The Blorple Falls chapter
of the West Carolina Cinema Enthusiasts League (est. 1974)
is proud to present

The Second Annual Blorple Falls

    
and SUV Showcase

CURATOR'S COMMENTS We, the cineasts of the Blorple Falls chapter of the West Carolina Cinema Enthusiasts League (est. 1974), are proud to be able to bring to light a neglected area of Hollywood's past, the pioneering work created by Pinnacle Pictures Studios. Thanks to the enterprising obsessions of our very own Charles Foster Lovewell—and a generous grant from his mother, Mrs. Edna Foster Lovewell—we will be screening a variety of long-lost and rarely seen examples of the Lumier Bros. intoxicating invention. That the works of Pinnacle Pictures are largely forgotten may be explained in part by the fact that while the rest of the industry quickly switched to celluloid film stock, Pinnacle founder/mogul/tyrant Morty Hack insisted on sticking with the flammable nitrate emulsion—well into the 1940s. He saved a fortune, however most of the studio's output—and many of its warehouse employees—literally went up in flames. Such are the flames of history—a warning to the modern caretakers of our precious heritage! While such Pinnacle works as "Destination: Delaware" and "The Man Who Was Almost Invisible" perhaps fail to reach such rarified standards of excellence as the creations of MGM, Paramount, and Warner Bros., and while Pinnacle players like Merrill Bisbee, Stanton Floss, Happy Gay, and O'Malley & Martin are not as cherished as Keaton, Chaplin, and Willis, nonetheless they are important. Important for what they tell us about cinema as art. And art as film. And film as cinema. We encourage our members and patrons to drink deep of this excursion to the land of shadows and light. It is a journey to the center of one's mind! —Charles Foster Lovewell Author

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