Cinecon 2009
James Mason, Deborah Kerr in Hatter’s Castle (top); Frances Dee, Maurice Chevalier, Stuart Erwin, Eugene Pallette in Playboy of Paris (bottom)
Cinecon 45 is currently taking place at the Egyptian Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard. The (old & mostly rare) film marathon ends late Monday afternoon.
Thus far, the 2009 edition of Cinecon has already screened several rarities, including the Ludwig Berger-directed, 1930 comedy-musical Playboy of Paris, starring Maurice Chevalier and Frances Dee; the 1942 British production Hatter’s Castle, starring Robert Newton, and featuring up-and-coming players Deborah Kerr and James Mason; Norman Z. McLeod’s 1932 adaptation of The Miracle Man, starring Sylvia Sidney and Chester Morris (Lon Chaney became a star following the release of the now almost completely [...]
