I lived in Hollywood in 1977. My buddy Rick called me one afternoon to say that (can’t remember his first name) Cooper struck a new 35mm print of “Gone With The Wind” and they were showing it at the Vagabond. No one had seen the original print in years. The opening was cut and reprinted as a series of stills for 70mm prints back in the 1960’s. I don’t recall who showed up that night, but I do remember Kleig lights. When the film opened with those sliding credits, the younger members of the audience who had never seen the film gasped. As I recall, this same person was responsible for reviving several films, including “Wizard of Oz” and “Singing in the Rain.”
Rick and I used to go to the Tiffany all the time. We saw the 3-D festival there with the rare Three Stooges film. We also saw Ann Miller and Mickey Rooney there for the opening of (was it “Words and Music?). We also frequented the Vagabond, the Beverly, the Nu Art, and the Sherman. I met Bette Midler at the Sherman. She came to see "Some like it hot.” One night the cast of “Carrie” (William Katt, Sissy Spacek and others) showed up when we had a double feature for something. That was way too long ago. The Tiffany was the coolest of the revival theaters. Rick was probably their biggest supporter. He used to know everyone there. I probably spent half my income going to movies there between 1976 and 1979. Its one thing to see a film on DVD. Its an entirely different experience to see it projected in the original 35mm print.
I lived in Hollywood in 1977. My buddy Rick called me one afternoon to say that (can’t remember his first name) Cooper struck a new 35mm print of “Gone With The Wind” and they were showing it at the Vagabond. No one had seen the original print in years. The opening was cut and reprinted as a series of stills for 70mm prints back in the 1960’s. I don’t recall who showed up that night, but I do remember Kleig lights. When the film opened with those sliding credits, the younger members of the audience who had never seen the film gasped. As I recall, this same person was responsible for reviving several films, including “Wizard of Oz” and “Singing in the Rain.”
I saw “War and Peace” shown on two different nights at the Colfax theater… a marathon event. It literally had a cast of thousands.
Rick and I used to go to the Tiffany all the time. We saw the 3-D festival there with the rare Three Stooges film. We also saw Ann Miller and Mickey Rooney there for the opening of (was it “Words and Music?). We also frequented the Vagabond, the Beverly, the Nu Art, and the Sherman. I met Bette Midler at the Sherman. She came to see "Some like it hot.” One night the cast of “Carrie” (William Katt, Sissy Spacek and others) showed up when we had a double feature for something. That was way too long ago. The Tiffany was the coolest of the revival theaters. Rick was probably their biggest supporter. He used to know everyone there. I probably spent half my income going to movies there between 1976 and 1979. Its one thing to see a film on DVD. Its an entirely different experience to see it projected in the original 35mm print.