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 Sunday lunchtime film talk.
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 |
The Wizard of Oz (1939) |
Garland, Morgan, Lahr - Dir: Fleming |
102 m |
Rick & Betsy Miller |
| 9:15 pm | Break | |||
| 9:35 pm | The Uninvited (1944) | Milland, Hussey, Crisp - Dir: Allen | 98m | Harriet and Greg Binkley |
Program finishes at approximately 11:15 pm
Saturday 21 October 2023
| Time | Films | Stars and Director | Run Time | Sponsors |
| 8:30 am | Registration | |||
| 9:00 am |
The Killers (1946) |
Lancaster, Gardner - Dir: Siodmak |
105m |
Furby House Books |
| 10:45 am | Break | |||
| 11:00 am |
Great Expectations (1946) |
Mills, Guinness, Simmons - Dir: Lean |
118m |
Film Access Northumberland |
| 1:00 pm | Lunch | |||
| 2:25 pm |
The Phantom of the Opera (1925) |
Chaney, Philbin - Dir: Julian |
94m |
Cathie Houston |
| 4:00 pm | 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 |
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) |
Monroe, Russell, Coburn - Dir: Hawks |
91m |
Lynn Hardy |
| 9:10 pm | Break | |||
| 9:25 pm | Belle de Jour (1967) | Deneuve, Sorel - Dir: Bunuel | 100m | Dianne & David Halliday |
Program finishes at approximately 11:05 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) * Note 2 |
Gish, Barthelmess - Dir: Griffith | 95m | |
| 12:10 pm | Lunch - Sunday Lunchtime film talk | |||
| 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 5:35 pm
* Silent with live accompaniment
Michael Bridge
Note 1: Accordion accompaniment to Phantom of the Opera
Jordan Klapman
Note 2: Piano accompaniment to Broken Blossoms
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.