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The Film Maker Speaks About His Films and Film Making - Robert T. Radnitz
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Robert Radnitz, in March of 1973, became the first filmmaker honored jointly on the floors of the US Senate and House.. for Sounder. Part of the World Affairs Series: America On Film

Hollywood or Asia: Chinese and Japanese in American Films - Grant Goodman
3:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Grant Goodman, of the University of Kansas, is a former Fulbright scholar and lecturer in the Philippines. Part of the World Affairs Series: America On Film

Film: The Bitter Tea of General Yen
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Barbara Stanwyck stars in Frank Capra's film, the love affair between an American Missionary and a Chinese war lord. Banned for "inter-racial love theme" in British Commonwealth countries. Part of the World Affairs Series

Film: Gentleman's Agreement
11:00 AM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Awarded an Oscar as the best picture of 1947, this film explores anti-semitism in American life and problems of postwar American society. Part of the World Affairs Series

The American Cinema - Andrew Sarris
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Andrew Sarris's books include the The American Cinema, Interviews with Film Directors, and Confessions of a Film Cultist. Part of the World Affairs Series: America On Film

Panel: Escapism - Movies Are Greener than Grass - Andrew Sarris, Jane Feuer, Richard Kottman
3:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Andrew Sarris..his adaptation of the French auteur theory to the American cinema was the beginning of modern American film criticism. Jane Feuer...her specialty is contemporary (i.e. French) literary and film theory. She has just begun critical study of the MGM musical, particularly those directed by Vincente Minelli. Richard Kottman... a scholar of US diplomatic history in the late 19th and 20th century. Most of his writings have dealt with relations between the US and Canada; his current study-the Coolidge Administration. Part of the World Affairs Series: America On Film

Film: Gold Diggers of 1933
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Busby Berkeley, a New York stage choreographer brought to Hollywood by Samuel Goldwyn in 1930, directed the spectacular dance sequences in this picture. Called by some "the most creative of all directors of film musicals," some "the most creative of all directors of film musicals." Part of the World Affairs Series

Film: That's Entertainment
11:00 AM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - A glossy, nostalgic tribute to MGM musicals with excerpts from "Singin' in the Rain," "Showboat," "On the Town," and many other extravaganzas. Part of the World Affairs Series

An Evening With Frank Capra - Frank Capra
9:00 PM – C.Y. Stephens Auditorium - Frank Capra in person is the Hollywood of the past half century in person. He brings a treasury of remembrances, photographic techniques, and director analyses. Capra made the films he wanted to make, and he thinks the real golden age of films is about to come from emerging young filmmakers. Part of the World Affairs Series: America On Film

Film: Meet John Doe
7:00 PM – CY Stephens Auditorium - Of the genre created by Frank Capra, thus romantic moralistic-sentimental-patriotic-funny. This film was also daring. He made the picture when Europe was ablaze with war and propaganda, and it proves to be an "angry expose of American fascism," 1941. Part of the World Affairs Series