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June 11, 2010
Fritz Lang’s 1927 masterpiece w/25mins of lost footage at the Senator
BALTIMORE, MD —
Experience The Complete “Metropolis”!
Fritz Lang’s 1927 masterpiece – Now with 25 Minutes of Lost Footage!
“The film event of 2010.” – Roger Ebert
“The definitive reconstruction.” – The New York Times
“Exhilaratingly modern.” – David Fear, Time Out New YorkAt the Senator Theatre – 1 Week Only
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June 8, 2010
“Back to the Future” at Tilton 9
NORTHFIELD, NJ — On June 18th the Tilton 9 takes you up to 88mph with a 35mm presentation of the 1985 sci-fi comedy classic, “Back to the Future”.
Tickets are just 5 bucks at the door
screwattack.coms UNDERBELLY will be on hand with classic trailers trivia and prizes
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May 22, 2010
“It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World” free showing at Fresh Meadows 7
FRESH MEADOWS, QUEENS, NY — The Fresh Meadows 7 is running a free showing Sunday of the 1963 film “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World”. Apparently they also ran this film for free in November. These showings have been advertised in free local weeklies in Queens but are not shown on Fandango or Moviefone. They are also not listed in the papers though I believe the New York Post had a advertisment for it last year. I went to a film at the theater today and could not believe the film was up on the marquee with a May 23 date. I asked the manager about this and all he could tell me was that a Richard Bernstein rented the theater both times and it’s free for anyone to see.
“It’s one of my favorite comedy movies of all time, and I wanted other people to be able to see it and laugh the way I’ve laughed,” Bernstein said.
The movie that stars such big names as Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, and Buddy Hackett will play at the AMC Loews Fresh Meadows 7 Sunday, May 23, at 1:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
Bernstein, who was 11 when he first saw the movie about a wild pursuit of $350,000, brought the film to the same theater last year but was disappointed when only about 25 people came to see a movie he has seen a “countless” number of times.
This year Bernstein is once again spending about $1,000 to rent the space and play the movie for a wide audience and has ramped up efforts to advertise the event in the hopes the theater will be packed. The theater can hold 145 people.
Read more in the Bayside Times.
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May 17, 2010
The tilton 9 asks, “WHO YA GONNA CALL?”
NORTHFILED, NJ — The Tilton 9 presents “Ghostbusters” in 35mm with classic trailers and prizes. May 21st at 8pm
Tickets are just $5.00
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May 14, 2010
Jersey Shore cinema celebrates One Year Anniversary with free movies and expansion!
ASBURY PARK, NJ — After an inspiring first year of independent film, live music and theater, community events, author series, comedy jams and more, The ShowRoom, Asbury Park’s only independent cinema and Cookman Avenue’s premier entertainment venue, is celebrating its one-year anniversary with moviegoers throughout the year. Beginning in April 2010, ShowRoom audiences and film fans will receive free admission to any movie screening at The ShowRoom that falls on their birthday.
In recent years, while Asbury Park’s renaissance has brought art, music, dining and shopping back to the city, the vital element of film was missing. Last spring, The Showroom ignited independent cinema, marking the return of movies to Asbury Park after a thirty-year hiatus. Since then, the theater’s ever-evolving film and event roster has made it a mecca for individuals looking to bring or find a variety of entertainment on Cookman Avenue. From multimedia performances and director Q&A’s, to financial-investing seminars and social-media symposiums, The ShowRoom has become an important venue for anyone looking to be seen or heard in Asbury Park.
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May 12, 2010
Open House at Hollywood Theater this Saturday
MINNEAPOLIS, MN — A free open house and tour of the long-closed Hollywood Theater at 2815 Johnson Street is scheduled for Saturday, May 15, from Noon to 5:00 p.m. The city hopes that the event might spur interest in reuse or redevelopment of the Art Deco theater that opened in 1935 and closed in 1987.
After just a few short minutes inside this treasured landmark, I was eating my words. Tearing down the Hollywood Theater would be an absolute tragedy. While the place needs a serious Heidi Montag-type facelift, there’s still maximum potential for it to be restored into the great entertainment hub it once was.
There is additional information and four pictures atWCCO.
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May 10, 2010
An Evening with Norman Lloyd
Hollywood Heritage Presents
An Evening With Norman Lloyd
Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at 7:30 PMThe evening will include a screening of the documentary, “Who Is Norman Lloyd?” and a discussion with Mr. Lloyd about his more than 70 years in theater, motion pictures and television, during which he has excelled as actor, director and producer. During his prolific career, he has worked for and with Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, Charlie Chaplin, Jean Renoir, John Houseman and many others. Actor, director and producer Norman Lloyd began in amateur vaudeville as a boy, studied with Eva Le Gallienne and landed on Broadway in 1935. He joined Orson Welles' Mercury Theater in 1937 in “Julius Caesar,” scoring a hit as Cinna, the Poet. In Hollywood he played the title role in Alfred Hitchcock’s “Saboteur” (1942), appeared in Jean Renoir’s “The Southerner” (1945) and in Chaplin’s final American film, “Limelight,” in 1952. He became a close friend and tennis partner of Chaplin and worked with Lewis Milestone and John Houseman. He also produced the American stage premiere of Berthold Brecht’s “Galileo,” starring Charles Laughton. He was associate producer of 171 episodes of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” from 1957 to 1962; executive producer of 44 episodes of
“The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” 1963-65, and producer of 18 during the same span. For eight years and in 132 episodes he played Dr. Daniel Auschlander on television’s “St. Elsewhere.” -
May 6, 2010
CT Film Festival 2010 - May 4-9
DANBURY, CT — The CT Film Festival is now in its sixth year of programming and is now in full flight from May 4-9 at various venues in downtown Danbury. All of the programming revolves around the CT Film Tax Credit, the most competitive film tax credit in the country. Once again, CTFF will include The Palace Theater which opened for CTFF 3 years ago and recently started creating and promoting local music concerts pre-CTFF. We wish them well.
This year CTFF showcases 115 films in 13 competing categories, 100 educational workshops, The CT Student Film Festival (produced by the Education Connection), 80 original bands and 5 afterparties. The Writers Guild of America is also aiding with our “Writers Immersion Program/Writes Unblocked”. We are bringing back our 24-Film Competition where filmmakers must make an entire 3-minute film within a mile of Downtown Danbury with certain mandatory keywords to be mentioned.
Film Education Workshops and panels will span Filmmakers Production, New Filmmakers, Producers and Screenwriters. Digital and New Media workshops, panels and Keynotes deal with Free and Open Source Software, Animation, Advocacy, Social Media and Music.
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May 1, 2010
You are invited to tour historic theatres in Indiana
Those of us who advocate for the renovation and reuse of historic theatres always learn something when we look at successfully operating vintage theatres. Sometimes, you can find them in what you think are unlikely places.
In that spirit, I would like to invite you to consider joining us June 22-27, 2010, for the Theatre Historical Society of America’s statewide tour of Indiana. (THSA tours a different area in the U.S. each year for its annual “conclave.”)
Among the 33 historic venues we will see are at least three “movie palaces.” You can see how the INDIANA (Indianapolis), EMBASSY (Fort Wayne) and PALACE (Louisville) survived the decades and have been renovated for contemporary entertainment. We will travel daily in buses as far north as South Bend, as far south as Lexington, Ky., as far west as Danville, Ill., and as far east as Richmond. You are free to roam on your own in the evenings. Indy has much to offer in the way of theatre, movies, bowling and other amusements.
In addition to the movie palaces, there are a wide variety of opera houses, cinemas, fraternal halls, ballrooms and other unique venues on the tour that really don’t fit into one category. Their diverse stories of survival and endurance are encouraging and inspiring to those of us who are working to preserve great theatres.
You may read the full conclave brochure and contemplate the registration form on the THSA web site:
What follows after the jump is the complete introduction I wrote for the current edition of Marquee magazine that covers all of the Indiana theatres we will tour. It includes a lot of personal history that explains how I came to have this interest. I’m including it here because space limitations and good editing have appropriately truncated it for Marquee.
Thank you for considering this invitation. If these kinds of thing sounds like fun to you, then I hope to see you on the bus plowing through the corn and bean fields of Indiana!
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April 23, 2010
First in house production premiering at the Garden Theatre
WINTER GARDEN, FL — The 1935 Garden Theatre, restored and reopened in 2008 after being shuttered for more than 40 years, is presenting “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”, April 23 through May 16. This is the first Garden Theatre produced attraction to play at the playhouse, which has become very popular in Central Florida. Mark Huffman is directing, and David Coalter stars as Joseph. The show calls for 48 cast members, and a crew of more than 30 is working behind the scenes. All of the players are from Winter Garden or nearby cities.
The presentations are at 8:00 on Friday and Saturday evenings, and 2:00 on Sunday afternoons. Ticket information can be found at our official website or call 407-877-4736, ext. 0.