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The Modern Master Award was established in 1995. Created to honor an individual who has enriched our culture through accomplishments in the motion picture industry, it was re-named the Maltin Modern Master Award in 2015 in honor of long-time SBIFF moderator and renowned film critic Leonard Maltin. Past recipients include Academy Award-winning actors Angelina Jolie, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem, Robert Downey Jr., Denzel Washington, Cate Blanchett, George Clooney, and Christopher Plummer, and acclaimed filmmakers including Christopher Nolan, James Cameron, Clint Eastwood, and Peter Jackson.
Wings (1927) 
combines two then-emerging, innovative technologies – the airplane and the moving picture – into one cinematic experience!
The immortal Clara Bow stars as Mary Preston, a sweet “girl next door” and Army ambulance driver desperately in love with a dashing young airman from her hometown. The airman, played by Charles “Buddy” Rogers, and his rival-turned-friend played by Richard Arlen, experience intense training and heart-stopping air battles during their time in the service.
Organist: Russ Peck.
This SHOW of Musical Americana will showcase Armed Forces and Patriotic Music from composers John Phillip Sousa, George M. Cohan as well as selections from the Great American Songbook, featuring hit tunes by composers such as George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter… AND, some RAGTIME added into the mix…”
Red White and Blue American Music Tribute & Safety Last (1923) film featuring the Mighty Wurlitzer Organ.
Douglas Fairbanks returns to the Balboa Theatre screen – this time, in color! He stars in The Black Pirate (1926) , as a shipwreck survivor hell-bent on vengeance who fights and tricks his way into becoming a pirate captain.
Organist: Ken Double.
Set in a dystopian future, Metropolis story follows Freder, the son of the city’s mastermind, whose love for a working-class woman leads him to the city’s unpleasant underbelly. Metropolis is often cited as one of the first science fiction feature films, opening the door to the hundreds of movies in the genre that exist today.
Organist: Brett Miller.
Safety Last! (1923) starring Harold Lloyd, with organist Russ Peck.
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