Cinecon Classic Film Festival Opens in Beverly Hills August 29th

The Cinecon Classic Film Festival opens in Beverly Hills on Thursday, August 29th, 2024.

The festival, which takes place this year at the Writers Guild of America Theater on South Doheny Drive, runs through Labor Day, September 2nd.

I very much enjoyed attending the festival in the years 2017-2019 -- coverage links may be found at the bottom of this post -- and while I'm not yet certain if and when I'll be attending this year, I wanted to alert my readers to the many interesting things taking place at the festival.

This is the 60th edition of Cinecon, which focuses on relatively rare, hard-to-find films. I've seen some real gems at past festivals! The movies are screened both digitally and on film.

This year's guests include former teen actor Tommy Cook, who I was fortunate to see at the Noir City Hollywood Festival last year; Russ Tamblyn (at a screening of THE KID FROM CLEVELAND); George Chakiris; Tina Cole; Stefanie Powers; Neile Adams McQueen; and former child actress Cora Sue Collins, who is now 97.

Some of the titles which I find especially intriguing:

*FORCED LANDING (1935), a Republic Pictures film with Esther Ralston, Onslow Stevens, and Toby Wing. I love aviation films!

*THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE (1940), a film version of the Rodgers & Hart musical starring Allan Jones, Irene Hervey, Martha Raye, Charles Butterworth, and Rosemary Lane.

*SONG OF ARIZONA (1946) with Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, and Tommy Cook.

*LANCER SPY (1937) starring George Sanders, Dolores Del Rio, and Peter Lorre.

*THE HARVESTER (1936), a Gene Stratton-Porter story filmed with Alice Brady, Ann Rutherford, and Cora Sue Collins.

*THE BRIDE WORE CRUTCHES (1941), a "B" film with Lynne Roberts and Ted North.

*HOTEL FOR WOMEN (1939) starring Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern, James Ellison, and Lynn Bari.

The last four films listed above are all shown on Labor Day, and I hope to be there if possible.

Sadly, a film I was especially interested in from the original schedule, MOON OVER BURMA (1940), appears to have fallen off the schedule, unless its omission was accidental. Robert Preston, Dorothy Lamour, and Preston Foster sounds like my kind of movie!

Festival tickets are being handled via Eventbrite. Both full festival passes and day passes are available.

Previously: Cinecon 53 (2017), Cinecon 54 (2018), Cinecon 55 (2019).

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