Learn about the legend and see his High Noon Best Actor Oscar at the Milford Theatre
Milford, PA. (April 16, 2012) – The Black Bear Film Festival’s second mini-festival of 2012 is this weekend, April 20-22, 2012. This special tribute will be held at the Milford Theatre and feature four of his greatest films and a special once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet his daughter, Maria Cooper-Janis and see one of his OscarsTM for Best Actor.
Author and film historian John DiLeo will introduce the films and interview Ms. Cooper-Janis about her father’s career prior to each film on Saturday and Sunday, and she will sign copies of her new book Gary Cooper: Enduring Style, onstage afterwards.
The festivities begin at 8:00pm Friday with an introduction by DiLeo before the film that made Cooper a superstar, Frank Capra’s beloved 1936 OscarTM-winning comedy Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936).
The 80th Anniversary screening of the OscarTM-winning A Farewell to Arms (1932), is scheduled for Saturday, at 2:00 p.m. Then at 8:00 p.m. don’t miss the 60th Anniversary screening of the western classic High Noon (1952), the film for which Cooper won his second Best Actor OscarTM. Film goers will have a once in a lifetime opportunity to see Cooper’s Best Actor OscarTM at this screening.
The final film, on Sunday at 1:30 p.m., is a 70th Anniversary showing of Pride of the Yankees (1942), the biopic about Lou Gehrig and another film for which Cooper got an OscarTM nomination.
Tickets are $10 per person, or $35 for a Gold Pass ($40 value) which guarantees VIP seating at each film, or $60 for the exclusive Oscar Pass (an $80 value) which includes an autographed copy of Gary Cooper: An Enduring Style and guaranteed VIP seating at each film. Tickets can be purchased at www.blackbearfilm.org, Upriver Home on Broad Street, or at the Milford Theatre Box Office prior to each film (subject to availability). For more information, please visit www.blackbearfilm.org.
About Black Bear Film Festival:
The not-for-profit Black Bear Film Festival (BBFF) was born in Milford, PA. in 2000 when a small group of culturally-minded creative types set about creating an event to support and promote innovative, independent films. It celebrates Milford’s rich filmmaking heritage and the conservation movement in tribute to Gifford Pinchot, “father of the American conservation movement”. Zane Grey, D.W. Griffith, Mary Pickford, Lillian Gish and John Barrymore are just a few of the legends who graced Milford’s alleys long before us.
The BBFF packed the town and sold out every show the first year, and has continued to thrive for more than a decade, featuring engaging movies, fantastic parties, a free film salon and more. Today BBFF is has returned to its home in the historic, refurbished Milford Theatre, under new leadership, and continues to support innovative and independent films, artistic expression, education, diversity, and cultural enhancement, while promoting the region’s clean air and water, abundant wildlife, natural beauty and the entities that protect them. It also recognizes the area’s history as the birthplace of the American conservation movement and as a popular filmmaking location. For more information, please visit www.blackbearfilm.com or “like” us on Facebook.
