In Memoriam Alf Bold, Douglas Edwards, Gary Essert, Stephen Harvey, and Ron Haver The Pacific Film Archive dedicates this program to our colleagues and friends who passed away this year, and who were frequent contributors to PFA's programs, generously sharing their knowledge and expertise with us. They held in common a passionate love of cinema which embraced its many forms and faces. Alf Bold programmed The Arsenal in Berlin and selected films for the Forum section of the Berlin Film Festival; Douglas Edwards founded Encounter Cinema at UCLA and was Theater and Special Events Administrator at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; Gary Essert was the founding director of Filmex and Artistic Director of The American Cinematheque in Los Angeles; Stephen Harvey was a noted author, film critic, and Film Curator at The Museum of Modern Art in New York; Ron Haver was Director of Film Programming at The Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The films and clips chosen for tonight's program were among the personal favorites of each programmer. Both Alf Bold and Stephen Harvey made their own selection of films by which to be remembered. From Alf Bold's program, we present three short films, Half a Life, Valse Triste, and Two Tars; from Stephen Harvey's program, we present clips of Distant Voices, Still Lives and Miracle in Milan. From a recent tribute at The American Cinematheque, we have selected a few of the films which Gary Essert introduced to Los Angeles audiences at Filmex: Quasi at the Quackadero, Guacamole, The Club, and a feature, The Ascent. We will always associate the restored version of the 1954 A Star Is Born with Ron Haver and Douglas Edwards, recalling the Bay Area premiere at Oakland's Paramount Theater for which PFA was host and co-presenter, and we have, therefore, chosen one of the restored musical numbers. Please join us to remember our colleagues in the way they would wish-watching movies together, sharing once more their love of the cinema. Half a Life: "Ein Halbes Leben" (Noll Brinckmann, 1983, 5.5 mins, From Film-Makers' Cooperative). Guacamole (Chick Strand, 1976, 10 mins, Color, From PFA Collection). Valse Triste (Bruce Conner, 1979, 5 mins, B&W, From Canyon Cinema). Quasi at the Quackadero (Sally Cruikshank, 1975, 10 mins, Color, From Kit Parker Films). The Club (George Griffin, 1975, 4 mins, Color, From Picture Start). Two Tars (James Parrott, 1928, with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy; 22 mins, Music Track, B&W, From Kit Parker)