You are allowed to eat and drink in the movie room but we ask that you pick up any wrappers and garbage before you leave. Please exercise the same courtesy to your neighbors as you would in a major movie theater.

This year we pay tribute to film noir, a style or genre of cinematographic film marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, and menace. Deadly females who smoked and drank, innocent children suffering in the slums, and private detectives who are forced to do the dirty work that drives them to drink. We also pay tribute to jazz, a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, having developed from blues and ragtime. This musical expression crept into a large number of movies during the 1950s and 1960s, all of which are worthy of viewing even if you are not a fan of the music.

The Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention also doubles as a film festival, providing rare films you will not see anywhere else. After all, why go to a convention and watch movies that you can see at the convenience of your own home? In many cases the films we offer are being screened exclusively for MANC. Look over the schedule and make plans to enjoy some of these rare gems. And there will be late-night horror movies after Midnight!

WEDNESDAY

6 pm TO BE ANNOUNCED

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7 pm TO BE ANNOUNCED

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8 pm TO BE ANNOUNCED

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10:30 pm TO BE ANNOUNCED

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12 Midnight ALL-NIGHT HORROR MOVIES

Titles to be announced

THURSDAY

9 am TO BE ANNOUNCED

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10 am A MAN CALLED SHENANDOAH (1966)

Starring Robert Horton in the lead role. A man shot and left for dead on the trail is found and revived. He has no recollection of his past and, calling himself Shenandoah, roams the West in search of his identity. In this episode, "Impostor," Shenandoah is following up on a lead from yet another photograph from his time in the army. According to one source his name is Timothy O'Rourke. Apparently, he is the long lost son of wealthy cattleman Andrew O'Rourke. The two had a major falling out, and now the dying father wants to see his son one more time. Shenandoah suspects all of this is too good to be true (we know he never did find out his identity as the television program went off the air before a conclusion could be dramatized) but in this episode also meets his supposed sister, Paula, played by weekend guest Juliet Mills.

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10:30 am TO BE ANNOUNCED

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11 am TO BE ANNOUNCED

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12 noon TO BE ANNOUNCED

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2 pm ALIAS SMITH AND JONES (1971)

Stars Pete Duel and Ben Murphy as Hannibal Heyes and Kid Curry, two of the most wanted outlaws in the history of the West, popular "with everyone except the railroads and the banks." In this episode, "The Man Who Murdered Himself," Hannibal and Kid Currey got 2 jobs. The Kid lost the coin toss (as usual), and is to deliver a wagon-load of high explosives to a mining operation. Hannibal gets the job of playing tour guide for a group of archaeologists looking for a long lost tribe of Indians. Hannibal begins to realize that no one on the expedition are what they seem -- except, for the lovely Julia Finney (played by weekend guest Juliet Mills), and someone has murder in mind.

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3 pm THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. (1965)

In this episode, titled "The Adriatic Express Affair," Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin are on board the Adriatic Express from Vienna to Venice, seeking a T.H.R.U.S.H. chemical that can end the reproductive process in life forms. (What a mastermind criminal organization could get out of creating such a chemical beyond holding the world at ransom is beyond comprehension...) Anyway, along the way Solo and Kuryakin meet Madame Nemirovitch, who claims to be the founder of T.H.R.U.S.H., and a beautiful damsel in distress played by weekend guest Juliet Mills.

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4 pm HAZEL (1961)

Since we are highlighting the film career of Don DeFore this weekend, who played the role of George Baxter on Hazel, we are screening two episodes of the series, with Shirley Booth in the title role. George Baxter was a highly successful corporation lawyer who was always in control of everything at the office, but almost nothing at home. When he returned from the office at day's end, to his wife Dorothy, and his young son Harold, he entered the world of Hazel. Hazel was the maid and housekeeper who ran the Baxter household more efficiently than George ran his office. She was always right, knew exactly what needed doing, and pre-empted his authority with alarming, though, justified regularity.

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5 pm LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (1960)

Starring weekend guests Jonathan Haze and Jackie Joseph, this Roger Corman classic inspired a Broadway musical and an animated cartoon... and celebrates the 60th anniversary this year. Seymour Krelboin (Jonathan Haze) works in the Skid Row flower shop owned by Mr. Mushnik (Mel Welles). In his spare time, Seymour creates a new plant species he names Audrey Junior in honor of his girlfriend Audrey (Jackie Joseph). Audrey Junior begins speaking and demands to be fed human blood and flesh, convincing Seymour to kill a railroad detective, a sadistic dentist and a trollop. Seymour's guilt over the deaths forces him to confront Audrey Junior in a final confrontation. We will be screening a remastered print from an archival 35mm negative, ensuring the best picture and sound quality you will ever see!

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6:30 pm TO BE ANNOUNCED

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7 pm TO BE ANNOUNCED

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8 pm TO BE ANNOUNCED

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10 pm SON OF FRANKENSTEIN (1939)

What a cast of horror icons in this, the third Frankenstein movie in the series! Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi and Lionel Atwill, with weekend guest Donnie Dunagan. Wolf von Frankenstein returns to the Baronial manor from the United States with his wife Elsa and son Peter. He is not made welcome by the locals who are still terrified of his father's works and the monster he created. Wolf insists he is not the scientist his father infamously imprinted on the villagers, but when he finds his father's scientific notes, and assistant Igor, it is only a matter of time before temptation gives in and the monster is revived.

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12 Midnight ALL-NIGHT HORROR MOVIES

12 midnight The Silent House (1929)

1:30 am The Phantom Wagon (1939)

3:00 am To Be Announced

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FRIDAY

9 am THE BEST OF THE LITTLE RASCALS

Three classic comedy film shorts selected by Samantha Glasser, who is also presenting this weekend an hour-long slide show presentation about the history of The Little Rascals, also known as the Our Gang comedies. We asked Samantha to choose what she felt were the three best comedies and here they are!

Titles to be announced.

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10 am THE ADVENTURES OF OZZIE AND HARRIET

They never televise this series anymore and it is a darn shame. One of the best situation comedies ever produced, Ozzie Nelson and Harriet Hilliard, along with sons Ricky and David, stars as the average American family. What Ozzie's job was remains to be seen, but his half-digested schemes often involve comedic situations that require his wife and children bailing him out. In the later episodes, Ricky and David took the spotlight with their musical careers, going to college and getting married. But it was those early episodes from the early 1950s that are truly gems. Since we are highlighting the film career of Don DeFore over the weekend, we will highlight two half-hour episodes with Don DeFore in the cast, who played the recurring role of Thorny.

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11 am TO BE ANNOUNCED

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12 noon WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND (1963)

Little Kathy discovers a man wanted for murder hiding in her family's barn. When she asks him who he is, he says Jesus Christ just before he goes unconscious. Kathy and her siblings are convinced that he is Jesus, and try to hide him from grown-ups. This is a charming movie with weekend guest Hayley Mills in the cast, along with Bernard Lee years before he played M in the James Bond movies.

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2 pm TO BE ANNOUNCED

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3:30 pm TO BE ANNOUNCED

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4 pm TO BE ANNOUNCED

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5 pm LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (1960)

In recognition of the 60th anniversary we are screening the 1960 cult classic, Little Shop of Horrors, from a recently-remastered archival 35mm print with superior picture and sound. A clumsy young man nurtures a plant and discovers that it's carnivorous, forcing him to kill to feed it. Filmed in two-and-a-half days and with a budget of $22,500, the movie since spawned a Broadway musical, which in turn was filmed in 1986 by Frank Oz. Producer Charles B. Griffith provided the voice of the man-eating plant, as well as hiring a few of his family relatives in minor roles as customers in the store. Watch out for a young Jack Nicholson as a bizarre dentist patient, the first of five movies he would star in under the direction of Roger Corman.

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6:30 pm TO BE ANNOUNCED

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7:30 pm IT HAPPENED ON FIFTH AVENUE (1947)

​Recognizing the film career of Don DeFore over the weekend we present this charming classic. A genial homeless man in New York illegally moves into a millionaire's mansion while the rich businessman is away for the winter, eventually inviting other unfortunates to join him. Naturally, the millionaire owner returns home unexpectedly, and is forced to play along under the guise of a destitute codger after his teenage daughter falls in love with one of the unemployed "idea men" now residing in the estate. This is one of those films you cannot resist recommending to your friends. Charming and entertaining, it stars Don DeFore in a romantic lead, not comedic.

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9:30 pm CRY OF THE WEREWOLF (1944)

Celeste, the gypsy daughter of a deceased New Orleans belle, who is now secretly entombed in a museum and frantically guarded by Celeste. She is a werewolf and will stop at nothing to protect the whereabouts of her mother's whereabouts, from whom she inherited the curse. This is what horror fans refer to as another studio's attempt to cash in on Universal's The Wolfman (1940) with a variation-on-a-theme. But at a quick 62 minutes, this is worth watching if for no other reason than actress Nina Foch playing the lead.

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10:30 pm TO BE ANNOUNCED

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12 Midnight ALL-NIGHT HORROR MOVIES

Titles to be announced

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SATURDAY

9 am TO BE ANNOUNCED

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10 am TO BE ANNOUNCED

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11 am TO BE ANNOUNCED

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12 noon TO BE ANNOUNCED

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2 pm TO BE ANNOUNCED

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