FRI., Sept. 29, 2006

Registration 9:30 a.m. (there are no fees) Beginning 10:00 a.m.
Frank Scheide: Welcome & Opening remarks
David Macleod: "Where's Buster #1?"
BREAK
Kendra Lisum: "Mabel Normand ”
Panel Discussion/Q&A moderated by Hooman Mehran

12:15 p.m. Lunch (on your own)

Resuming 1:30 p.m.
David Macleod:"Where's Buster #2?"
Steve Massa: "Neglected Funny Ladies of Film Comedy: Alice Howell, Gale Henry, and Fay Tincher"
Lisa K. Stein: "A Compromising Situation: Marion Davies, Comedy, and the Dual Role"
Panel Discussion/Q&A moderated by John Tibbetts
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Screening of Mickey, classic Mabel Normand feature with live musical accompaniment

Friday Evening of Silent Cinema, 7:30 p.m.
Short: The Balloonatic (1918) starring Buster Keaton and Phyllis Haver .
Feature: Battle of the Sexes (1928) starring Phyllis Haver and Jean Hersholt, directed by D.W. Griffth
with live musical accompaniment by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra

SAT., Sept. 30, 20068:30 a.m. Registration (there are no fees)Beginning 9:00 a.m. 
Martha Jett: Welcome & Opening remarks
David Macleod:"Where's Buster #3?"
Carmaletta Williams: "Jackie 'Moms' Mabley"
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John Tibbetts: "ZaSu Pitts"
Panel Discussion/Q&A moderated by Frank Scheide
Screening of The Pest from the West, one of Buster's best talkie shorts

12:00 Lunch (on your own)

Resuming 1:00 p.m. :
Bill Shaffer: Welcome & Introductions
Robert Arkus: "Buster Keaton and Funny Ladies"
Screening of The Medicine Man, 1950s TV pilot
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Screening of The Return of the General + surprises

Saturday Evening of Silent Cinema, 7:30 p.m.
Short: Hearts and Flowers starring Louise Fazenda, Phyllis Haver & Ford Sterling. This 1919 film was written by Mack Sennett and directed by Edward Cline
Short: Men O' War, Laurel and Hardy star in this 1929 sound short with co-star Anne Cornwall, who is also Buster's leading lady in College
Feature: College, starring Buster Keaton
with live musical accompaniment by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra

Celebration Web Archives:

2005: "Keaton and W.C. Fields"
2004: "Keaton and Ernie Kovacs "
2003: "Keaton and Vaudeville".
2002: "10th Anniversary Celebration"
2001: "2001, a Keaton Odyssey"
2000: "Keaton and Laurel & Hardy"
1999: "Keaton and Lloyd"
1998: "Keaton and Pickford"
1997: "Keaton and Chaplin"
1996: "Keaton and Arbuckle"

Keaton was born near Iola, KS at Piqua in 1895 Official Keaton Celebration web site
Visit the Buster Keaton Museum, Piqua, Kansas.
Also, visit the International Buster Keaton Society. .
Funded by the Kansas Humanities Council,
with help from the Iola Tourism Fund
and private donors.
Sponsored by the Keaton Celebration Committee in cooperation with the Bowlus Fine Arts Center.

Check the Kansas Silent Film Festival web site. This free event is held each Feb. in, Topeka, KS.