Chicago – The Founder and CEO of the Chicago International Film Festival (Ciff) is Michael Kutza. In 1964, when he had the idea for the festival, legendary Chicago Sun-Times columnist Irv Kupcinet suggested a person who could help start the festivities. That person was silent film-era movie star Colleen Moore.
One of Michael’s final duties in the day-to-day operations of the festival – he will be retiring at the end of 2018 – is to pay homage to that movie star who set him up with the film celebrities whose presence helped to sell that first Ciff to the Windy City. “A Tribute to Colleen Moore” will take place on Sunday, October 21st, 2018, the last day of the 54th edition of the Festival. Michael will show a retrospect of film clips, screen one of Moore’s few “talkies” (1933’s “The Power and the Glory”) and remember Colleen Moore with one of her grandchildren, Billy Hargrave.
One of Michael’s final duties in the day-to-day operations of the festival – he will be retiring at the end of 2018 – is to pay homage to that movie star who set him up with the film celebrities whose presence helped to sell that first Ciff to the Windy City. “A Tribute to Colleen Moore” will take place on Sunday, October 21st, 2018, the last day of the 54th edition of the Festival. Michael will show a retrospect of film clips, screen one of Moore’s few “talkies” (1933’s “The Power and the Glory”) and remember Colleen Moore with one of her grandchildren, Billy Hargrave.
- 10/20/2018
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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