TCM Film Festival

Day 2

Another day has come and gone with more adventures at the TCM Film Festival. Went to the lesser known (in some circles) Grauman's Egyptian theatre to start my day off with The More the Merrier, a wonderfully done romantic comedy that most people haven't heard of. After getting a bit of grub (a rare occasion in this fest), I moseyed on down to see Amazing Film Discoveries. There were several beautifully restored silent shorts the chief among them being an almost complete (one minute at the end of reel 1 is still missing but, is recreated with stills) lost Laurel & Hardy short, The Battle of the Century. This film is less known for being a "lost film" and more known for having the largest pie fight in cinema. It was amazing and hilarious. As evening descended, I made my way poolside at the Roosevelt Hotel to watch Lee Meriwether and Adam West introduce Batman: The Movie. Both of them enjoyed working on the movie and Adam West had many quotes that are even funnier taken out of context: "He was never in my dressing room." "I had no nipples." The last event of the night was going over to formerly Grauman's Chinese theatre and listen to Angela Lansbury introduce The Manchurian Candidate. She is one of the most versatile actresses that has ever graced the silver screen. With that, so ends day two of this adventure in classic film.