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September 22, 2009
Orpheum and State Theatres in Sioux Falls being renovated
SIOUX FALLS, SD — Now used for live performances, the Sioux Falls Orpheum Theatre has replaced the former cinema’s 70s-era plastic-backed seats with new seats more reminiscent in design of those that were in place when the theater originally opened as a vaudeville house in 1913. Other improvements have been funded over the last five years. Restoration of the mural above the auditorium is also in the works. The 1926 State Theater has undergone roof repairs, tuck pointing and asbestos removal, and other upgrades, and the hope is that it will return as a cinema.
The latest upgrades to the Orpheum Theater will be unveiled today when it re-opens in downtown Sioux Falls, and the enhancements should give visitors a sense of what the venue looked like when it opened in 1913.
New seats in the historic theater are styled from the era, and improvements also include Vaudeville-like designed carpet and different shades of fresh paint accenting the turn-of-the-century architecture inside.
The theater’s rebirth reflects a five-year trend in downtown Sioux Falls as several other historic building restoration projects continue, including improvements at the State Theatre and the Coliseum.
There are pictures of the Orpheum and more details of the ongoing work at both theaters in this article from the ArgusLeader.
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“Grandfather” of Salt Lake City film exhibition dies at 77
SALT LAKE CITY, UT — Regarded as Salt Lake’s champion of classic Hollywood films and at one time the operator of a number of the city’s theaters, Arthur Charles Proctor has passed. He is remembered in this article from the Deseret News.
“Art was the city’s single greatest influence for the preservation of classic movies from what we now call the Golden Age — the 1930s, ‘40s and '50s,” said Chris Hicks, former Deseret News movie critic and entertainment editor.
“Unlike most film buffs, he didn’t just talk about old movies — he showed them on the big screen in his theaters week after week for years. Then, when VHS movies came on the scene, Art opened a video store and rented those same golden oldies. I’m sure he had the largest collection of classic films in the state, and he loved to share them. His contribution to the local movie scene really can’t be measured.”
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Del Oro Theater shows classic films to raise funds for murals
GRASS VALLEY, CA — The Del Oro Theater is currently running a series of classic films to raise funds to complete the creation of wall murals reflecting the town’s mining history. The theater was built in 1940.
Getz said he is confident the money will be raised to complete the project, which has been in the works since the design was unveiled in March 2007.
In the last week, the mural’s artist, John Pugh, has added another strip of the painting. Pugh has been working in bursts and during the night to get the project done, but there is no estimated date of completion, Getz said.
Read more in in The Union and at the theater’s website.
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September 21, 2009
Remembering Cinerama (Part 41: Hartford)
REMEMBERING CINERAMA
Part 41: HartfordThe following is Part Forty-One in a series of retrospectives on Cinerama, the legendary motion picture process that kicked off the widescreen revolution. The series focuses on providing a market-by-market historical record of when and where Cinerama and its multi-panel clones were exhibited. The easy-to-reference articles serve to provide nostalgia to those who experienced the Cinerama presentations when they were new and to highlight the movie palaces in which the memorable screenings took place.
Part 1: New York City
Part 2: Chicago
Part 3: San Francisco
Part 4: Houston
Part 5: Washington, DC
Part 6: Los Angeles
Part 7: Atlanta
Part 8: San Diego
Part 9: Dallas
Part 10: Oklahoma City
Part 11: Syracuse
Part 12: Toronto
Part 13: Columbus
Part 14: Montreal
Part 15: Northern New Jersey
Part 16: Charlotte
Part 17: Vancouver
Part 18: Salt Lake City
Part 19: Boston
Part 20: Philadelphia
Part 21: Fresno
Part 22: Detroit
Part 23: Minneapolis
Part 24: Albuquerque
Part 25: El Paso
Part 26: Des Moines
Part 27: Miami
Part 28: Orange County
Part 29: Pittsburgh
Part 30: Baltimore
Part 31: Long Island
Part 32: Kansas City
Part 33: Milwaukee
Part 34: Nanuet/Rockland County
Part 35: Denver
Part 36: Worcester
Part 37: Toledo
Part 38: St. Louis
Part 39: Tampa
Part 40: CalgaryAnd now…Part 41: Cinerama Presentations in Hartford, Connecticut!
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Watsontown theater closing
WATSONTOWN, PA — After one last benefit showing for the local library, the nearly sixty-year-old Watson Theater will be closed. The current owners that a buyer can be found who will re-open the movie house.
Watstontown’s theatre has been around for more than a half-century.
The has not shown a film in nearly a month. Its windows are empty, usually filled with posters for upcoming flicks.
All this spells the end for the long-time theatre, according to its owners, who cite personal reasons for closing the community’s only movie house.
Read more at WNEP.
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New season of “Science on Screen” at Coolidge
BROOKLINE, MA — The Coolidge Corner Theatre kicks off a brand-new season of its popular Science on Screen series on Monday, Sep. 21 at 7 pm with a presentation of the Boston-based medical thriller “Coma” and a pre-screening talk by special guest Robin Cook, MD, author of the best-selling novel of the same name.
Something is not quite right at Boston Memorial Hospital. When her best friend falls into a coma after a routine operation, surgical resident Susan Wheeler (Geneviève Bujold) does some digging, and discovers that many other patients, all young and relatively healthy, have met the same fate. She digs deeper, but her obsession with finding answers only antagonizes her superiors and alienates her ambitious boyfriend, Dr. Mark Bellows (Michael Douglas), who is reluctant to believe her suspicions of foul play. The tension builds as Dr. Wheeler’s investigation leads her to a mysterious facility where she witnesses comatose bodies suspended on wires in a computer-controlled environment —– and uncovers a chilling link to the black-market trade in human organs.
Before the film, Dr. Cook will discuss some of the medical and ethical issues portrayed in “Coma” and how those issues still resonate today. Widely credited as the master of the medical thriller, Dr. Cook continues to dominate the category he helped create. Since the publication of “Coma” in 1977, he has successfully combined medical fact with fiction to produce a succession of 27 New York Times bestsellers that have been translated into 40 languages. In addition to “Coma”, numerous feature films, television movies, and mini-series have been made from his work.
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US 23 DI opens Nightmare Castle on September 25
FLINT, MI — To top off a successful season for the US 23 Drive-in Theatre under its new management, they will open the Nightmare Castle on Friday, September 25. Details can be found at http://www.nightmarecastle.com. The drive-in is now open weekends only. They will have their final Customer Appreciation Weekend on Friday and Saturday, September 18 and 19 when admission will be $5.00. For the Nightmare Castle shows, admission will be $15 for adults and $10 for children 11 and under which includes the movie show and the Nightmare Castle attraction. The final Nightmare Castle show will be on Halloween night after which the drive-in will close for the season.
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September 18, 2009
2010 Newport Beach Film Festival announces call for entries!
NEWPORT BEACH, CA — Celebrating its 11th year, the Newport Beach Film Festival is open for submissions. Take advantage of our Early Bird Deadline and save.
The 2010 Newport Beach Film Festival will spotlight over 350 films from around the world, including feature length narrative, documentary, short, animated and student films that will compete for a series of Jury, Festival Honors and Audience Awards. The 2010 NBFF will host red carpet Opening and Closing Night Gala Celebrations, International Spotlight events, an Action Sports Film Series, an Environmental Film Series, a Family Film Series, a Collegiate Showcase, a Youth Film Showcase and a free Seminar Series.
The Festival runs from April 22nd to April 29th, 2010.
Newport Beach Film Festival
April 22 —– 29, 2010NOW OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS.
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Detroit to get new art house/revival venue
DETROIT, MI — Detroit, which has lost almost all of its movie theaters within the city limits, is about to get a new art house. To be called the Burton Theater, it will be housed in the restored auditorium of the former Burton Elementary School at Cass and Peterboro.
The Burton Theatre is set to open in the Burton Elementary building on Cass at Peterboro on Oct. 3.
The movie house will screen new, independent films, LBGT, foreign, and cult.
The four partners behind the project — David Allen, Jeff Else, Nate Faustyn and Matt Kelson — saw the scarcity of movie theaters in Detroit, plus they had a 35mm projector. When developer Joel Landy purchased Burton Elementary, they discovered that he wanted a movie theater in the building. It was a perfect match.
Read more at Model D.
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