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Act One, Scene One, Beginners please ...
30th November - 2nd December 2001 at Cober Hill Conference Centre, near Scarborough

The Conference Centre is two buildings: an old house with restaurant, lounges and study rooms - where we eat; and a modern block with comfortable en-suite bedroom rooms and a fine central screening room with adjacent kitchen for teas and coffees. Whisking a set of comfortable armchairs into the hall we started the event with ... 16mm film!  There were problems caused by local voltage fluctuations but for cine enthusiasts this was a moment to treasure.  Thereafter we were on the technically better but somehow soulless DVD and VHS sources via a good video projector.

The event dealt in movies with a theatrical background - not filmed plays or adapted classics.  They proved to be as fascinating a bunch as you could hope to find.  Most of the enthusiastic audience found some new gems and several much-loved classics in the programme. Tony Davidson and his team worked tirelessly to present the fascinating programme and the buzz of conversation over meals covered all aspects of cinema old and new.

Portrait of Clara Bow. Clara Bow in IT (USA 1927) with music by Carl Davis
starring Clara Bow, Antonio Moreno, Gary Cooper, Elinor Glyn. A fast and funny spoof!		 A poster for 'NO'. NÔ (Canada 1998) a French-Canadian thriller by Robert Lepage
A young actress from Montréal, appearing in a Georges Feydeau play at the 1970 World Fair in Osaka discovers she is pregnant ...
Maggie Cheung in 'Irma Vep'. IRMA VEP (France 1996) about the making of Feuillade's Les Vampyres.
with Maggie Cheung, Jean-Pierre Léaud		 A portrait of Ichikawa. AN ACTOR'S REVENGE by Kon Ichikawa (Japan 1963)
A wandering actor chances upon the rich merchant who arranged his parents' death.
A still from 'La Strada', Fellini's LA STRADA (Italy 1954) with Giulietta Masina, Anthony Quinn and Richard Baseheart Barrault and Arletti in 'Enfants du Paradis'. LES ENFANTS DU PARADIS (France 1945) - irresistible!
Marcel Carné directs Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault - Paris street theatre in the 1840's is the setting for a story of love.
A still from 'Being John Malkovich'. BEING JOHN MALKOVICH (USA 1999) - award winning comedy from Spike Jonze.
with John Cusack, Cameron Diaz		 Bjork in 'Dancer in the Dark'. Lars von Trier's DANCER IN THE DARK (Denmark 2000)
with Björk, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Joel Grey - an East European girl goes to America but it isn't all like the movies.
John Malkovich as F.W.Murnau. SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE (USA 2000) about the making of Nosferatu
with John Malkovich, Willem Dafoe, Eddie Izzard.

Reports on previous Yorkshire Group events at Cober Hill Conference Centre:
Northern Lights (Scandinavian Cinema)  | From Caligari to Kohl (German Cinema)