Program for the Thirtieth Annual Vintage Film Festival
Program Information
Tickets will be available summer of 2023 - see the Ticket page. The best value by far is the Festival pass which gives you:
- The 13 program movies
- The very popular "Brown bag Lunch".
Note that registration at the door is required. Singles will be available at the door (and online) for each movie.
Below is a list of the films to be shown. If you click the title of any film you will go to a page of information including director, cast, photos, a review and a trailer.
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Theme - From the Page to the Screen
Note program is subject to change.
Friday 20 October 2023
| Time | Films | Stars and Director | Run Time | Sponsors |
| 3:00 pm | Registration | |||
| 4:00 pm | Sounder (1972) | Winfield, Tyson - Dir: Ritt | 105m | Scott Fraser |
| 5:45 pm | Dinner | |||
| 7:15 pm | Welcome/Announcements | |||
| 7:30 pm | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) | Monroe, Russell, Coburn - Dir: Hawks | 91m | Lynn Hardy |
| 9:00 pm | Break | |||
| 9:20 pm | The Uninvited (1944) | Milland, Hussey, Crisp - Dir: Allen | 98m |
Program finishes at approximately 11:00 pm
Saturday 21 October 2023
| Time | Films | Stars and Director | Run Time | Sponsors |
| 8:30 am | Registration | |||
| 9:00 am | The Wizard of Oz (1939) | Garland, Morgan, Lahr - Dir: Fleming | 102m | Rick & Betsy Miller |
| 10:45 am | Break | |||
| 11:00 am | The Phantom of the Opera* (1925) | Chaney, Philbin - Dir: Julian | 94m | Cathie Houston |
| 12:35 pm | Lunch | |||
| 2:00 pm | Great Expectations (1946) | Mills, Guinness, Simmons - Dir: Lean | 118m | Film Access Northumberland |
| 4:00pm | Break | |||
| 4:15 pm | From Russia with Love (1963) | Connery, Shaw, Lenya - Dir Young | 115m | Aaron Peacock/Two Blue Shirts Productions |
| 6:10 pm | Dinner | |||
| 7:40 pm | The Killers (1946) | Lancaster, Gardner - Dir: Siodmak | 105m | Furby Books (Chris Jiggins) |
| 9:25 pm | Break | |||
| 9:40 pm | Belle de Jour (1967) | Deneuve, Sorel - Dir: Bunuel | 100m | Dianne & David Halliday |
Program finishes at approximately 11:20 pm
Sunday 22 October 2023
| Time | Films | Stars and Director | Run Time | Sponsors |
| 8:30 am | Registration | |||
| 9:00 am | Sabotage (1936) | Homolka, Sidney, Loder - Dir: Hitchcock | 76m | Al Brown & Cathy Vasas-Brown |
| 10:15 am | Break | |||
| 10:35 am | Broken Blossoms* (1919) | Gish, Barthelmess - Dir: Griffith | 95m | |
| 12:10 pm | Lunch - (Brown Bag) | |||
| 1:40 pm | Rosemary's Baby (1968) | Farrow, Cassavetes - Dir: Polanski | 137m | Lesley Myers/Scenery Farm |
| 4:00 pm | Break | |||
| 4:20 pm | Raffles (1940) | Niven, de Havilland, Whitty - Dir: Wood | 72m | Lynch, Rutherford Tozer |
Program finishes at approximately 05:35 pm
* silent with live piano accompaniment
Jordan Klapman
Go here for more on piano accompaniment to Silent films.
Silent Auction
There will be a silent auction starting at 4:00 pm Friday and closing at 7:00 pm Saturday
Although we try to avoid changes, the program is subject to change without notice
Films shown in earlier years.