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24th Annual Lone Pine Film Festival pays tribute to area’s cinematic legacy

Photos courtesy Lone Pine Film History Museum

The Alabama Hills (and other Eastern locales) have been utilized in Westerns from the days of Hopalong Cassidy (left) to modern, independent films (right) and even recent Hollywood awardwinners like “Django Unchained.”

Three days of celebrities, movie-site tours, panel discussions and more await residents and visitors

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here the Real West Becomes the Reel West” is the theme for the 24th Annual Lone Pine Film Festival and pays tribute to the film heritage of the entire Eastern Sierra and the Alabama Hills west of Lone Pine.

Thursday evening’s Lone Pine Museum of Western Film History reception will bring old friends together to “toast” our 24th year and to introduce our guests to many of the exciting new changes in the Museum. We then take the celebration across the street to enjoy a special kick-off concert, “Celebrate America,” featuring R.W. Hampton and Belinda Gail.

A diverse group of actors who graced the silver screen in films shot in our backyard will be joining us over the course of the next three days.

Emmy Award-winning actress Mariette Hartley may be best known for her series of Polaroid commercials with James Garner in the 1970s and ’80s, but it is her work with Randolph Scott and Joel McCrea in “Ride the High Country” that brings her to Lone Pine this year. Fellow guest Clu Gulager’s 50-plus-year career in television is highlighted by two NBC Western series in which he co-starred, “The Tall Man” and “The Virginian.” L.Q. Jones worked in Lone Pine with a number of Hollywood legends, including Randolph Scott, Audie Murphy, Joel McCrea and Steve McQueen. As a child actor, Billy King worked in Lone Pine in three Hopalong Cassidy Westerns in the late 1930s. Dean Smith began his stunt career in Lone Pine on “The Law and Jake Wade” in 1958, and ended it in Lone Pine working as a stuntman on “Maverick,” starring Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster, in 1994. Andrew Prine, still active after more than 55 years making movies, joins us once again after an absence of several years. Lone Pine’s sweetheart, Peggy Stewart, a major leading lady from the heyday of the B-Westerns and serials in the 1940s and still working today, will be with us again this year. Diamond Farnsworth, who has been involved in numerous films and TV series and has been the longtime stunt coordinator on the hit TV show “NCIS,” teams with Loren Janes, stuntman and the longtime standin/stunt double for Steve McQueen, to round out our confirmed guest lineup.

These celebrities will join with noted film critic and TV personality Leonard Maltin and Western historian Ed Hulse, who will be hosting our celebrity panels, as they share first-hand stories and memories of their colorful careers working with legends like John Wayne, Randolph Scott and Hopalong Cassidy. In addition, David Rothel, who has authored more than 20 Western books including “Who Was that Masked Man? The Story of the Lone Ranger” and “Those Great Western Sidekicks,” will present programs discussing his works published by the Lone Pine Museum of Western Film History.

And true to our theme “Lone Pine, Where the Real West Becomes the Reel West,” the Festival staff and tour guides will bring you 16 exciting location tours, including four new ones: Arches of the Alabama Hills; Audie Murphy: A Real Reel Hero; Django Unchained as well as Westward Ho! Returning to Lone Pine for the first time in 50 years, Billy King will lead the Billy King Remembers Hopalong Cassidy tour and also provide commentary to Don Kelsen’s Secrets of the Wasteland tour.

Add a rodeo competition, vendors, book-signings, breathtaking views, Wild West entertainment and a Lone Pine Film Festival tradition known as “the best small town parade in America,” and you’ve got another blockbuster on your hands.

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New and updated exhibits for Film History Museum

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Displays pay tribute to Audie Murphy, Lone Ranger, Singing Cowboys and ‘Django Unchained’ Under the direction of Bob Sigman, former head of Republic Pictures, noticeable changes have come to the Lone Pine Film History Museum in the form of new, exciting exhibits.

The Singing Cowboys

Of course, a museum chronicling the history of filmmaking in the Lone Pine area and Eastern Sierra wouldn’t be whole without an exhibit devoted to Hollywood’s “Singing Cowboys,” who headed for the Alabama Hills pretty much as soon as sound was introduced to film.

According to Sigman, the museum’s existing exhibit has undergone “a complete redo” in order to appeal to a broader audience, since you don’t necessarily have to be a fan of either cowboys or the songs they sing to appreciate the important subgenre of film.

The most notable of the “Singing Cowboys” were, perhaps, guys like Warner Baxter, Ken Maynard, Bob Steele, Tex Ritter, Rex Allen and, of course, Gene Autry. But even John Wayne crooned his way through a movie, the 1935 Republic picture “Westward Ho!,” which is being screened at this year’s Festival.

The Museum’s updated exhibit, which also includes, as a complement, an extensive online chronological history of the period, provides a fitting and wider perspective on the

musical Western genre.

Audie Murphy

A brand-new exhibit at the Lone Pine Film History Museum is devoted to the life and work of actor Audie Murphy, who also happened to be one of the most famous and decorated American combat soldiers of World War II. Murphy is the only Western star to garner the distinction of being a hero in real life and on the silver screen, having received the Medal of Honor for his defensive actions against German troops during the war and for his cinematic exploits in 44 films over the course of a 21-year career.

Locally, he starred in “Hell Bent for Leather” in 1960 and returned for “Posse from Hell” in 1961 and “Showdown” in 1963. The new exhibit pays tribute to his extensive career with numerous one-sheets and photographs, but the centerpiece, according to Sigman, is a newly-acquired 1905 Colt .45 Bisley on loan to the Museum.

The pistol was given to Murphy in 1946 by his friend, Gary Cooper, after having it personally customized by Colt for Murphy’s hand and grip.

The Lone Ranger

With 2013 marking the 75th anniversary of the Lone Ranger’s appearance on the silver screen, it’s only fitting the Museum pays tribute to the legend’s milestone with a sprawling, comprehensive exhibit.

“For three generations of

fans throughout the world, the Lone Ranger was pure Western entertainment and escape, with a combination of action, adventure and cowboy values,” Sigman says. “With Disney’s new movie release, a new generation will want to know the background and history of one of America’s greatest fictional heroes.”

Situated on the eastern wall, the exhibit documents the history of the Masked Man and his role in cinematic history through more than 400 items of the period – from posters and photos to highly prized collectibles displayed against a 20-plus-foot mural of the Lone Ranger Canyon by local artist Jude Greenburgh.

The Lone Ranger 75th Anniversary Exhibit will provide a visual journey – beginning with the introduction of the Lone Ranger and Tonto in the 1933 radio program “The Lone Ranger” on WXYZ in Detroit, moving through the two Republic Picture serials in 1938 and 1939, to the 1950s TV show and two Warner Brothers theatrical features, and much more.

A full chronology of the story of the Lone Ranger is also available on the Museum’s website.

The Museum’s exhibit will run through Oct. 30, 2013.

Django Unchained

Photos courtesy Lone Pine Film History Museum

Above left: the pièce de résistance of the Museum’s new Audie Murphy exhibit: a 1905 Colt .45 Bisley given to Murphy in 1946 by his friend, Gary Cooper, after having it personally customized by Colt for Murphy’s hand and grip. Above right: the chair used by director Quentin Tarantino on the local set of “Django Unchained,” situated next to a panel of autographs from several cast members.

Unchained.” Tarantino loved the community and its support, and became especially enamored of the Lone Pine Film History Museum, where he hosted private screenings in the Wild West Theater and a party for cast and crew.

It was also at the Museum where he came across an original clapper board used by his idol, director William Witney, on the set of “The Lone Ranger.”

Perhaps it was because Tarantino was allowed to use that same clapper board while filming “Django,” or perhaps it was because he appreciates the mission of the Museum to preserve Western film history – and

Tarantino’s a big fan of Spaghetti Westerns in particular – or perhaps it is because he is just a nice guy, as many residents found out, but Tarantino ended up donating a lot of items from his movie to the Museum when he wrapped up filming.

These items include the Dental Wagon that is driven in the movie by Christoph Waltz, as well as Tarantino’s director’s chair, an autographed film script, production stills and other materials, around which a new exhibit has been constructed.

According to Museum Director Sigman, staff has been working on developing this exhibit all year in anticipation

of its debut during the Film Festival.

In general, Sigman says, museum staff is working hard to “re-orient the Museum into a world-class facility offering exhibits, education and research archive programs that emphasize the development of Western filmmaking, from the birth of Western entertainment in the Wild West shows of the late 1800s through today.”

Sigman notes that many of the exhibits are fully documented online and the Museum is starting to incorporate greater interactivity with video and audio and through the use of QR codes in the exhibits and in its advertising.

As many know, Quentin Tarantino spent a number of months in Lone Pine in late 2011 shooting the Academy Award-winning “Django

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A Schedule of Events

Thursday, October 10 • 6-7:30 p.m. – Museum Gala Opening Night Reception Lone Pine Museum of Film History. Cost: $10 $20 for non-members.

• 8-9:30 p.m. – Concert: R.W. Hampton & Belinda Gail High School Auditorium. Ticket prices: $35/$45.

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Friday, October 11 • 7-8:30 a.m. – Screening: “Bad Day at Blackrock” Museum Theater. Button- and tour ticket-holders only. See tour schedule for tour details.

• 8-10 a.m. – Tour: Billy King • 8:15-9:15 a.m.

– Screening: “ We s tw ard Ho!” Lone Pine High School Auditorium.

Button- and tour ticketholders only.

See tour schedule for tour details.

• 8:30-11 a.m.

– Tour: A Good Day at Black Rock • 8:30-11:30 Photo courtesy “Brotherhood of the Popcorn” a.m. – Tour: Lone Ranger Woody Wise, president of the Cliffhangers, explores the Alabama Hills • 9-11 a.m. – and its countless movie locations in this documentary he executive proTour: Anchor duced. It screens at 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11 in the High School Ranch Auditorium.

• 9-11:30 a.m.

– Tour: Gunga Din • 9 a.m.-6 p.m. – Shopping/Autographs: Vendors and Celebrities The Building, corner of U.S. 395 and Tim Holt Street.

• 9 a.m.-6 p.m. – Shopping/Entertainment: Arts and Crafts Fair (with vendors and music) Spainhower Park, north end of town.

• 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. – Panel: Billy King, Richard Bann and Don Kelsen Discuss Hopalong Cassidy High School Quad. Button-holders only.

• 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. – Tour: Westward Ho! • 12:30-1:30 p.m. – Discussion: Wyatt McCrea on the new book, “Joel McCrea, A Film History” Museum Theater. Button-holders only.

• 12:30-3 p.m. – Tour: John Wayne • 1-2 p.m. – Discussion: Clu Gulager and Western film historian Ed Hulse discuss Gulager’s 50-plus-year career High School Quad. Button-holders only.

• 1-3 p.m. – Tour: Anchor Ranch

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hose Great Western Sidekicks is an in-depth examination of such fondly remembered comic character actors as George “Gabby” Hayes, Smiley Burnette, Andy Devine, Al “Fuzzy” St. John, Pat Buttram, and many other sidekicks of the B Westerns – 39 in all! Much of Those Great Cowboy Sidekicks is told through reminiscences of the sidekicks themselves (those who are still kicking) and the cowboy stars who enjoyed the company of these often bewhiskered, tobacco-chewing saddle pals.

Author David Rothel interviewed many of the top Western stars, sidekicks, heroines, directors, writers, relatives and Gower Gulch extras in his effort to tell the story of these comic actors. Mr. Rothel also provides the reader wtih the rare opportunity to go behind the scenes to discover the manner in which Western screen comedy was created.

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• 1:30-4 p.m. – Tour: Hopalong Cassidy – Bar 20 Ranch Tour • 1:30-4:30 p.m. – Tour: Hollywood’s Backyard • 3-4:30 p.m. – Screening: “Brotherhood of the Popcorn,” A Film by Woody Wise and Inda Reid, featuring Woody Wise & The Cliffhangers High School Auditorium. Button-holders only.

• 3:30-6 p.m. – Tour: North-South • 4-5 p.m. – Discussion: Author David Rothel on The Lone Ranger Museum Theater. Button-holders only.

• 5-6 p.m. – Wild West Show: The Groat Family High School Quad. Button-holders and/or a $15 Special Event Ticket.

• 7-10 p.m. – Special Event Screening: “Ride the High Country” followed by a Panel Discussion with Mariette Hartley, L.Q. Jones and Wyatt McCrea Moderated by Leonard Maltin. Button-holders only. Seating limited to 300.

• 8 p.m. – Performance: Jake Thorne – The Life and Legend of John Wayne Museum Theater. Ticket-holders only.

Photo courtesy Lone Pine Film History Museum

Actor Dave Hornak will present his one-man show, “Jake Thorne – The Life and Legend of John Wayne,” Friday and Saturday during the Film Festival.

Saturday, October 12 • 6-8:30 a.m. – Tour: Sunrise • 7-8 a.m. – Screening: “Westward Ho!” Lone Pine Museum Wild West Theater. Button- and tour ticket-holders only.

See tour schedule for tour details.

• 7-8:15 a.m. – Screening: “Secrets of the Wasteland” High School Auditorium. Button- and tour ticket-holders only.

• 7-10 a.m. – Breakfast Lone Pine VFW Post 8036, 481 S. Main St. • 7-11 a.m. – Tour: Westward Ho! • 7:30-10:30 a.m. – Tour: Owens Valley • 8-10:30 a.m. – Tour: Arches of the Alabamas • 8-11 a.m. – Tour: Secrets of the Wasteland • 8:30-11:30 a.m. – Tour: Hollywood’s Backyard • 9-11 a.m. – Tour: Anchor Ranch • 9 a.m.-6 p.m. – Shopping/Autographs: Vendors and Celebrities The Building, corner of U.S. 395 and Tim Holt Street.

• 9 a.m.-6 p.m. – Shopping/Entertainment: Arts and Crafts Fair (with vendors and music) Spainhower Park, north end of town.

• 9:30 a.m.-noon – Tour: A Good Day at Black Rock • 10-11:30 a.m. – Discussion: “Lone Pine Film Festival’s Top 10 Iconic Western Weapons” with author David Matuszak Museum Theater. Button-holders only.

• 11 a.m.-1 p.m. – Panel: Leonard Maltin plus others discuss “Relevance of Western Films in Hollywood” High School Quad. Button-holders only.

• noon-2:30 p.m. – Tour: Gunga Din • 12:30-3 p.m. – Tour: North-South

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• 1-2:30 p.m. – Performance: Jake Thorne – The Life and Legend of John Wayne Museum Theater. Ticket-holders only.

• 1-3 p.m. – Tour: Anchor Ranch • 1-4 p.m. – Tour: Lone Ranger • 1:30-4 p.m. – Tour: Hopalong Cassidy – Bar 20 Ranch Tour • 2-3:30 p.m. – Panel: Dean Smith and others discuss Hollywood Stunts High School Quad. Button-holders only.

• 3-5:30 p.m. – Tour: John Wayne • 4-6 p.m. – Tour: Django Unchained • 4:30-5:30 p.m. – Discussion: Author David Rothel talks about “Cowboy Sidekicks” Museum Theater. Button-holders only.

• 5-6 p.m. – Wild West Show: The Groat Family High School Quad. Button-holders and/or a $15 Special Event Ticket.

• 7-10 p.m. – Screening: Movie TBA High School Auditorium. Button-holders only. Seating limited to 300.

Sunday, October 13 • 6-8:30 a.m. – Tour: Sunrise

• 7-10 a.m. – Breakfast Lone Pine VFW Post 8036, 481 S. Main St. • 7-10 a.m. – Screening: “Heart of Arizona” with Hopalong Cassidy and Billy King High School Auditorium. Button- and tour ticket-holders only. Bus will leave from front of high school auditorium but return to south parking lot of museum.

• 8-10 a.m. – Tour: Django Unchained • 8-10:30 a.m. – Tour: Arches of the Alabamas • 8-11 a.m. – Screening: “Showdown” with Audie Murphy High School Auditorium. Button- and tour ticket-holders only. Bus will leave from front of high school auditorium but returm to south parking lot of museum.

• 9 a.m.-3 p.m. – Shopping/Autographs: Vendors and Celebrities The Building, corner of U.S. 395 and Tim Holt Street.

• 9 a.m.-3 p.m. – Shopping/Entertainment: Arts and Crafts Fair (with vendors and music)

Photo © Groat Family Productions

The Groat Family group of actors will be performing their Wild West Show Friday and Saturday.

Spainhower Park, north end of town.

• 9-10 a.m. – Cowboy Church with Pastor Ben Sparks Spainhower Anchor Ranch. Parking available at Lone Pine Airport.

• 9 a.m.-noon – Tour: Hollywood’s Backyard • 9 a.m.-noon – Tour: Westward Ho! • 9:30 a.m.-noon – Tour: Audie Murphy • 1 p.m. – Parade: Annual Parade of Stars Main Street in the heart of town.

• 2:30-5:30 p.m. – Tour: North-South • 3-5 p.m. – Tour: Anchor Ranch • Dusk – Farewell: Sunday Night Closing Campfire Spainhower Park, north end of town.

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Pastor Sparks to lead 2013 service at Anchor Ranch Another favorite Lone Pine Film Festival tradition can be experienced Oct. 13 when long-time Owens Valley pastor Ben Sparks delivers his custom sermon at the historic Spainhower Anchor Ranch, the site of countless films shot in the early days of the Silver Screen.

The sermon will take place on Sunday morning. Those interested in attending must be picked up by the Cowboy Church bus at the Lone Pine Airport south of town. The buses will be loading at the Lone Pine Airport (just south of the museum) at 8:15 a.m. sharp. No private vehicles will be allowed on the ranch.

It’s a time for fellowship and spiritual respite among fellow residents, like-minded visitors, film buffs and movielovers from all over the country – and at one of Inyo County’s most scenic ranches.

Cowboy Church runs from 8 a.m.-10:30 a.m. and is offered at no charge – compliments of the Lone Pine Film Festival.

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‘Celebrate America’ with Festival kickoff concert R.W. Hampton and Belinda Gail to share the stage Thursday, Oct. 10 in Lone Pine For its 24th annual incarnation, the Lone Pine Film Festival wanted a kick-off event that was both befitting the area’s rich

Western heritage and that offered top-notch entertainment.

The Festival got both in spades when two of the country’s most honored and well-known Western performers signed on to headline the event’s kick-off concert, which is being held Thursday, Oct. 10 rather than Friday night of the Festival.

Beginning at 8 p.m. in the Lone Pine High School Auditorium, R.W. Hampton and Belinda Gail will present “Celebrate America,” a rare opportunity to see these two beloved entertainers share the stage.

Hampton’s rich baritone and Gail’s sweet-yet-dynamic vocals will combine for a program that highlights our nation and its values – a heritage rooted in the American West and those who bravely toiled and sacrificed to build a legacy from the dirt, sage brush, gold mines and railroads. Of course, it’s a heritage that’s been championed and preserved with the Western film genre, especially the movies made on location in Lone Pine during the days when the good guys wore white hats.

Naturally, the Lone Pine Film Festival is excited to not only have entertainers of this caliber kicking off the 24th annual event, but also performers whose values are so in line with what the event stands for.

Hampton, for example, has lived what he sings about: the land, family, faith and patriotism. His songs and genuineness resonate with audiences worldwide, from ranch hands to city folks who have never seen a cow up close.

Hampton grew up in Richardson, Texas, and following graduation from Pearce High School he attended Tarleton State College in Stephenville, Texas. Summers working at Philmont Scout Ranch in Northeast New Mexico led to full-time work at neighboring ranches and elsewhere across the West. Along the way, his love of Western music and a self-taught guitar style gained him a strong following as a performer of classic Western ballads by artists such as Marty Robbins and The Sons of the Pioneers. Today, however, he is known for his extensive repertoire of self-penned songs inspired by his own life experiences.

With 22 years in the entertainment business and more than 15 national awards from his peers, Hampton has focused on his own Photos courtesy Lone Pine Film History Museum

Beginning at 8 p.m. next Thursday, Oct. 10 in the Lone Pine High School Auditorium, R.W. Hampton and Belinda Gail will present “Celebrate America,” a rare opportunity to see these two beloved Western entertainers share the stage.

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brand of music. He’s produced 13 independent albums. He tours steadily and keeps fans informed with the largest and most active social network following of any Western recording artist – nearly 37,000 Facebook fans and growing.

His most recent release, “Austin to Boston,” shows the range of his voice and his musical tastes with a mix of his own compositions such as “Shortgrass,” timeless classics like Cindy Walker’s “You Don’t Know Me,” and new pop standards like Michael Bublé’s “Home.” The collection has received great response in the United States – including his third Wrangler Award for music from the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum – while chart-topping singles on the United Kingdom’s Hotdisk Top 40 chart prompted a tour in England.

“There’s a lot of great music out there that speaks to the values I believe in,” Hampton says. “I don’t want to be known as a singer who just does cowboy songs. I want to be known as a cowboy who sings great songs.”

When not on the road performing, Hampton lives with his wife, Lisa, and their youngest children on their Clearview Ranch at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains south of Cimarron, N.M. The digital version of his new single, “My Country’s Not For Sale” was released on iTunes.com on July 23 and quickly garnered the No. 5 position based on sales for iTunes New & Noteworthy Country Releases.

Gail is affectionately referred to as “America’s Western Sweetheart.” Along with being a gifted singer/songwriter, her warm and vibrant personality beautifully captures the “Spirit of the West” and easily wraps itself around her audience.

Gail is one of the most awarded female performers in Western music, having won Western Music Association Female Performer of the Year seven times and Academy of Western Artists Female Vocalist twice.

Gail says she is honored and humbled to be counted among the top female Western Music performers of this era.

She has committed her effort full-time to this music for nearly a decade and crisscrosses the country taking her special brand of Western music to the masses. Her numerous awards are evidence of the level to which she has risen not only with Western music fans, but with her peers as well. Gail is one of the most sought-after women performing Western music today.

A vibrant and natural entertainer with a dynamic and captivating voice, she stirs the emotions and visions of the West in her listeners. As a professional Western entertainer, Gail continues to capture the attention of national venues. She tours the Midwest and Western United States extensively and

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has also performed in Iowa, Michigan, Florida, Illinois, Tennessee and Virginia as well as Canada and Austria.

Join these award-winning performers at this year’s Lone Pine Film Festival Kick-Off Concert on Thursday, Oct. 10 from 8-9:30 p.m. at the Lone Pine High School Auditorium.

A select grouping of premium seats in the first few front rows are $45 per person; all other seats $35 per person. Tickets at the door are $40 per person.

For more information, call the Lone Pine Museum ticket office at (760) 876-9103 or visit www.lonepinefilmfestival. org/concert.

The Celebrate America concert is brought to you by Lone Pine resident Lynne Bunn in memory of Dave Haas for all of his special contributions to the community.

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Movie memorabilia, souvenirs, celebrity guests, DVDs, hard-to-find collectibles, books, authors, film fanatics and movie buffs can all be found inside one building called, appropriately enough, The Building, during the 2013 Lone Pine Film Festival.

Also known as the Lone Pine Community Center, The Building will be the clearinghouse this year for everything movie- or television-related that Film Festival attendees may want to purchase as a way of adding to their personal collections, or immortalizing

their experiences at the 24th annual event.

The community center is located at the corner of U.S. 395 and Tim Holt Street and will be open 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11 and Saturday, Oct. 12, and from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 13.

Several vendors from all over the West, in addition to the Lone Pine Film History Museum itself, will be selling a variety of cinematic- and televisionthemed keepsakes for film fans of all types to help complete the Film Festival experience.

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Treasures range from old black and white photos of popular matinee idols to DVD copies of hard-to-find B-Westerns and low-budget sci-fi adventures.

Also on display and for sale will be posters and replica lobby cards featuring legendary actors and equally famous films – think John Wayne, Steve McQueen, Roy Rogers, Gregory Peck, Paul Newman and films like “How the West Was Won,” “The Wild Bunch” and “Gunga Din.” The Museum will host a table selling this year’s Festival T-Shirts, belt buckles, books, collectibles, DVDs, CDs and gift items from the Museum Store collection.

Of course, several of the stars appearing at the 2013 Lone Pine Film Festival will also be available at The Building to sign autographs, sell their books and autographed photos, and visit with grateful festival-goers.

This is the first year the Festival has been able to utilize the spacious, centrally-located accommodations afforded by The Building, which opened in December 2012.

The facility was purchased and refurbished for community use by longtime local resident Dave Haas, who died this past July. He was named Inyo County’s Citizen of the Year – in large part because of his contribution of a community center to Southern Inyo – in June.

When Haas purchased the building at the corner of Main and Holt streets, it was in a state of disrepair, or, as he said, it was “an eyesore.” Haas estimated the old building had been vacant and/or under construction for much of the past 20 years, and when he saw it hit the market in 2012, he realized he could eliminate blight from Main Street and provide a service to the community.

Haas made sure The Building also included space at the north end that can be rented out to a restaurant, in addition to providing office space and a venue for community events such as the Lone Pine Film Festival.

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Best small-town parade in America Lone Pine Film Festival parade returns for 24th year

A tradition as old as the Film Festival itself, Lone Pine’s Parade of Stars is a favorite among residents and visitors alike.

The annual procession is a mix of everything that makes both the Film Festival and town of Lone Pine so great.

There’s celebrity guests being escorted down the parade route in vintage automobiles, waving to friends and fans lining Main Street. A variety of actors and impersonators also take to the parade route to bring to life favorite stars of the Silver Screen or re-enact scenes from the Wild West.

Along with our heroes from the reel West are our local heroes of the real West: cowboys and cowgirls from Owens Valley ranches, riding horses and mules or pulling wagons and carts – a living display of life on the range. Agriculture is also represented by local Future Farmers of America students.

School representation continues with marching bands and preschool floats. There’s also Native American dancers and elders representing their cultures and the local tribal influence in the area.

The Lone Pine Volunteer Fire Department, Smokey Bear and others make a showing, helping to create what’s been called the best small-town parade in America.

The event is sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and takes place at 1 p.m. on Main Street in the heart of town.

So you think you can sing?

4th Annual Karaoke Contest Saturday, Oct. 12

Among the various activities going on in the southern end of Inyo County next weekend will be some competitive crooning, with cash prizes and serious bragging rights on the line for the winning warblers.

The Fourth Annual Film Festival Karaoke Contest will be held Saturday, Oct. 12 at the Mt. Whitney Restaurant.

Competition begins at 9 p.m.

Ken Harrison, a comedian and owner of the I’ll Never Speed Again Comedy Traffic Schools, will serve as the Master of Ceremonies.

Three cash prizes will be awarded at the end of the night for the best performances, based on vocal presentation and showmanship; $100 for First Place, $50 for Second Place, and $25 for Third Place.

The restaurant will provide more than 350 karaoke songs to choose from, in all musical genres.

Hometown songbirds swept the competition during the Third Annual Karaoke Contest held during the 2012 Lone Pine Film Festival. Kalli Hykes, 9, took top honors and was followed by Jackie Whitney in second and Father Doug Walker of Santa Rosa Catholic Church in third. All three finalists are Lone Pine residents.

Located at 227 S. Main St., Mt. Whitney Restaurant requests entrants sign up no later than 6 p.m. the day of the show, as the number of participants is limited.

Photo courtesy Ken Harrison

Last year’s karaoke contest winners: (l-r) Father Doug Walker (third), Kalli Hykes (first) and Jackie Whitney (second).

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Art and music in Spainhower Park Eat, dance, shop and be merry at Film Festival tradition at the north end of town

Photo courtesy Jeffrey James and The Wanted Gang

While Film Festival attendees check out the unique and even one-of-kind offerings at the Arts & Crafts Fair, Jeffrey James and The Wanted Gang (above) will be closing out the “Music in the Park” portion of festivities Saturday afternoon. “Music in the Park” will begin with an open mic session hosted Friday by Bishop-based musician Chase Little. All interested artists are asked to sign up early, as the number of performers will be limited.

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Publicist and Producer

For about as long as Lone Pine has been offering a Film Festival for fans of Western cinema, the community has been offering an arts and crafts fair for Film Festival attendees.

At the north end of town, tucked away in a lush pocket of shaded land known as Spainhower Park, guests will find three solid days of the aforementioned arts and crafts, in addition to food, live music and general socializing and recreation.

The Arts & Crafts Fair will be up and running Friday and Saturday, from 9 a.m.-6 p.m., and Sunday from 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

As always, shoppers can expect to find a wide array of goods, from jewelry, gems and minerals, to clothing, purses and quilts, to metal art, stained glass, pottery, bird houses hand-crafted wood items and even antique fine china.

There will also be memorabilia dealers and vendors of unusual items you won’t see at your average arts and crafts event (e.g., Julie Hendrix’s paparrazi jewelry).

A separate food court will supply the snacks, lunches and libations, including pastries, smoothies, funnel cakes and shaved ice.

Live music will fill the air Friday and Saturday, and on Friday, everyone will have a chance to be a part of the show if they sign up in time.

From 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Bishop-based musician Chase Little will host an open mic, helping to kick off the for the “Music in the Park” portion of the Lone Pine Film Festival. Little not only has a love for music and the arts, he loves helping fellow musicians and artists to have the opportunity to show off their tal-

ents. So if you think you have what it takes to put on a “good show,” get there early for sign-ups and bring your instruments because the number of open-mic acts will be limited.

Later on Friday, from 2-5 p.m., local favorites Bob Stockman and Jim Pryor will take the stage with “Classic Country Trails” – a set list derived from both cowboys having spent years hittin’ the trails and playing all the favorite country songs from days of old. It is recommended that anyone looking for a relaxing day comprised of an old fashioned picnic/dance come out to the park and let Stockman and Pryor’s music take them back in time.

Halfway to Benton takes their turn on Saturday from 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. The band is spun from the Sierra sounds of a singing guitar duo, Jim Lambert and Rob Nalumaluhia, who approach every performance with a fun energy that extends to the audience. Be prepared to dance to both oldies-butgoodies hits and classic rock favorites.

Closing out Music in the Park from 2-5 p.m. are local powerhouses Jeffrey James and the Wanted Gang. If you haven’t yet see them perform, make it a priority.

The band covers all the bases with their retro/country Western music that is both heart-thumping and toe-tapping. With influences that include Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Buck Owens, Elvis and The Beatles, the band knows how to play country, soul, gospel and rock music with equal aplomb.

Film Festival attendees will want to head back to the park Sunday for the Closing Campfire, an event tradition that’s said to be the

only proper way to end the three-day affair.

It’s your one opportunity to join all the Festival supporters, stars, performers and behind-the-scenes volunteers that make this amazing small-town, home-spun Film Festival happen.

Sunday evening, just at dusk, the entire crowd gathers for the Closing Campfire at Lone Pine’s Spainhower Park. Hosted by past Festival director Dorothy Bonnefin and long-time Festival supporter and cowboy poet Larry Maurice, this Lone Pine tradition features old fashioned pickin’ and singin’; tall tales of the West and the lore of the cowboy.

It’s a gather-round-thecampfire farewell that’s not to be missed.

2013 park vendors and their wares

Who’s signed up to sell what so far Fedderly: Hopalong Cassidy items Barbara Pino: Dresses and Tops Lone Pine Cheerleaders: Homemade items for kids Julie Hendrix: Paparrazi Jewelry Mel Joseph: Smokey Bear giveaways Caldwell: Tehachapi Candles Elmy Hopper: Jewelry Katy Guidero/Frank Diaz: Jewelry and art Giddy-Up Cowgirls: Handmade Western home decor Sam Redd: Jewelry and clothes Paul Owen: Metal yard art Elaine Held: Author (Sells Books) Paul Perez: Stained glass Karen Fitzsimmons: Baby goods John Silberzahn: Native American jewelry Alice Khteian: Handmade denim-wear, purses and quilts Bill and Nina Watters: Handmade bat, bird, butterfly houses; soap; towels and seasonal wooden items Jeanie Zebrak: Handcrafted silver jewelry Robert Kelty: Pottery Nina Baetz: Handmade rugs Stephen Webber: Jewelry made from antique silver flatware and fine china Floyd Castillo: Handcrafted wood-turned products Jessica Thomas: Jewelry and children’s clothes Verna Jean DeJarnett: Handcrafted wood products Maria Perez: Blankets and scrubs Ron Martin: Handmade wool and mohair rugs, handembroidered blouses Kerri Mason: Wildflower botanical bath, handmade soaps and candles Monica Lindsey: Metal yard art and interior art Michael Kerby: Watercolors and acrylics

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Coming soon … to the Lone Pine Film Festival

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Movies to be screened include ‘Ride the High Country,’ ‘High Sierra’ and ‘Heart of Arizona’ The Silver Screen – there is nothing quit like reliving those thrilling days of yesteryear with the sights and sounds of a great Western with great stars, sitting in a movie theater with friends and fans, and watching all the action and adventure on a large theater screen. Add to that the excitement of seeing all this near our beloved landscape of the Alabama Hills.

This year’s Lone Pine Film Festival screening schedule includes several new films not shown in past years: a Dick Foran film called “Moonlight on the Prairie”; and “Death Falls” with Rip Torn and Beverly Garland. Another new film to the Festival is “Ride Lonesome,” one of Randolph Scott’s best.

“The Blazing Sun,” a Gene Autry film screening at the Film Festival for the first time in 2013, is a triple treat for viewers. The first treat, of course, are stars Autry and Pat Buttram, but the icing on the cake are many great scenes of the beautiful Alabama Hills. The cherry on top? The engine and cars of the Carson and Colorado railroad, incorporated in 1880, are featured in the film. The old No. 9 engine was the last to travel those tracks and is presently on view in Laws north of Bishop.

Also to be screened are “Across the Plains,” starring Jack Randall and filmed in the Alabama Hills, and “A Demon for Trouble,” starring Bob Steele.

One of the most popular Lone Pine films, “High Sierra,” starring Humphrey Bogart and Ida Lupino, will be screened on Sunday afternoon.

In addition, you’ll see “Heart of Arizona,” a Hopalong Cassidy, feature starring celebrity guest Billy King, “Western Frontier,” starring Ken Maynard, “Lucky Terror,” starring Hoot Gibson and the Alabama Hills and “Hi Yo Silver,” a feature version of the Republic serial “The Lone Ranger.” “Hi Yo Silver” filmed almost entirely in the Alabama Hills.

These and many other films celebrating Lone Pine’s film heritage will be screened over the weekend of the 24th annual Film Festival.

The keynote film this year is “Ride the High Country,” directed by Sam Peckinpah. Filmed in the Eastern Sierra, north of Lone Pine, and starring Joel McCrea and Randolph Scott in his last film appearance, “Ride the High Country” is one of the last classics of the Golden Age of Westerns. Following the screening, a Q & A session with Mariette Hartley and L.Q. Jones will be hosted by film critic and historian Leonard Maltin.

So saddle up for a weekend full of great stars, great action and great memories.

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Showtimes for 2013 films

The Lone Pine Film Festival will be screening approximately 20 Westerns and two television serials at the 2013 event, Friday, Oct. 11 through Sunday, Oct. 13.

Here is a preliminary schedule of some of the highlights.

A full schedule, with some surprises, will be available at www. lonepinefilmfestival.org on Monday, Oct. 7.

Friday 7:30 a.m. – “Heart of Arizona” (Paramount, 1938), 68 minutes 8:30 a.m. – “Westward Ho!” (Republic, 1936), 61 minutes 9:45 a.m. – “Blazing Sun” (Columbia, 1950), 69 minutes 12:30 p.m. – “Moonlight on the Prairie” (Warner Bros., 1935), 63 minutes 3 p.m. – “The Brotherhood of the Popcorn” (2013), 90 minutes 7:30 p.m. – “Ride The High Country” (MGM, 1962), 94 minutes Saturday 7 a.m. – “Secrets of the Wasteland” (Paramount, 1941), 66 minutes 9:45 a.m. – “Across the Plains” (Monogram, 1939), 59 minutes 11 a.m. – “Lucky Terror” (Grand National, 1936), 61 minutes 12:15 p.m. – “A Demon for Trouble” (Supreme, 1934), 58 minutes 4 p.m. – “Western Frontier” (Columbia, 1935), 59 minutes 7:30 p.m. – “Ride Lonesome” (Columbia, 1959), 73 minutes SUNDAY 8 a.m. – “Showdown” (Universal, 1963), 79 minutes 9:30 a.m. – “Hi-Yo Silver!”

(Republic, 1940), 66 minutes 2 p.m. – “High Sierra” (Warner Bros., 1941), 100 minutes 4 p.m. – “Death Falls” (Independent, 1941), 83 minutes

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Panels & discussions

Authors, actors and stuntmen offer inside look at favorite stars, movies and the industry One of the major attractions of the Lone Pine Film Festival are its panels and discussions, which bring together celluloid stars, industry experts and insiders, authors and historians for intimate talks on topics they’re all passionate about.

Whether the discussions are in-depth examinations of certain aspects of filmmaking, or casual and collective strolls down memory lane, the panels and discussions are always enthralling and educational – leaving audiences that much more informed, entertained and enamored with the movies.

This year’s panels and discussions will certainly be no exception, offering a gamut of topics for every film fan.

The keynote panel of the 2013 Lone Pine Film Festival, Saturday morning’s look at “The Relevance and Future of Western Films in Today’s Hollywood,” is discussed in the adjacent article.

Hopalong Cassidy Panel

Photos courtesy Lions Gate; AMC; and FX

Modern Westerns that have prove popular with both audiences and critics on both the big and small screen include (clockwise from top): the remake of “3:10 to Yuma” starring Russell Crowe and Christian Bale; the series “Hell on Wheels” starring Anson Mount; and the series “Justified” starring Timothy Olyphant.

Special event: Panelists discuss the Western today Does the genre have a viable future?

Festival attendees won’t want to miss this year’s principal panel, “The Relevance and Future of Western Films in Today’s Hollywood.”

Westerns are the major defining genre of the American film industry, a nostalgic eulogy to the early days of the expansive, untamed American frontier. They are one of the oldest, most enduring and flexible genres and one of the most characteristically American genres in their mythic origins.

The popularity of Westerns has waxed and waned over the years. Their most prolific era was from the 1920s to the 1960s, and most recently, in the 1990s there was a resurgence of the genre. They appear to be making an invigorating comeback, both on the TV screen and in theaters.

The success of current small-screen serials like “Justified” and “Hell on Wheels” indicates audiences are ready for more storytelling with a Western point of view.

Modern movie remakes, such as “3:10 To Yuma” (2007) and the Coen Brothers’ “True Grit” (2010), have paid homage to their mid-20th century predecessors.

More recently, Hollywood brought us two new Westerns with a Lone Pine connection: the very successful “Django Unchained,” followed by the disappointing box-office failure, “The Lone Ranger.”

This raises the questions: “Is there a market for ‘contemporized Westerns?’ What is Hollywood thinking and what does the audience want?”

Western film historian Ed Hulse will moderate the panel that will include well-known film critic and historian Leonard Maltin, among others.

The discussion begins at 11 a.m. Saturday in the High School Quad. Admission is available through the purchase of a Film Festival souvenir button.

Western film historian Ed Hulse, editor of “Lone Pine in the Movies,” will moderate a discussion featuring actor Billy King and Hopalong Cassidy authority Richard Bann. King appeared in four Hoppy films (three filmed in Lone Pine) as Artie, Buck Peters’ 12-year-old nephew, opposite William Boyd and George Hayes. The audience will be asked to contribute questions.

The panel begins at 11 a.m. Friday in the High School Quad.

Stunt Panel

Stuntman/stunt coordinator and Festival regular Diamond Farnsworth will engage retired stuntman Dean Smith in a discussion of Smith’s new book, “Cowboy Stuntman.” Smith’s reminiscences of the years he spent working with John Wayne and other Western icons will be sure to enlighten and entertain us. They will touch on the changing stunt practices Smith encountered over his 60-plus-year career. Questions will be taken from the audience. Lone Pine favorite, legendary stuntman Loren Janes, will also be in attendance.

This panel will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in the High School Quad.

Wyatt McCrea

Wyatt McCrea will discuss the new edition of Tony Thomas’ film biography of his grandfather, titled “Joel McCrea, A Film History.” Wyatt will talk about the Hollywood of his grandfather and grandmother, actress Frances Dee. McCrea’s insights into his family’s history will be sure to fascinate and entertain.

McCrea begins his discussion at 12:30 p.m. Friday in the Museum Theater.

Sidekicks

With his book, “Those Great Cowboy Sidekicks,” hot off the Lone Pine Film History Museum presses, author Dave Rothel will lead a discussion on popular pals and noted number-twos from favorite Westerns.

His discussion gets under way at 4:30 p.m. Saturday in the Museum Theater.

Ride the High Country Panel

This panel is part of this year’s Festival Special Event, which includes a screening of “Ride the High Country” in the High School Auditorium, followed by a panel discussion featuring Mariette Hartley, L.Q. Jones and Wyatt McCrea, all of whom starred in the locally-filmed Sam Peckinpah Western.

Leonard Maltin moderates.

The event will be held from 7-10 p.m. Friday and is open to holders of Film Festival souvenir buttons only. (Seating is limited to 300.)

Top 10 Western Weapons

Author Dave Matuszak returns to compile his next list with the help of Lone Pine Film Festival attendees (past endeavors have included the Top 10 Western Theme Songs of All Time).

This year, Matuszak will moderate an audience discussion in an attempt to identify the “Top 10 Iconic Western Weapons.”

Get in on the discussion starting at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Museum Theater.

Clu Gulager

Clu Gulager will join Western film historian Ed Hulse to discuss his 50-plus-year career. Although best remembered for his roles as Billy the Kid in “The Tall Man” and Emmett Ryker in “The Virginian,” Gulager’s career has been long and varied and will provide for a lively discussion.

This talk takes place at 1 p.m. Friday in the High School Quad.