The 41st annual Cinevent film convention will be held Memorial Day weekend at the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Conference Center, at 4900 Sinclair Road. The Wexner Center will preview the event at 7 p.m. Thursday with two rare film screenings: "Virtue," starring Carole Lombard, and "Cocktail Hour," starring Bebe Daniels.
Cinevent is a combination film festival and memorabilia show. Movies run all day with breaks for meals. The dealers' room features various memorabilia, including posters, photographs, books and DVDs.
Film fans flock from all over the country to attend Cinevent. Chandler McRee flew up from Melbourne, Fla., to attend for the first time last year.
"I don't get to talk to people like this, where you can throw out names and dates and studios, and people instantly know what you're talking about," he said. "I'm returning for the people."
The film program includes a variety of movies ranging from the silent "The Fire Brigade" to the musical "Hello Frisco Hello."
"There's nothing like sitting in a movie house and sharing that collective experience of watching an old movie," McRee said.
One day admission is $15; full weekend admission is $40 at the door.
For more information, visit cinevent.com.
Samantha Kelley can be reached at kelley.470@osu.edu.
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