Cinesation 2009

Mary Pickford, Thomas Meighan in M’Liss

Cinesation 2009 is currently taking place at the Lincoln Theater in Massilion, Ohio. The four-day festival, which ends on Sunday, will screen a number of hard-to-find titles, including:

James Cruze’s 1925 political-historical Western The Pony Express, starring Betty Compson, Ricardo Cortez, Wallace Beery, and George Bancroft in a tale of powerlust and media manipulation. Hey, sounds like life in the early 21st century? Well, that’s a mere coincidence, as The Pony Express is set in mid-19th-century California, a time when Sen. Glen (Al Hart) and his Knights of the Golden Circle scheme to have the state secede from Union, annex another chunk of Mexico, and form a new empire.
The 1918 Mary Pickford vehicle M’Liss, in [...]

by Andre Soares | September 25, 2009   
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Cinesation 2007

Cinesation, a film festival that focuses on hard-to-find samples of vintage American cinema, will return to the historic Lincoln Theatre in Massillon, Ohio, for its 17th year. The festival runs from Thursday, Sept. 27 through Sunday, Sept. 30.
Titles that have already been announced are:
Rubber Tires (1927, right), the last film directed by Alan Hale, best known as a supporting player in numerous Warner Bros. films of the ’30s and ’40s. This cross-country road movie stars Bessie Love, who was featured in the first talkie to win a best picture Academy Award, the mammoth 1929 hit The Broadway Melody; silent-era leading man Harrison Ford (no relation to the Indiana Jones actor); and May Robson, just about every film performer’ [...]

by Andre Soares | January 8, 2007   
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