Friday night: 20000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (1916,dir: Stuart Paton). Early telling of the Jules Verne novel which manages to add a little from Mysterious Island plus a lost jungle girl and yet,including all the basic points of the story.Plus,early underwater photography by the pioneer Williamson brothers.Standard 8 Blackhawk copy.
Saturday night:LADRI DEI BICICLETTE.(1947,dir:Vittorio de Sica.) The classic movie in a beautiful super 8 italian copy with optical sound.Simply, a masterpiece.
Sunday night: A SHIP COMES IN (1928,dir:William K. Howard.) A warm hearted tale of immigrants in America and a tour-de-force performance by Rudolph Schildkraut. Standard 8 Milestone print.

They all sound like rare titles.

To be honest, LADRI belongs to my friend Yanis who left it in my care, and left for Birbingham. The silents belong to a big big big Standard 8 collection of original silent films I have been acquiring in parts ,to avoid customs charges, this year! More on that, later!