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  • June 29, 2007
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    Hornbeck Theatre celebrates 60th birthday

    SHAWNEE, OK — A Downtown Shawnee, OK. landmark turns 60 on July 10th as the Hornbeck Theatre celebrates six decades entertaining Shawnee moviegoers.

    Built in 1947, the historic theatre was opened by former Shawnee mayor Adam Hornbeck, in partnership with Griffith Theatres, Inc. of Oklahoma City. Designed by Dallas architect, Jack Corgan, the spacious theatre originally seated over 1100 with its main floor and large balcony.

    In the early 1950’s Griffith Theatres became Video Independent Theatres and in 1954 Hornbeck sold his interest in the theatre to Johnny H. Jones and sister Ruby Jones. The Jones Family has operated the theatre ever since, now in a joint venture with national cinema chain, Carmike Cinemas, which succeeded Video. That spacious balcony was remodeled in 1972 into a separate theatre, called the Penthouse.

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  • June 22, 2007
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    A special evening of Laurel & Hardy

    LANARK, SCOTLAND — Lanark’s Regal Cinema in Bannatyne street opened on the 31st August 1936. The main attraction that night was ‘The Bohemian Girl’ starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Also on the bill was ‘Manhattan Monkey Business’ starring Charley Chase and James Finlayson.

    In collaboration with the current regal/vogue management, we at the Sons Of The Desert have arranged ‘an evening of Laurel and Hardy’ which, for prosperity, the main attraction will be a 2007 ‘big screen’ showing of the ‘The Bohemian Girl’ and ‘Manhattan Monkey Business’.

    Special guests include Johnny Beattie MBE and Claire McGuinness who is related to Laurel & Hardy co star James Finlayson. Click on our link for full details.

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  • June 21, 2007
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    StarLite Movie Night, Take Two

    WINTER GARDEN, FL — Starlite Movie Night returns! Over 1500 people gathered for the inaugural Starlite Movie Night on May 12, and due to the overwhelming success of the event the Garden Theatre announces the second movie in the series, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.

    After a close audience vote at the previous event, this family classic will be shown on a 2-story tall, inflatable screen Saturday, July 14, 2007, at 8:30 pm on Plant Street. Enjoy face painting, SnoCones, popcorn, cotton candy and more.

    This is free family entertainment so gather your lawn chairs, get your Reese’s Pieces, and show your support for the return of cinema in downtown Winter Garden. Arrive early for pre-show musical entertainment. The Heritage Museum will be open for this event with special visitor hours from 1-8 p.m.

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    DRIVE-IN SUPER MONSTERMANIA Sept. 7-8

    RIVERSIDE, PA — Ever wish you could go into a time machine and go back to a time when life was much more simple, but far more fun? Well, here it is! DRIVE-IN SUPERMONSTERMANIA is two nights of classic horror and science fiction 35mm prints presented at an authentic drive-in movie theater. There will be two big shows on two consecutive nights which will start at dusk and go on until really late into the night!

    We are trying to turn this into an annual event, so we encourage East Coast drive-in movie fanatics to attend and make it a rousing success! What could be better than a weekend getaway topped off with two nights of classic monster movies on the big outdoor screen? Admission is only $10 a person each night!

    What is being shown and when?

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  • June 8, 2007
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    Gettysburg Classic Movie Series

    GETTYSBURG, PA — The Majestic Theater will be presenting a Classic Movie Series Wednesday evenings throughout the Summer. Titles include Casablanca; 2001, A Space Odyssey; Doctor Zhivago; The Sound of Music; Gone With The Wind, among others.

    The Majestic, built in 1929, recently underwent a $16M renovation returning it to its original splendor, which also included the construction of two smaller cinemas at the rear of the main theater. These cinemas, which are open nightly, feature “art films” which seldom play at the local multiplexes. The films in the Majestic’s classic series will be presented in the main auditorium.

    More details can be found on their website.

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  • May 30, 2007
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    accordi @ DISACCORDI Open Air Cinema Festival

    NAPLES, ITALY — The accordi @ DISACCORDI open-air Film Festival, held yearly for at least two months, showcases the best of European and International Cinema. This outdoor film festival counts this year its eighth, will take place from June 29th until September 9th 2007, and with the attendance of over 30,000 viewers screens features, documentaries, shorts, pocket movies and music videos.

    The projections start at 9.10 pm and last until full night; open air screenings rise in Arena * Parco del POGGIO * (HILL Park), the fabulous and picturesque site near the Capodimonte Area in Naples / Napoli NA Italy.

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  • May 21, 2007
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    Fiddlehead Theatre Company at the Norwood Theatre

    NORWOOD, MA — Fiddlehead Theatre Company is once again open for business at the Norwood Theatre. After reopening with a successful season including the popular favorites The King and I, and Singin in the Rain, the company now gears up for there upcoming season including My Fair Lady and Crazy for You.

    Fiddlehead Theatre are also do a fundraising drive to replace the worn seating to restore the theatre to it’s lost beauty and patrons comfort.

    To Subscribe to our upcoming season, or help out with the seating fundraising drive please visit our website.

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  • May 11, 2007
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    Theatre Historical Society extends special discount for June Conclave/Theatre Tour!

    Limited space is still available for the Theatre Historical Society’s annual summer Conclave/Theatre Tour visiting Milwaukee and Minneapolis, June 19-24. The special online discount registration rate of $400 per person has been extended through June 10th.

    More than 100 theatre enthusiasts have already signed up for the tour, which visits two dozen historic theatres in, around and between the two cities and includes other activities such as a welcome reception, silent auction of theatre items, several lunches and a final banquet. There is also an optional one-day “Afterglow” visiting several additional theatres in Minnesota and Wisconsin.

    “We want to extend a very special invitation and welcome to all Cinema Treasures members,” THSA president Karen C. Noonan said. “We know you’ll feel right at home with our THSA members, who all love historic theatres just as you do!”

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  • May 7, 2007
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    East Meets West[ern] at the Loew’s Jersey Theatre

    JERSEY CITY, NJ — May is officially national Asian/Pacific-American Heritage Month – and the Landmark Loew’s Jersey Theatre has all kinds of extra goodies in store for its movie patrons.

    May 11-12 East Meets West[ern] Film Series: Foreign Films and Their American Remakes

    Fri: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly (1966) (based on Kurosawa’s Yojimbo
    Sat: The Seven Samurai (1954) – The Magnificent Seven(1960)

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  • May 4, 2007
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    An Evening With Crispin Glover

    ASBURY PARK, NJ — Little Death Collective and the historic Baronet Theater invite you to join us for a very special occasion…
    An Evening with Crispin Glover

    When: May 4th and 5th
    Doors at 7:30pm,
    Show at 8:00pm,
    Where: The Baronet Theater
    205 4th ave.
    Asbury Park, NJ 07712

    Tickets available at ticketweb.com

    There will also be some tickets available at the door before showtime!

    A live appearance with Crispin Glover, plus a screening of his film, “What Is It?”, followed by his big slideshow, a Q&A session, and book signing…..

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