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Did you know that the Marie Dressler Foundation offers Bursaries to students in Northumberland. Full details at the Marie Dressler Foundation site here.

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2019 Festival.

September 27, 28, 29, 2019

Film Trivia 2018

Have you taken the Trivia Quiz based on the 2018 program? Try it here.

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The Vintage Film Festival

Twenty seven years ago (1992), a group of film enthusiasts involved in the restoration of the Marie Dressler house had a wild idea. Why not hold a festival showing the films in which Marie Dressler had starred? This seemingly fantastic idea grew into the present form in which we show a variety of films generally made before about 50-60 years ago. We will often, although not always, include a film starring Marie Dressler.

For more on Marie Dressler and the Marie Dressler Foundation, please go to the Marie Dressler Foundation Web site here.

The weekend is best enjoyed as an event and not just a collection of great movies. We start with a featured movie, then there's our Gala Reception followed by two films. Then on Saturday we show a collection of six movies that range from very old, silent films starring Mary Pickford, Erich von Stroheim or Douglas Fairbanks, to talkies and musicals. On Sunday we show four movies and include a lunch time seminar with a knowledgable speaker.

Bursaries by Marie Dressler Foundation

Money raised by the festival goes to the Marie Dressler Foundation and one of their activities is to provide bursaries for students in Northumberland High Schools. For more information, please go to the Marie Dressler Foundation Web site.

Venue and Date for 2019

Note the dates for the 2019 Vintage Film Festival: September 27, 28, 29. Also note that all screenings and events are to be at Port Hope's 'atmospheric' Capitol Theatre. [Map here]. Why not make a note on your calendar?

The 2019 Festival will be held

September 27, 28, 29, 2019

Theme: Famous Cinematic Duos

Winner of Trivia competition

Details: Published: 19 October 2018

At our recent 2018 festival, we held a competition where we asked five Trivia Questions with four multiple choices (per question). The prize was two weekend passes for the 2019 Festival. Below are the questions, the correct answer for each, plus the winning patron.

1) Duck Soup (1933)

Question: “When Chicolini (Chico Marx) and Pinky (Harpo Marx) enter Trentino’s (Louis Calhern) office they hear ringing. What is ringing?”

Trentino’s phone
Chimes from an open window
An alarm clock in Pinky’s pocket
Bells in the movie’s musical score
Correct answer: An alarm clock in Pinky’s pocket

Program and Tickets now available for 2018 Festival

Details: Published: 18 June 2018

The full program is now available - the bonus kickoff film for Festival Pass holders (that's the whole weekend) is Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds. Weekend pass holders will welcome Toronto Star Film Critic Peter Howell in a return engagement as the seminar leader on Sunday. The subject will be The Love of Film.

Since 2018 is the 150th birthday of Marie Dressler, three of her films will be presented: Anna Christie co-starring Greta Garbo, Politics and The Patsy. Chaplin fans will enjoy the silent City Lights and Newman fans will like Cool Hand Luke. The full program is listed here.

Tickets are now available online here - Tickets will also be available soon at the Victoria Hall Box Office and at the Capitol Theatre.

Queen Marie Play at Alumnae Theatre

Details: Published: 19 March 2018

Queen Marie, the Musical Comedy play about Marie Dressler by Shirley Barrie, is being performed by the Alumnae Theatre Company in Toronto from April 13 to 28, 2018. First performed at Fourth Line, it is now being staged at the longest-running theatre company in Toronto. Director Rosemary Doyle says that "Queen Marie features a cast of 26, plus musicians and dancing girls. We have a child and 9 women portraying Marie at different points of her life."