2:30 pm - Special Events
STRIKING A NEW NOTE
CARMEN, JR (US 1923)
by Alfred J. Goulding
DOGS OF WAR! (US 1923)
by Robert F. McGowan
Performed live by: Pupils from Pordenone's Secondary Schools

For the thirteenth time, the pupils of the local secondary schools will meet the Giornate’s audience: the young musicians will accompany their beloved Baby Peggy and the young rebels of “Our Gang” in Carmen, Jr.(1923) and Dogs of War! (1923) respectively. The event is organised by Mediateca Cinemazero.

8:30 pm - William S. Hart
THE NARROW TRAIL (US 1917; 68’)
by Lambert Hillyer, William S. Hart
Pianoforte: Philip Carli

Arguably one of Hart’s best westerns, The Narrow Trail evidences excellent direction, camera work, and acting. One expects characteristic moments and scenes, and there are many: high-angle extreme long shots of horsemen racing through canyons or Hart’s lone figure riding into town; “Ice” and his pair of revolvers holding off his gang; the big, complicated fight in the saloon; Hart’s familiar “stone face” in close shots; wary, intimate exchanges between “Ice” and Betty…

10:15 pm - Estonia
KIRE LAINED (Waves of Passion) (EE/DE 1930; 77’)
by Wladimir Gaidarow
KUTSU-JUKU SEIKLUSI [The Adventures of Juku the Dog] (EE 1931; 5’)
by Voldemar Päts
Musical accompaniment: Stephen Horne and Günter Buchwald

Kire lained was Estonia’s first international co-production; This was also the first and only time Wladimir Gaidarow (Vladimir Gaidarov, 1893-1976), also playing the male lead, went behind the camera. Also appearing in Kire lained is the Slovenian actress and former Miss Slovenia, Ita Rina, whose superb work in Karl Anton’s Tonka Sibenice from earlier the same year remains highly regarded. The film was shot in the summer of 1930 in Tallinn and Northern Estonia, and premiered in three cinemas at once, testifying to its prestige. Ita Rina herself attended the performances in all three cinemas, her presence enthusiastically heralded by Estonian media with many a news story.
Estonia’s first homegrown animated film, when known about at all, was considered lost until the autumn of 1986. In the opening intertitle: “...we did our utmost to ensure that Juku the Dog wins the hearts of every Estonian film lover from its very first release.”