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More Cinecon 47 pictures

We have posted some pictures from the Cinecon 47 Career Achievement Award banquet. You can check them out here: Cinecon 47 Highlights.

Sunday at Cinecon 47

Clockwise from upper left: Stan Taffel with guest Conrad Janis; Conrad Janis during his interview; actress Fay McKenzie with Bryan Cooper; tables at the Cinecon Book Fair; authors Steve Bingen and Steve Sylvester did a presentation based on their book MGM Hollywood's Greatest Backlot; shoppers at our memorabilia show; author/child actresses Marilyn Knowlden and Diana Serra Cary flank the Cinecon 47 poster and Fay McKenzie at her interview.

Saturday at Cinecon 47

Clockwise from upper left: author Roy Moseley with his friend Ralph, actor Jimmy Lydon with his wife before his interview, the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum table, author Darrell Rooney, Warner Archive Collection table; author Michael Oldham, Bob Birchard with the boys from the Warner Archive Collection after their great presentation at the theater; George Feltenstein of the Warner Archive; and in the center Jimmy Lydon at his interview.

Friday at Cinecon 47

Film and books set the tone for Friday. Clockwise from upper left: authors Miriam Nelson, India Adams, Manny Pacheco, Aubrey Solomon, Monica Lewis; 2 of our 3 silent film accompanists Frederick Hodges (seated) and Phil Carli; author Diana Serra Cary, Marilyn Knowlden; CINERAMA ADVENTURE documentary producers Randy Gitsch and David Strohmaier spoke after a screening of their film; Miles Kreuger introducing a film and author Peter Ford.

Cinecon 47 is underway

It was a busy first night. Clockwise from upper left: a lot of people started their Cinecon weekend by shopping in the dealers rooms; then the registration opened at 5:00; Cinecon president Bob Birchard made opening remarks at the theater; several authors were on hand to sign books during registration; our first special show of the weekend was Mary Mallory with her "Hollywoodland" presentation; author Joe Adamson introduced the Three Stooges short during the evening and in the center actress Julie Adams was on hand at a screening of her film HOLLYWOOD STORY and was interviewed afterwards.

The final Cinecon 47 schedule

We have posted what we expect to be the final version of our film schedule. As always the schedule is subject to change without notice. You can check it out here: Cinecon Schedule. At the bottom of the film list is the schedule for the special programs that we will be running throughout the weekend at the hotel.

Conrad Janis added to list of honorees

Stage, television and film actor Conrad Janis has been added to our list of Cinecon Career Achievement Award honorees for Cinecon 47. Mr. Janis made his Broaday debut at 13 and his first film in 1945. In addition to the Sunday evening banquet he will be attending a screening of his third film THE BRASHER DOUBLOON on Sunday afternoon and participate in a Q&A after the film.

More film titles added

We have added more films to our schedule. Check out the Exciting Film Line-up page for more information.

Cinecon Career Achievement Award honorees have been announced

Actors Julie Adams, Jimmy Lydon and Fay McKenzie will receive Career Achievement Awards at our banquet on Sunday evening (September 4). They are also scheduled to attend a screening of one of their films during the weekend. Please visit our Celebrity Guests page to read more about these talented performers.

Some Cinecon 47 films announced!

What do George O'Brien, Raymond Griffith, Charles Boyer and Charles Ray have in common? Well, they're all starring in films that are scheduled for Cinecon 47, of course. Check out the Film Lineup page for more information.

The Cinecon 47 Films!

The Cinecon Organizing Committee has begun the process of selecting films for Cinecon 47. If you would like to suggest a film or short for the upcoming show now is the time to do it. Send us an e-mail at cineconinfo@earthlink.net.

And there's more film news

As promised we now have a list (as complete as possible) of all films ever shown at Cinecon. Click here to take a look.

Cinecon is on Facebook!

Cinecon officer Stan Taffel has set up a "Friends of Cinecon" page on Facebook. You can visit the page by clicking here.

Links Page

We've added a links page to our website. Click here to take a look.