry Beck. I especially enjoyed THE MOUSE OF TOMORROW (1942), the very first Mighty Mouse cartoon. I was also delighted to receive a cute Mighty Mouse button as we entered the theater.Following the first two cartoons we saw ADVENTURES OF CASANOVA (1948), starring Arturo de Cordova, Lucille Bremer, and Turhan Bey.I first saw ADVENTURES OF CASANOVA at UCLA a dozen…