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Events
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October 16, 2008
Art Deco Society event at Egyptian
HOLLYWOOD, CA — An event is coming this weekend at the Egyptian Theatre for the theatre’s 86th Anniversary:
Art Deco Society Film and Lecture on James Oviatt: Haberdasher to Hollywood’s Golden Age Stars
THE OVIATT BUILDING, 2008, 70 min. Dir. Seth Shulman. Through lecture and film screening, here is the untold story of downtown Los Angeles' first Art Deco jewel: the 1928 Oviatt Building and its opulent penthouse. Virtually a second home to Clark Gable, Errol Flynn and other male stars of Hollywood’s Golden Age, the Oviatt Building housed L.A.’s finest haberdashery and catered to filmdom’s titans. For eight decades, its glamorous and controversial history has been shrouded in mystery and clouded by misinformation…until now. Full of long-lost archival images and long-forgotten events, this myth-busting documentary spans more than a century and interviews the men and women who shaped the Oviatt Building’s turbulent history. Trailer | More 15 minute introduction precedes the screening. Discussion following with director Seth Shulman and producer Marc Chevalier. The DVD will also be on sale.
Saturday, October 18 at 2:00 PM
6712 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 900280 comments -
October 14, 2008
Nosferatu Returns to the State Theatre
SPRINGFIELD, OH — The classic horror film “Nosferatu” will once again be presented with live music at the historic State Theatre in downtown Springfield.
Showtime is 8:00pm on Friday, October 17th, 2008.
The members of the Springfield-based ensemble Equinox (Doug Baumle, Larry Coressel, Wayne Justice) will perform their original live electro-acoustic score composed especially for this screening. Synthesizers, piano, percussion, guitar, flute and an assortment of unique instruments and sounds created by Equinox are incorporated into this imaginative live soundtrack for F.W. Murnau’s masterpiece of the silent era.
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October 13, 2008
Landmarks Illinois to Highlight Theater Artist Iannelli
CHICAGO, IL — Landmarks Illinois' Preservation Snapshots lecture series is spotlighting the work of sculptor/architects/designer Alfonso Iannelli (1888-1965), the Frank Lloyd Wright associate well-known for his movie theater ornamentation including the Pickwick Theatre in Park Ridge, Illinois (where Iannelli’s famous studios were located), and the Catlow Theatre in Barrington, Illinois. Also, from 1911 to 1915, Iannelli designed many posters in abstract style for vaudeville acts peforming at Los Angeles' original Orpheum Theatre.
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Universal Studios hosts Halloween Horror Nights
UNIVERSAL CITY, CA — Universal Studios has converted its 415-acre theme park and movie studio into one big haunted house for Halloween.
Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights is a 13-night event being held on the weekends leading up to Halloween. The park will be haunted by some of the studio’s most notorious villains including Freddy from “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” Jason from “Friday the 13th,” and Leatherface from “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.”
Visitors will feel the splatter of blood (water), the cold of death, and the smell of vomit while they weave through the Universal backlot.
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October 10, 2008
Leyland Lorry Star at Oxted Cinema
OXTED, SURREY, ENGLAND — Step back into 1957 on sunday 12th October at 11am at the Screen Cinema, Oxted Surrey, United Kingdom.
A special treat awaits all fans of 1950’s trucking movies with a special showing of the 1957 film “The Long Haul” starring Victor Mature, Diana Dors and of course a Leyland Octopus truck.There will be a “full supporting programme” of vintage & classic ads, trailers, and 2 short trucking films plus a surprise item!! With a display of original publicity from the film in the foyer, don
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October 9, 2008
Westcott Theater hosts B-Movie Film Fest
SYRACUSE, NY — The Westcott Theater has reopened this week as a performing arts center after closing as a movie theater last year. In addition to its line up of local and regional music acts, it hosts the B-Movie Film Fest this Columbus Day weekend, October 9-11.
The festival features over a dozen movies and 20 short films. Tickets are $5 per movie, $10 all day or $25 all weekend.
The Westcott Theater is two miles from Syracuse University.
Read more at News 10 Now.
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October 8, 2008
California Art Club Rialto benefit
SOUTH PASADENA, CA — The California Art Club will present a sneak preview of “Local Color,” the soon-to-be-released film about a young art student and his elderly genius mentor, at the historic Rialto Theatre on Sunday, October 12, at 7:15 p.m., to help raise awareness and funds for the revitalization of this South Pasadena landmark.
This special screening of the film, which was created by award-winning director and writer George Gallo, who is an artist member of the Club, is one of the art-related events that the organization is sponsoring with the South Pasadena Chamber of Commerce as part of Rialto Visions: Icons & Landmarks of South Pasadena.
Rialto Visions will kick off on the day of the screening with Club artists setting up their easels for a plein air “paint-out” of the 1925 theatre and other sites within the city. The public is invited to participate in the paint-out.
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October 1, 2008
Strand 100th Birthday Party!
BROCKPORT, NY — Brockport is celebrating the centennial of the second oldest motion picture venue in America. The Strand Theater and its predecessor, the Lyric, in downtown Brockport’s Winslow Block have been projecting movies continuously since August 15, 1908.
To celebrate this event, the Greater Brockport Development Corp. has organized a two-day vintage movie festival, Friday and Saturday, October 17-18. Films from 1910-1916 and 1946 will be projected with leading experts as hosts and commentators. A Champagne Gala will conclude the festivities Saturday evening. All activities will take place in the Strand, 89 Main Street.
Patrick Loughney, head motion picture curator at the George Eastman House, will host the Friday session, 7-9 pm, showing selected films and discussing the early movie industry. The 10-12 am session Saturday will be devoted to the history of movie theaters in upstate New York. Norman O. Keim, co-author of “Our Movie Houses: A History of Film and Cinematic Innovation in Central New York”, will host the first hour and Karen Colizzi Noonan, President of the Theater Historical Society of America, the second half.
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September 29, 2008
“Bride of Frankenstein” at Broadway
PITMAN, NJ — The historic Broadway Theatre is screening the James Whale classic “Bride of Frankenstein” staring Boris Karloff on Wednesday October 22nd at 10:30am, 1:30pm, and 7pm.
It will feature live organ music before showtime and classic horror trailers.
Also Arcana Studios will be on hand presenting a first look at the new horror anthology comic book, “The Velvet Rope”.
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September 26, 2008
Eagle Eye first IMAX/IMAX digital opening
LOS ANGELES, CA — Dreamworks' Eagle Eye will be the first movie to open simultaneously in both IMAX and IMAX digital cinemas as well as regular theaters on September 26th. The film will screen in 84 IMAX theaters and 14 IMAX digital theaters. In the coming weeks, it will also be shown in 13 IMAX theaters internationally.
You can read more at Market Watch.