UCLA Film and Television Archive presents its latest restoration projects at the UCLA Festival of Preservation March 3 through March 27 in the Billy Wilder Theater.
This year's festival will showcase undiscovered gems from classic Hollywood, rare silents, the films of Laurel and Hardy, 1960s television specials, timely independent features, documentaries and more. Archive preservationists will appear in person at many screenings to discuss their work with audiences.
Ernst Lubitsch's 1937 film, “Trouble in Paradise,” one of the most sophisticated and complex adult comedies ever made in the pre-code studio system, opens the festival on March 3.
The festival will feature rare and previously unavailable prints of films such as Roy Neill’s 1920 silent romantic comedy, “Good References." Apart from classic Hollywood, the archive will also present a 1956 film from Argentine director Fernando Ayala, “Los tallos amargos,” as well as work from Juleen Compton, a pioneering female director responsible for “Stranded” in 1965 and “The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean” in 1966.
The festival’s schedule can be found online.
Festival passes are $50 and can be purchased online or in person at the Billy Wilder Theater during box office hours. General admission tickets for each individual film screened during the festival are also available for purchase online or in person at the theater's box office. Admission to the festival is free for current UCLA students with valid identification. Tickets must be claimed at least 15 minutes before showtime.
The Billy Wilder Theater is located at 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90024.