Credit: Photo By Gary Miller

One of the 700 people Harry Knowles turned away for his third annual birthday bash cum 24-hour movie marathon, the Butt-Numb-a-Thon? Here’s what you missed at the shindig, held at the Alamo Drafthouse Downtown last Saturday:

1. Fiend Without a Face (1958) d. Arthur Crabtree

2. The Majestic (2001) d. Frank Darabont (intro video from Darabont)

3. Rock All Night (1957) d. Roger Corman

4. King Kong (1933) d. Merian C. Cooper

5. Vanilla Sky (2001) d. Cameron Crowe

Betty Boop cartoons

6. Cabin in the Sky (1943) d. Vincente Minnelli

7. Blood Feast II: All U Can Eat (2002) d. Herschell Gordon Lewis (the legendary writer/director/producer/cinematographer’s first film in 30 years)

“Hardware Wars” (Star Wars spoof short film)

8. The Terror of Tiny Town (1938) d: Sam Newfield (midget musical western)

9. Mystery film

This article appears in December 14 • 2001.

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