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  • The Innocent Years

    The Innocent Years is a group of films taken of American Life at the turn of the last century. It features what life in America was like for that generation. The films have been refurbished and they display the former American Presidents campaigning from the back of trains, simple life showing how clothes were washed, how food was prepared etc. This is a truly fascinating look at Americana! Instructor Bob DeFlores is known nationally as a film consultant and archivist. He supplies film for documentaries for major television networks plus the Kennedy Center Tributes. Over the years Bob has helped many celebrities, such as Bing Crosby and Shirley Temple-Black, complete their libraries.
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    Memorable Moments in Hollywood

    Join Bob as he takes you on an adventure in Hollywood! You’ll enjoy a look back at the Oscars and get to see comedian and actor Ken Murray’s home movies for an inside look of some of Hollywood’s biggest stars.Over the course of three decades Murray regularly filmed his friends and neighbors at parties and other social events. Unlike other folks, however, Murray's home movies, as gathered in this 1965 documentary, include Hollywood royalty like Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Jane Russell, Charlie Chaplin and Clark Gable frolicking in candid, unscripted moments. Pre-registration encouraged and appreciated.
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    A Tribute to Fred Astaire and Selected Shorts

    A very rare look at the career of Fred Astaire including show pictures of him from his younger years in Nebraska. Interviews with Ginger Rogers, Gene Kelly, and Hollywood Studio Executives. Pre-registration encouraged and appreciated.
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    The Greatest Tap Dancers

    A look at some of the great tap dancers of the past. Tappers like Hal Leroy, Bill Bojangles Robinson, The Nicolas Brothers, Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers and famed dancers of the Cotton Club and Apollo Theaters.
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    Laurel and Hardy "Way out West" and Selected Shorts

    Way Out West is a 1937 Laurel and Hardy comedy film. Stan (Stan Laurel) and Ollie (Oliver Hardy) have been entrusted to deliver the deed of a gold mine to the deceased prospector's daughter Mary Roberts (Rosina Lawrence). Mary works for her cruel unofficial guardians, Brushwood Gulch saloon owner Mickey Finn (James Finlayson) and his saloon-singer wife, Lola Marcel (SharonLynn), who keep her in a slave-like existence by forcing her to do all the chores. Stan and Ollie are traveling towards Brushwood Gulch; Stan on foot, leading a mule dragging a travois, on which Ollie lies. As they ford a river, the travois detaches from the mule, leaving Ollie stranded in the water. He starts to wade then completely disappears into asink holein the river bottom. They hitch a ride on a stagecoach and attempt to flirt with a woman passenger (Vivien Oakland). Upon arriving in Brushwood Gulch, she complains to her husband (Stanley Fields), who turns out to be the local sheriff; he threatens the pair by coldly informing them that they will be leaving in a hearse if they do not catch the next coach out of town. So now the real fun begins! It is Laurel & Hardy at their all-time best. Bob will also show a surprise This is Your Life Laurel & Hardy which is priceless. Pre-registration encouraged and appreciated.