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No advance reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the box office. Seats are assigned on a first come, first served basis. The box office opens one hour before the event.\u003C/strong>\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>Screening 1 of 3\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Ch2>Way Back When a Triangle Had Its Points\u003C/h2>\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Year: \u003C/strong>1940\u003Cbr />\n\u003Cstrong>Country: \u003C/strong>U.S.\u003Cbr />\n\u003Cstrong>Runtime: \u003C/strong>8 min.\u003Cbr />\nDigital. B&W. \u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003Cem>Way Back When a Triangle Had Its Points\u003C/em> was the first of 12 in Fleischer Studios’ \u003Cem>Stone Age\u003C/em> cartoons. It features a fabulous Betty Boop-style, Stone Age working girl on the hunt for a typist job. Paramount Pictures announced the series in the \u003Cem>Miami News\u003C/em> in June 1939, saying, “it will be based on the absurdity of modern life and modern inventions.” A rock-solid attempt, it wasn’t quite the smash the studio was looking for. However, Dan Gordon, one of the Fleischer animators on the project, later joined Hanna-Barbera and was a key creator of \u003Cem>The Flintstones\u003C/em>.—\u003Cem>Jackie Forsyte\u003C/em>\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">DCP.\u003Cstrong> Production:\u003C/strong> Fleischer Studios. \u003Cstrong>Distribution:\u003C/strong> Paramount Pictures. \u003Cstrong>Director:\u003C/strong> Dave Fleischer. \u003Cstrong>Animation:\u003C/strong> David Tendlar, Thomas Golden.\u003Cstrong> Writer:\u003C/strong> William Turner.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003Cem>Restoration funding provided by ASIFA-Hollywood. Restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive from 35mm nitrate original picture and track negatives. Laboratory services by Roundabout Entertainment, Inc., Audio Mechanics. Special thanks to Paramount Pictures Archive.\u003C/em>\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>Screening 2 of 3\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Ch2>The Nutty Network\u003C/h2>\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Year: \u003C/strong>1939\u003Cbr />\n\u003Cstrong>Country: \u003C/strong>U.S.\u003Cbr />\n\u003Cstrong>Runtime: \u003C/strong>6 min.\u003Cbr />\nDigital. Color.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">Just a year earlier, the 1938 radio broadcast of H. G. Wells’ \u003Cem>The War of the Worlds\u003C/em> stunned the public, convincing many that Martians were invading Earth. Terrytoons’ \u003Cem>The Nutty Network\u003C/em> cleverly spoofs the radio play, transforming public anxiety into slapstick comedy. The short exemplifies animation’s ability to respond quickly to contemporary culture with a playful critique of mass communication at a time when radio dominated American media. Although Terrytoons adopted Technicolor later than other studios, this short’s vibrant use of color showcases the expressive power of the technology, even in humorous satire.—\u003Cem>Jackie Forsyte\u003C/em>\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">DCP.\u003Cstrong> Production:\u003C/strong> Terrytoons. \u003Cstrong>Distribution:\u003C/strong> 20th Century Fox. \u003Cstrong>Producer: \u003C/strong>Paul Terry. \u003Cstrong>Director:\u003C/strong> Mannie Davis. \u003Cstrong>Writer:\u003C/strong> John Foster.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003Cem>Restoration funding provided by ASIFA-Hollywood. Restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive from 35mm nitrate successive exposure positive, acetate track negative and track positive. Laboratory services by Roundabout Entertainment, Inc., Audio Mechanics. Special thanks to Paramount Pictures Archive.\u003C/em>\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>Screening 3 of 3\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Ch2>Merrily We Live\u003C/h2>\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Year: \u003C/strong>1938\u003Cbr />\n\u003Cstrong>Country: \u003C/strong>U.S.\u003Cbr />\n\u003Cstrong>Runtime: \u003C/strong>95 min.\u003Cbr />\nDigital. B&W.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">Debuting near the end of the screwball comedy trend, \u003Cem>Merrily We Live\u003C/em> is one of the zaniest. When novelist and ladies’ man Wade Rawlins’ (Brian Aherne) car breaks down he seeks help at a mansion inhabited by a family of eccentrics. Mistaken for a tramp by the well-meaning matron of the house, Mrs. Kilbourne (Billie Burke), Rawlins finds himself hired as the family chauffeur. His protests fall on deaf ears, and the handsome young man soon becomes embroiled in romantic encounters and family crises. Throw in a large white rabbit, reproducing goldfish, a raucous parrot and two rambunctious Great Danes, and you have another hit from Hal Roach Studios, “Laugh Factory to the World.”\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">Based on the 1924 novel \u003Cem>The Dark Chapter: A Comedy of Class Distinctions\u003C/em> and often compared to \u003Cem>My Man Godfrey \u003C/em>(1936), this spoof of social conventions never takes itself seriously; as one reviewer wrote, “Insanity runs rampant!” Roach, director Norman Z. McLeod and cast members Burke, Constance Bennett and Alan Mowbray from the hit \u003Cem>Topper\u003C/em> (1937) team up once again and, as a poster proclaimed, \u003Cem>Merrily We Live\u003C/em> “tops \u003Cem>Topper\u003C/em> by a hundred howls!” Best known for short comedies starring Laurel and Hardy and the Our Gang kids, Hal Roach Studios earned accolades when this film was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Burke, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Music, Original Song, and won for Best Sound Recording. Roach would further prove his prowess the next year, receiving critical acclaim for \u003Cem>Of Mice and Men\u003C/em> (1939). Cinematographer Norbert Brodine and art director Charles Hall give the film a stunning look with depth of focus, shades of gray and an overall visual style not often seen in a comedic production.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">And we’d all like to know how many takes were needed to film the opening ensemble song!\u003Cem>—Miki Shannon\u003C/em>\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">DCP. \u003Cstrong>Production:\u003C/strong> Hal Roach Studios. \u003Cstrong>Distribution:\u003C/strong> MGM. \u003Cstrong>Producer:\u003C/strong> Milton H. Bren. \u003Cstrong>Director:\u003C/strong> Norman Z. McLeod. \u003Cstrong>Screenwriters:\u003C/strong> Eddie Moran, Jack Jevne, E. J. Roth. \u003Cstrong>Cinematographer:\u003C/strong> Norbert Brodine. \u003Cstrong>With:\u003C/strong> Constance Bennett, Brian Aherne, Alan Mowbray, Billie Burke, Patsy Kelly.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003Cem>Restoration funding provided by the Century Arts Foundation. Restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive in collaboration with Academy Film Archive from the 35mm nitrate original picture and track negatives, nitrate composite fine grain, nitrate track positive and nitrate composite print. Laboratory services by Roundabout Entertainment, Inc., Audio Mechanics, Simon Daniel Sound.\u003C/em>\u003C/p>",[],null,[],"2026 Festival of Preservation presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive.","Jae Nguyen",[42],{"title":43,"sectionHandle":44,"workshopOrEventSeriesType":45,"text":46,"image":47,"to":59,"startDate":60,"endDate":61,"ongoing":62},"2026 UCLA Festival of Preservation","workshopOrEventSeries","visit/events-exhibitions","\u003Cp>The 22nd edition of the biennial UCLA Festival of Preservation showcases the UCLA Film & Television Archive’s latest preservation and restoration projects on the big screen.\u003C/p>",[48],{"image":49},[50],{"id":51,"src":52,"height":53,"width":20,"srcset":54,"alt":55,"focalPoint":56},"10133590","https://static.library.ucla.edu/craftassetsprod/images/_fullscreen/OtherLove1947_01.jpg",1909,"https://static.library.ucla.edu/craftassetsprod/images/_375xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/OtherLove1947_01.jpg 375w, https://static.library.ucla.edu/craftassetsprod/images/_960xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/OtherLove1947_01.jpg 960w, https://static.library.ucla.edu/craftassetsprod/images/_1280xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/OtherLove1947_01.jpg 1280w, https://static.library.ucla.edu/craftassetsprod/images/_1920xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/OtherLove1947_01.jpg 1920w, https://static.library.ucla.edu/craftassetsprod/images/_2560xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/OtherLove1947_01.jpg 2560w","Woman in dark dress and veil on her head looking into eyes of man in suit seated next to her",[57,58],0.5,0.1282,"visit/events-exhibitions/2026-ucla-festival-of-preservation","2026-05-29T00:00","2026-05-31T00:00",false,[],[],1776328392777]