Lone Pine Film Festival

This Year's Theme – The Thrill Of It All! – Captures The Experience Of Film Making For Many Lone Pine And Alabama Hills Fans. For Over 30 Years, The Guided, "On Location" Movie Site Tours, Have Been, And Continue To Be One Of The Most Exciting Options For Those Attending The Annual Film Festival Taking Our Audience To The Actual Locations Where Their Favorite Westerns Were Filmed.

In Addition, Filmmakers And Movie Stars Join Us For Screenings, Panels And Discussions Telling Us Tales From The Set And What It Was Like To Be In The Room Working With Iconic Legends. The Events Are Complemented By A Host Of Expert Guest Historians And Authors Who Share Stories, Many From Books They Have Written, About How And Why These Films Were Made. Many Times, These Cinematic War Stories Are Often As Thrilling As The Movies Themselves.

Schedule Of Events:

10:30am - Violent Road (1958)/Aubrey Schenck Productions  (Filmed In Lone Pine) –  86 Min.
Historian And Author Courtney Joyner Will Introduce The Film.

Directed By Howard W. Koch With Brian Keith, Efrem Zimbalist Jr, Dick Foran

In This Taut American Remake Of The Classic French Thriller The Wages Of Fear, The U.S. Air Force Contracts With The Cyclone Rocket Company To Transport Highly Volatile Rocket Fuel And Other Chemicals To A New Testing Facility In A Remote Site.  The Material Must Be Moved By Semi Tanker Truck Over Undeveloped And Unpaved Roads In Order To Bypass Inhabited Areas For Safety Reasons.  The Story Line Follows Three Trucks And Crews During Their Perilous Journey. Locations Include Highway 395, Whitney Portal Road And The Alabama Hills.

2:30pm  - Nevada (1944)/Rko Pictures  80th Anniversary  (Filmed In Lone Pine) – 62 Min.
Directed By Edward Killy With Robert Mitchum, Richard Martin, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Anne Jeffreys, Harry Woods

Riding The Trail, Jim "Nevada" Lacy (Mitchum) Comes Across A Dying Man Just As A Sheriff's Posse Arrives.  Coincidentally Carrying A Large Wad Of Cash Nevada's Arrested For Robbery And Murder.  In The Meantime The Real Killer, Joe Powell (Woods), Tries Everything In His Power To Get Nevada To Take The Fall, Including Inciting A Lynch Mob. Nevada And His Sidekick, Dusty (Williams), Must Find Out Who's Calling The Shots And Ordered The Murder.

4:00pm  - Tumbleweeds (1925)/William S. Hart Productions – 78 Min.  Silent B & W
Directed By King Baggot With William S. Hart, Barbara Bedford

We Close The Festival With The Film That Inspired This Year's Theme – "The Thrill Of It All" – Words Spoken By William S. Hart About The Thrill Of Making Western Movies In His Intro To The 1939 Sound Re-Issue.

During The 1889 Oklahoma Land Rush Former Ranch Boss Don Carver (Hart) Intends To Homestead Land On The Site Of His Former Ranch.  He Meets Molly Lassiter (Bedford) From One Of The Homesteading Families.  Unfortunately, Carver Has To Deal With Molly's Crooked Brother And His Friend Who Plan To Arrive At The Homestead "Sooner" Than Carver And Claim The Land.

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