Year 2011 program

Buster Keaton
and
The Kansas Filmmakers
The 19th Annual Buster Keaton Celebration

Sept 23-24, 2011, Iola, KS

Program for 2011 ---- Last Updated 08/29/2011

All activities are held at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center in Iola, Kansas,. Free.
(donations are very much appreciated-- this year more than ever)

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Program subject to change.

Friday, Sept 23, 2011, main auditorium, Bowlus Fine Arts Center

8:30    Registration opens at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center Auditorium Lobby (There are no fees)

9:15    Welcome and Remarks / Master of Ceremonies Frank Scheide, Keaton Co-Chair


9:20     REMEMBERING BUSTER: An Interview with James Karen
                    Frank Scheide, Ph.D., University of Arkansas             Abstract/Bio
10:00               Q & A

10:10    STARS OF KANSAS
                   Eric Monder, Documentary Filmmaker & Lecturer at Bethany College      Abstract/Bio
                                        Kansas Humanities Speakers Bureau
10:50              Q & A

11:00    Break

11:10    Screening of THE E-FLAT MAN (1935) Educational Pictures with Buster Keaton

11:30    Lunch Break

1:00    Welcome and Introduction / Master of Ceremonies Lisa Stein Haven

1:10   21st CENTURY KANSAS FILMMAKER
                  Kevin Willmott, Screenwriter, Filmmaker, Playwright, Actor Activist      Abstract/Bio
                                      Associate Professor - University of Kansas

1:50          Q & A

2:00    GORDON PARKS
                Jill Warford , Executive Director, Gordon Parks Museum, Fort Scott Community College

                                                                                                                                 Abstract/Bio
2:40          Q & A

2:50     Break (10 min.)

3:00    DELBERT MANN: From Lawrence, Kansas to Hollywood's Oscar
                Jonathan Cavallero, Ph.D. Unversity of Arkansas                                       Abstract/Bio
3:40             Q & A (10 min.)

3:50     Screening of MARTY directed by Delbert Mann

5:00     Dinner Break

7:30    FRIDAY EVENING SCREENINGS:

            THE BALLOONATIC (1923) Buster Keaton short with Phyllis Haver
                  With live music by Marvin Faulwell.

            CHICAGO (1927) starring Phyllis Haver
                 With live music by Marvin Faulwell, organ, and Bob Keckeisen, percussion.

                     (There will be a short intermission during the screening of CHICAGO)

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Saturday, Sept 24, 2011, main auditorium, Bowlus Fine Arts Center

8:30     Registration opens at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center Auditorium Lobby (There are no fees)

9:00    Welcome and Introductions by Bill Shaffer

9:20    BUSTER KEATON, the Accidental Kansas
                David Macleod, Keaton historian & founder of the Blinking Buzzards Society (UK)       Bio
10:00        Q & A with Speaker (10 minutes)

10:10    EUGENE PALLETTE: Thin Man in a Large Body
                Martha Jett, Documentary Filmmaker and Keaton Biographer                          Bio
10:50        Q & A with Speaker (10 minutes)

11:00    Screening of SHOULD MEN WALK HOME? (1927) with Mabel Normand & Eugene Pallette.(Oliver Hardy does a cameo.)

11:30    Lunch Break

1:00    Welcome and Introductions / Master of Ceremonies Martha Jett

1:10    KANSAS FILM COMICS: Arbuckle & Keaton
                   Robert Arkus, Film Historian & Archivist                                            Abstract/Bio
                 Featuring the premiere screening of a new video restoration of
                        His Wife's Mistake ( 1916) with Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle and musical score by Ben Model

1:50            Q & A with Speaker

2:00    KANSAS FILM FLAPPERS: Phyllis Haver, Louise Brooks, Thelma Hill,
                                           and the Portrayal of Postwar Feminine Experience
                Lisa Stein Haven, Ph.D., Ohio University Zanesville                            Abstract/Bio

2:40               Q & A with Speaker (10 minutes)

2:50       Break

3:00       FAMOUS TRAVELS OF MARTIN & OSA JOHNSON, Kansas Filmmakers
                      Jacquelyn Borgeson, Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum, Chanute, Kansas    Abstract/Bio

                     Featuring a rare film clip of the New York City premiere of CONGORILLA

3:40                Q & A

3:50       Screening of    SIMBA (1928) with Osa & Martin Johnson
                         With live music by Marvin Faulwell, organ, and Bob Keckeisen, percussion.

***Warning: This film depicts the killing of animals as part of its story.
These depictions may be offensive to some viewers.

5:00       Dinner Break

7:30    SATURDAY EVENING SCREENINGS

                        ROWDY ANN (1919) short film starring Fay Tincher

                        TWO TARS (1928) short film starring Laurel and Hardy with Thelma Hill. Directed by James Parrot, brother of Charley Chase

                        THE NAVIGATOR (1924) feature film starring Buster Keaton
                              With live music by Marvin Faulwell, organ, and Bob Keckeisen, percussion.

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Funding provided by

The Kansas Humanities Council

Sleeper Family Trust

Iola Convention and Tourism Committee

and with help from private donations

[Keith Goering] (goeringk@cox.net)