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Cinecon 44 in Pictures

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Here are a few pictures of the celebrities who shared some of their time with us during this year's show. More pictures will be posted shortly including shots from the banquet.

 
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Producer Walter Mirisch was our first guest on Thursday night. He was interviewed by Cinecon officer Michael Schlesinger.

We started out with a tribute reel showing clips from Mr. Mirisch's long and successful career as a filmmaker.

Walter Mirisch receiving the award from George Chakiris imageWalter Mirisch signing his book image

Since Mr. Mirisch was unable to attend our banquet on Sunday night he was presented with his Cinecon Career Achievement award after the interview by George Chakiris star of West Side Story.

After receiving his award Mirisch moved to the theater lobby where he signed autographs and copies of his new book I Thought We Were Making Movies, Not History.

Warren Stevens with Stan Taffel imageWarren Stevens close-up image

On Friday we showed The Case Against Brooklyn starring Warren Stevens. After the
film Mr. Stevens was interviewed by Cinecon officer Stan Taffel.

Stan is a big fan of his and had been trying to get him to attend a film screening at Cinecon for
several years. Warren had a great time and
enjoyed taking audience questions

Warren Stevens with Stan Taffel imageWarren Stevens signing autographs image

After the interview Stan and one of his favorite actors posed for a picture together.

Then members of the audience got their chance to talk further with Stevens and get his autograph.

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On Saturday afternoon we watched a great
35mm print of the 1944 Universal picture House
of Frankenstein
. Afterwards Stan interviewed
one of the film's co-stars, Elena Verdugo.

There was a large turn out for the show and Ms. Verdugo had fun with the interview and answered questions about working with Karloff and Chaney on the film.

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Then she found herself surrounded by eager autograph seekers who brought books and photographs for her to sign

Celeste Holm, who would be attending her own screening on Sunday, showed up to watch Elena's film. They posed for pictures together...

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...and shared a nice chat while fans continued to bring photos for Elena to sign.

Then on Sunday, after the screening of the fun comedy Champagne for Caesar, it was Ms. Holm's turn to be interviewed. Cinecon president Bob Birchard did the honors.

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There were a lot of audience questions and Celeste was candid with her answers, sharing stories of working with some of the biggest stars including Loretta Young, Bette Davis and Frank Sinatra.

After the interview Celeste had her picture taken with Bob and her husband, Frank Basile.

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After a lot of pictures inside the theater Celeste
was taken to a table in the lobby where fans
lined up for autographs.

 




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