The TCM Classic Film Festival returns to Hollywood April 12th to the 15th, 2012. In conjunction with the amazing line-up of films that will be showing over the course of four days there will also be a silent auction featuring two original posters from two of the films being screened, Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece Vertigo and the unforgettable 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, as directed by Richard Fleischer. In attendance for the screening of Vertigo is the enigma creating lead-actress herself, Kim Novak; and for 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, Kirk Douglas will take part in a discussion after the screening.
The TCM Classic Film Festival returns to Hollywood April 12th to the 15th, 2012. In conjunction with the amazing line-up of films that will be showing over the course of four days there will also be a silent auction featuring two original posters from two of the films being screened, Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece Vertigo and the unforgettable 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, as directed by Richard Fleischer. 
In attendance for the screening of Vertigo is the enigma creating lead-actress herself, Kim Novak; and for 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, Kirk Douglas will take part in a discussion after the screening.
The auction will take place at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, 7000 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles; further details are as follows:
VERTIGO POSTER AUCTION
Auction winner will receive 2 tickets to Kim Novak’s Hand and Print Ceremony at Grauman’s
Auction winner will have the opportunity to have picture taken with Kim Novak on Saturday before/after Grauman’s ceremony
20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA POSTER AUCTION
Auction winner will have the opportunity to have picture taken with Kirk Douglas before intro to film screening on Saturday at 2pm.
Auction times:
Vertigo: Wednesday, April 11th from 1:00pm – 5:00pm, Thursday, April 12th from 10:00am – 9:00pm, and Friday, April 13th from 9:00am – 6:00pm
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Wednesday, April 11th from 1:00pm – 5:00pm and Thursday, April 12th from 10:00am – 9:00pm
More information on the TCM Classic Film Festival may be found at its website here, along with the schedule of screenings for both Vertigo and 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea.
A small snippet of what is happening at this year’s festival:
TCM host and film historian Robert Osborne will serve as official host of the TCM Classic Film Festival, with TCM weekend daytime host Ben Mankiewicz also introducing several events. Among the highlights of this year’s TCM Classic Film Festival: a gala opening-night screening of the newly restored Cabaret (1972), with a live appearance by Oscar winners Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey; a multi-tiered celebration of Kim Novak, including the taping of a TCM special, a hand and footprints ceremony at Grauman’s Chinese Theater and a screening of the Alfred Hitchcock classic Vertigo (1958); a tribute to director and choreographer Stanley Donen; live appearances by Debbie Reynolds at anniversary screenings of the newly restored Singin’ in the Rain (1952) and the western epic How the West Was Won (1962), the latter presented in all its Cinerama glory; introductions by Dick Van Dyke, Shirley Jones, Angie Dickinson, Robert Wagner and others; a multi-tiered look at Style in the Movies; a salute to Paramount, featuring an appearance by Oscar-winning producer Robert Evans; the U.S. premiere of the documentary Baby Peggy: The Elephant in the Room (2010), with live appearances by “Baby Peggy” Diana Serra Cary and filmmaker Vera Iwerebor; newly restored editions of such landmark films as Wings (1927), Casablanca (1942) and Grand Illusion (1937); and much more.
For more information on the films and events at this year’s festival read our guide to the TCM Classic Film Festival here.
Kathryn Schroeder, Promotional Materials, 2012, News, Coming Soon, Events, Classic Film, Film Festival
