SerialFest 2008
The world's only
all-serial film festival, and the most fun 3-day weekend a
serial fan can have.
Thursday-Friday-Saturday
May 15, 16, 17, 2008
THIS
YEAR FEATURING
THE
COMPLETE SERIAL; UNSEEN FOR OVER 50
YEARS
No, we are not kidding.
This is the real thing, from the Republic Pictures archive.
The picture element is complete for this serial. Reels
missing sound will be presented with musical accompaniment
Guest of Honor
James D'Arc
Curator of the
Brigham Young University Republic Serial Archive
Serial
chapters to be screened at the Newtown Theater Friday
10am-5:00pm and Saturday 10am-5:30pm
Digital video, dinners & additional activities
Thursday-Friday-Saturday evenings at the Hampton Inn and
nearby restaurants.
Anyone may bring original serial-related items such as
books, cliffhanger magazines, DVDs, and stills (no bootleg
DVDs or photocopied material) to be sold at the silent
auction.
View SerialFest 2008 Registrants
List
2008
Event & Screening Schedule
THURSDAY MAY
15
Hampton Inn Lobby
2:30 Welcome
Applebee's Restaurant
6:30 Dinner (non-reserved)
Hampton Inn Lobby
8:00 Discussion groups moderated by Ace
Drummond
9:00 Games: Cliffhanger role-playing game begins /
other games
FRIDAY MAY
16
Hampton Inn Lobby
7:00-9:30am Free continental breakfast
Trivia contest forms distributed
Newtown Theater
10am - 5pm
DAREDEVILS
OF THE WEST Chapter 1: Valley of Death
[TBA] Chapter 1
THE DANGERS OF DEBORAH Chapter
1
DAREDEVILS OF THE WEST
Chapter 2: Flaming Prison
THE GREEN HORNET
Chapter 8
THE DANGERS OF
DEBORAH Chapter 2
THE MASTER MYSTERY Excerpts from
Chapters 3-6; Chapter 13
DAREDEVILS OF THE WEST
Chapter 3: The Killer Strikes
12:30 Lunch Break
DAREDEVILS
OF THE WEST Chapter 4: Tunnel of Terror
[TBA] Chapter 2
THE DANGERS OF DEBORAH Chapter
3
THE PHANTOM EMPIRE Chapter 5
THE GREEN HORNET Chapter 9
DAREDEVILS OF THE WEST
Chapter 5: Fiery Tomb
THE DANGERS OF
DEBORAH Chapter 4
ZORRO'S BLACK WHIP Chapter 2
BEATRICE
FAIRFAX ep. 10 "Play Ball," featuring Olive Thomas
THE DANGERS OF
DEBORAH Chapter 5
THE GREEN HORNET
Chapter 10
[TBA] Chapter 3
DAREDEVILS
OF THE WEST Chapter 6: Redskin Raiders
Hampton Inn Meeting Room
5:30pm Pizza (on the house), Silent
Auction begins
Trivia Contest Answers & Jeopardy contestants selected
6:30pm SERIAL JEOPARDY GAME with Ace Drummond
7:15pm THE MYSTERY MIND Chapter 3 performed live
8:00 On-camera commentary session for THE PHANTOM
CREEPS hosted by Len "Dr. Zorka" Kohl
9:00 STORIES OF THE CENTURY on 16mm featuring Henry Brandon
9:30 THE DANGERS OF DEBORAH
Chapter 6 with leading lady Leah Getz
KING OF THE PARK RANGERS Chapter 4 with leading lady Tracey
Bates
10:00 Ace's DEATHTRAPS compilation &
Cliffhanger role-playing game concludes
SATURDAY
MAY 17
Hampton Inn Lobby
7:00-9:30am Free continental breakfast
Newtown Theater
10am
DAREDEVILS
OF THE WEST Chapter 7: Perilous Pursuit
THE DANGERS OF DEBORAH Chapter 7
THE GREEN HORNET
Chapter 11
THE DANGERS OF
DEBORAH Chapter 8
ROCKY JONES, SPACE RANGER featuring
Henry Brandon
DAREDEVILS OF THE WEST
Chapter 8: Dance of Doom
12:30 Lunch Break
1pm
DAREDEVILS
OF THE WEST Chapter 9: Terror Trail
FLASH GORDON CONQUERS THE UNIVERSE Chapter 1
THE DANGERS OF DEBORAH Chapter
9
THIRTY SECOND
DOOM Rocketman fan serial Chapter 1
THE SCARLET
AVENGER Chapter 1
THE DANGERS OF
DEBORAH Chapter 10
THE SCARLET
AVENGER Chapter 2
THE GREEN HORNET
Chapter 12
THE SCARLET
AVENGER Chapter 3
DAREDEVILS OF THE WEST
Chapter 10: Suicide Showdown
3:00pm Group Photo Break
DAREDEVILS
OF THE WEST Chapter 11: Cavern of Cremation
THE MASKED RIDER Chapter
1
THE GREEN HORNET
Chapter 13
THE MASKED RIDER Chapter
2
DAREDEVILS OF THE WEST
Chapter 12: Frontier Justice
Temperance House Restaurant
5:30pm Annual Squadron Dinner with guest of honor James
D'Arc, curator of the Republic Serial Archive
The 1947 Yak Awards presented by Sgt. Ward
Hampton Inn Meeting Room
Silent Auction concludes
8:00 On-camera discussion of DAREDEVILS OF THE
WEST
8:30 pm Chapter 2 of THE KING OF THE KONGO screened
with audience-provided dialogue
9:00 The annual SON OF THE GUARDSMAN chapter
on 16mm (chapter 5)
9:15 BAD MEN OF DEADWOOD featuring Roy Rogers and Henry
Brandon on 16mm
10:30 TBA
11:00 Repeat of Chapters 1 and 2 of THE MASKED RIDER &
meet actors from THE MASKED RIDER
SUNDAY MAY
18
Location TBA
11am Brunch (non-reserved -- travel
together after meeting first in Hampton Lobby)
Adrian Booth, Ken Weiss and the Squadron at SerialFest
2006
Pa
Stark wins the SerialFest 2004 Jeopardy
Competition
Cast of the SerialFest 2002 Stunt Show
The
Newtown Theater
Location: The Newtown Theater
(daytime film screenings)
120 N. State Street, Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania;
215-968-3859
(Newtown is Exit 49 off I-95 between Philadelphia and
Princeton NJ)
Reservation
& Ticket Information
$135 includes admission to all screenings, Friday evening
pizza, and Saturday night Squadron dinner
$100 for admission to screenings only
$35 Saturday dinner only (for spouse or companion etc. who
will be traveling with you but does not wish to attend
screenings)
We appreciate your advance registration and encourage you
to do so early this year as seating at the Newtown Theater
is limited to 375 and if attendance is greater there will
be no way to accommodate extra attendees; DAREDEVILS will
be shown only once at the location during the weekend.
Send
reservation money to:
Eric Stedman
440 S. State Street G6
Newtown PA 18940
Please make check out to "Eric Stedman - SerialFest"
PLEASE
INCLUDE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER with your
registration so we can confirm to you that we received it.
If
you see your name on the
SerialFest 2008 Registrants List
we have received your registration.
You may also register this
year using PayPal if you wish.
$100.00: 1 Adult Admission to All Screenings Only; no Sat. Dinner
$170.00: 1 Adult Admission to All Screenings & Sat. Dinner + 1 additional Sat. Dinner-only for companion
SerialFest is a not-for-profit event. All those who work on SerialFest are volunteers, and box office receipts from the show benefit future events, the Yak Awards, and film preservation projects. All overrun from box office receipts collected for SerialFest will be directed to serial film preservation or to acquisition of chapters from the Library of Congress.
Accommodations
Many attendees have chosen to stay at:
The Hampton Inn (1000 Stoney Hill Road, Yardley, PA 19067 215-860-1700 / 1-800-HAMPTON) which is closest to the festival location. Cable TV, outdoor pool, complimentary continental breakfast included. Many members are interested in doubling, tripling and quadrupling up to save money on rooms here to save travel time and confusion.If you are looking to share a room, feel free to post a request on the Events Board room/ride-share thread. Rooms for Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights are available now at the group discounted rate of $149, for a standard room with either a king size bed or two double beds. To get the discount, call the Hampton and mention SerialFest. All reservations must be made by April 15 to receive the discount rate.
Budget hotels nearby are the Red Roof Inn and Holiday Inn, Langhorne, Pa., near Sesame Place, about 12 minutes from Newtown. A Courtyard Marriott and Sheraton are also nearby.
Shuttle Bus Service from Philadelphia and other airports is available. The Philly Shuttle's number is 1-800-309-2000. Please call the Hampton Inn for further information.
SerialFest Staff
This year SerialFest will be produced by:
Squadron Media Director and Evil Mastermind Dr. Grood
SerialFest Committee Chairman & Occasional Vocalist Ace Drummond and the SerialFest Committee
Treasury Bandit: SixFigures
Club Director & Criminal Brain Surgeon: Doc Savage
SerialFest Background & History
Since 2001 Serial Squadron members have combined efforts to develop an annual all-serial film festival event where serial fans young and old could meet and exchange greetings, cyclotrodes, fisticuffs, and lunarium. Serials from member film collectors such as Drew Caldwell, Prince Barin, Commando Cody and Dr. Maldor have been shown, and each year members are honored for their contributions at the annual Squadron Dinner held near the theater. Attendees have included authors, theater owners, collectors, and authors such as Len "Dr. Zorka" Kohl, who wrote The Sinister Serials of Karloff, Lugosi and Chaney for Midnight Marquee Press and Ken Weiss, author of To Be Continued.
SerialFest has been sponsored seven years running by the Serial Squadron and its members.
SerialFest 2007 was produced by Ace Drummond, the SerialFest committee, and the Squadron and featured the premiere of the restored serial The Lone Ranger Rides Again.
SerialFest 2006 was produced by Ace Drummond and the Squadron and held at the Newtown Theater and Hampton Inn in Newtown, Pa. and featured a 35mm presentation of Nyoka and the Tigermen, attended by special guest Adrian Booth, who also participated in a radio re-creation of Chapter 1 of The Mystery Mind as performed by Melanie Walters, Ken Weiss, Len Kohl and other Squadron members. Satan the gorilla was referee for Ace Drummond's Serial Jeopardy game, and Dr. Grood's Cliffhanger Card Game was played 3 nights running (2 time winner: Black Tiger!).
SerialFest 2005 was held at the Newtown Theater and other locations in Newtown, Pa. and featured many long-unseen chapters from silent serials, including A Woman in Grey, The Iron Claw, and Beatrice Fairfax as well as the showing of a (still!) lost serial and a staged reading of the script of the lost Chapter 1 of The Masked Rider which included a dramatic death scene performed by author Ken Weiss, among other notable performances.
SerialFest 2004 was produced by Dr. Grood and held at Bucks County Community College and featured the restored Adventures of Tarzan, Spy Smasher, and the 21st century premiere of The Masked Rider. Live entertainment included surprise appearances of the Spider, Satan the gorilla, the Masked Rider and a battle between the Black Tiger and Stark gangs.
SerialFest 2003 was held at the Newtown Theater and Chandler Hall, produced by Dr. Grood, and featured much live entertainment including appearances by jungle serial characters, a presentation on the Wharton silent serials by Terry Harbin, surprise guest Screen Thrills publisher Sam Sherman, a memorable serial Jeopardy game hosted by Ace Drummond and Dr. Satan's robot, and won by Pa Stark, and the premiere of Dr. Grood's restored King of the Mounties chapters.
SerialFest 2002 was held in Oakland, Pa. and produced by the Serial Squadron and Pittsburgh Filmmakers, with production coordinator Bob Davies. Guest of honor at the event was John Duncan, star of Batman and Robin (1949), and a live stunt show featuring Dr. Satan's Robot and Fu Manchu was also performed.
SerialFest 2001 was held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and produced by Henry Miyamoto and the Serial Squadron. It featured a presentation of Zorro's Black Whip.