How did the Wonder Weekend go? I know Dennis James was playing the Saturday night movie (we had him at the Lafayette a few years ago and he was terrific).
Welcome to the Fall 2008 season of special events at the historic Lafayette Theatre in Suffern, New York: movies, the way they were meant to be seen! We’d like to thank you for all of your support for our past events and hope to see you in the future. The Fall Season begins September 6 at 11:30 am – doors open at 11:00am for pre-show music with Jeff Barker on the Mighty Wurlitzer! All tickets – $7.00
Don’t forget our “Science Fiction Spectacular” weekend October 31 – November 2, featuring a special stage & screen tribute to “War of the Worlds”, as well as a rare screening of the 1959 CinemaScope spectacular “Journey to the Center of the Earth”, presented in a new DolbySR stereophonic print from the Fox archive.
You’ve been waiting for it and asking for it, so here it is: the Big Screen Classics Fall 2008 line-up, it’s taken a little extra time as we’ve been working behind the scenes to dig up some real treasures, but we think it’s a very special schedule:
9/6 – Robert Wise’s THE SAND PEBBLES, starring Steve McQueen, showing in a new print from the Fox archive with Stereo sound – a Roadshow presentation!
9/13 – 12 ANGRY MEN, starring Henry Fonda & Lee J. Cobb
9/20 – ANOTHER THIN MAN, starring William Powell & Myrna Loy
9/27 – THE GRAPES OF WRATH, starring Henry Fonda & Jane Darwell, showing in a new print from the Fox archive
10/4 – BORN YESTERDAY, starring Judy Holliday & William Holden
10/11 – A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS, starring Paul Scofield, Robert Shaw, & Orson Welles, presented in IB Technicolor
10/18 – THE BEDFORD INCIDENT, starring Richard Widmark & Sidney Poitier
10/25 – Fritz Lang’s THE BIG HEAT, starring Glenn Ford & Gloria Grahame, presented in Columbia’s archive print
11/8 – WOMAN OF THE YEAR, starring Spencer Tracy & Katharine Hepburn
11/15 – THE PHILADELPHIA STORY, starring Cary Grant, James Stewart, & Katharine Hepburn
11/22 – Alfred Hitchcock’s THE 39 STEPS, starring Robert Donat & Madeleine Carroll
11/29 – THE WIZARD OF OZ, starring Judy Garland, presented in IB Technicolor – BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!
12/6 – JOLSON SINGS AGAIN, starring Larry Parks & Barbara Hale
12/13 – HOLIDAY INN, starring Fred Astaire & Bing Crosby, print saved from the Universal fire!
12/20 – Frank Capra’s IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE, starring James Stewart & Donna Reed PLUS the Lafayette’s pre-show Christmas Spectacular!
You can also read the entire schedule online HERE or download a flyer HERE.
Thank you again for all of your support and hope to see you at the shows.Don’t forget our “Science Fiction Spectacular” weekend October 31 – November 2, featuring a special stage & screen tribute to War of the Worlds, as well as a rare screening of the 1959 CinemaScope spectacular “Journey to the Center of the Earth”, presented in a new DolbySR stereophonic print from the Fox archive.
Here is the Big Screen Classics Fall 2008 line-up, it’s taken a little extra time as we’ve been working behind the scenes to dig up some real treasures, but we think it’s a very special schedule:
9/6 – Robert Wise’s THE SAND PEBBLES, starring Steve McQueen, showing in a new print from the Fox archive with Stereo sound – a Roadshow presentation!
9/13 – 12 ANGRY MEN, starring Henry Fonda & Lee J. Cobb
9/20 – ANOTHER THIN MAN, starring William Powell & Myrna Loy
9/27 – THE GRAPES OF WRATH, starring Henry Fonda & Jane Darwell, showing in a new print from the Fox archive
10/4 – BORN YESTERDAY, starring Judy Holliday & William Holden
10/11 – A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS, starring Paul Scofield, Robert Shaw, & Orson Welles, presented in IB Technicolor
10/18 – THE BEDFORD INCIDENT, starring Richard Widmark & Sidney Poitier
10/25 – Fritz Lang’s THE BIG HEAT, starring Glenn Ford & Gloria Grahame, presented in Columbia’s archive print
11/8 – WOMAN OF THE YEAR, starring Spencer Tracy & Katharine Hepburn
11/15 – THE PHILADELPHIA STORY, starring Cary Grant, James Stewart, & Katharine Hepburn
11/22 – Alfred Hitchcock’s THE 39 STEPS, starring Robert Donat & Madeleine Carroll
11/29 – THE WIZARD OF OZ, starring Judy Garland, presented in IB Technicolor – BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!
12/6 – JOLSON SINGS AGAIN, starring Larry Parks & Barbara Hale
12/13 – HOLIDAY INN, starring Fred Astaire & Bing Crosby, print saved from the Universal fire!
12/20 – Frank Capra’s IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE, starring James Stewart & Donna Reed PLUS the Lafayette’s pre-show Christmas Spectacular!
You can also read the entire schedule online HERE or download a flyer HERE.
Thank you again for all of your support and hope to see you at the shows.
We’ve already run 2001 and Dr. Zhivago; Sound of Music and West Side Story will show up some day, though their length makes them difficult to run during the Saturday morning series.
Indeed, movie534. Heard today that The Dark Knight will be opening in over 4300 locations, with 10000 prints, and playing on over 25% of ALL movie screens in the USA. Unless the movie has the greatest word-of-mouth EVER, it will be dead in 3 weeks.
I don’t remember if it was on the limited-market release or not, but the UA Cinema 46 in Totowa played Die Hard in 70mm as well. It was a great looking and sounding show there in the big house.
If they have the necessary projectors, why are they inserting intermissions into films that did not have one? It sounds like such a wonderful venue, so the lack of correct presentation doesn’t seem right.
REndres – thanks again for all of your comments re: the technical requirements needed to stage events. I’ve learned an incredible amount of information from your posts.
Read everything on that site that LIM has linked to. Then, if you’re still inclined to get in to the business, be prepared to work long hours for little return. But, if you’re not looking to get rich, the work can be very rewarding. Regarding showing classics, just be aware that unless the film is in the public domain, you can’t show your own film prints – everything must be booked via the studios.
I can’t imagine any fan of movies and movie theatres thinking that watching a film on a tiny 32 inch TV is more satisfying than seeing it on a well-run screen.
Thanks for the info, REndres. That would have been my grumbling about the organ recital a few years ago (regarding use of the curtain, mostly). Luckily, the group putting on the organ concert this August – which everyone who frequents this site should attend, if only to support the idea of more specialized and historic presentations – is funding the event to make it open to the public, so the proper lights, sound, curtains, etc., will get used.
Since I was very disappointed in Temple of Doom and mildly disappointed in Last Crusade, I’m going in to this one with little to no expectation or anticipation.
Bill, John Williams' music score on the CD is very good, but the film has been treated to a Ben Burtt sound mix, which means it’s probably buried under the sound effects and dialed down way to low in his usual manner. I’ll be seeing it tomorrow afternoon at the Lafayette.
How did the Wonder Weekend go? I know Dennis James was playing the Saturday night movie (we had him at the Lafayette a few years ago and he was terrific).
Oops, here’s the links:
Schedule: http://www.bigscreenclassics.com/newschedule.htm
Flyer: View link
Welcome to the Fall 2008 season of special events at the historic Lafayette Theatre in Suffern, New York: movies, the way they were meant to be seen! We’d like to thank you for all of your support for our past events and hope to see you in the future. The Fall Season begins September 6 at 11:30 am – doors open at 11:00am for pre-show music with Jeff Barker on the Mighty Wurlitzer! All tickets – $7.00
Don’t forget our “Science Fiction Spectacular” weekend October 31 – November 2, featuring a special stage & screen tribute to “War of the Worlds”, as well as a rare screening of the 1959 CinemaScope spectacular “Journey to the Center of the Earth”, presented in a new DolbySR stereophonic print from the Fox archive.
You’ve been waiting for it and asking for it, so here it is: the Big Screen Classics Fall 2008 line-up, it’s taken a little extra time as we’ve been working behind the scenes to dig up some real treasures, but we think it’s a very special schedule:
9/6 – Robert Wise’s THE SAND PEBBLES, starring Steve McQueen, showing in a new print from the Fox archive with Stereo sound – a Roadshow presentation!
9/13 – 12 ANGRY MEN, starring Henry Fonda & Lee J. Cobb
9/20 – ANOTHER THIN MAN, starring William Powell & Myrna Loy
9/27 – THE GRAPES OF WRATH, starring Henry Fonda & Jane Darwell, showing in a new print from the Fox archive
10/4 – BORN YESTERDAY, starring Judy Holliday & William Holden
10/11 – A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS, starring Paul Scofield, Robert Shaw, & Orson Welles, presented in IB Technicolor
10/18 – THE BEDFORD INCIDENT, starring Richard Widmark & Sidney Poitier
10/25 – Fritz Lang’s THE BIG HEAT, starring Glenn Ford & Gloria Grahame, presented in Columbia’s archive print
11/8 – WOMAN OF THE YEAR, starring Spencer Tracy & Katharine Hepburn
11/15 – THE PHILADELPHIA STORY, starring Cary Grant, James Stewart, & Katharine Hepburn
11/22 – Alfred Hitchcock’s THE 39 STEPS, starring Robert Donat & Madeleine Carroll
11/29 – THE WIZARD OF OZ, starring Judy Garland, presented in IB Technicolor – BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!
12/6 – JOLSON SINGS AGAIN, starring Larry Parks & Barbara Hale
12/13 – HOLIDAY INN, starring Fred Astaire & Bing Crosby, print saved from the Universal fire!
12/20 – Frank Capra’s IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE, starring James Stewart & Donna Reed PLUS the Lafayette’s pre-show Christmas Spectacular!
You can also read the entire schedule online HERE or download a flyer HERE.
Thank you again for all of your support and hope to see you at the shows.Don’t forget our “Science Fiction Spectacular” weekend October 31 – November 2, featuring a special stage & screen tribute to War of the Worlds, as well as a rare screening of the 1959 CinemaScope spectacular “Journey to the Center of the Earth”, presented in a new DolbySR stereophonic print from the Fox archive.
Here is the Big Screen Classics Fall 2008 line-up, it’s taken a little extra time as we’ve been working behind the scenes to dig up some real treasures, but we think it’s a very special schedule:
9/6 – Robert Wise’s THE SAND PEBBLES, starring Steve McQueen, showing in a new print from the Fox archive with Stereo sound – a Roadshow presentation!
9/13 – 12 ANGRY MEN, starring Henry Fonda & Lee J. Cobb
9/20 – ANOTHER THIN MAN, starring William Powell & Myrna Loy
9/27 – THE GRAPES OF WRATH, starring Henry Fonda & Jane Darwell, showing in a new print from the Fox archive
10/4 – BORN YESTERDAY, starring Judy Holliday & William Holden
10/11 – A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS, starring Paul Scofield, Robert Shaw, & Orson Welles, presented in IB Technicolor
10/18 – THE BEDFORD INCIDENT, starring Richard Widmark & Sidney Poitier
10/25 – Fritz Lang’s THE BIG HEAT, starring Glenn Ford & Gloria Grahame, presented in Columbia’s archive print
11/8 – WOMAN OF THE YEAR, starring Spencer Tracy & Katharine Hepburn
11/15 – THE PHILADELPHIA STORY, starring Cary Grant, James Stewart, & Katharine Hepburn
11/22 – Alfred Hitchcock’s THE 39 STEPS, starring Robert Donat & Madeleine Carroll
11/29 – THE WIZARD OF OZ, starring Judy Garland, presented in IB Technicolor – BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!
12/6 – JOLSON SINGS AGAIN, starring Larry Parks & Barbara Hale
12/13 – HOLIDAY INN, starring Fred Astaire & Bing Crosby, print saved from the Universal fire!
12/20 – Frank Capra’s IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE, starring James Stewart & Donna Reed PLUS the Lafayette’s pre-show Christmas Spectacular!
You can also read the entire schedule online HERE or download a flyer HERE.
Thank you again for all of your support and hope to see you at the shows.
We’ve already run 2001 and Dr. Zhivago; Sound of Music and West Side Story will show up some day, though their length makes them difficult to run during the Saturday morning series.
Thanks for the article, Warren. They were hoping for 500 to show, so they did 20% better than expectations.
Here’s an article/review from yesterday’s New York Times:
View link
RE: “And why The Trolley Song…”
Perhaps he thinks it’s a good tune?
The big organ concert event is tomorrow night!
Here’s an article in the NY Post from the other day about it:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/6zh3om
Ziegfeld Man –
Regarding Steve McQueen in “The Sand Pebbles”, keep September 6 open for a drive to the Lafayette Theatre in Suffern… :)
Indeed, movie534. Heard today that The Dark Knight will be opening in over 4300 locations, with 10000 prints, and playing on over 25% of ALL movie screens in the USA. Unless the movie has the greatest word-of-mouth EVER, it will be dead in 3 weeks.
I don’t remember if it was on the limited-market release or not, but the UA Cinema 46 in Totowa played Die Hard in 70mm as well. It was a great looking and sounding show there in the big house.
If they have the necessary projectors, why are they inserting intermissions into films that did not have one? It sounds like such a wonderful venue, so the lack of correct presentation doesn’t seem right.
The series sounds like it would be fun, but why do they only have one projector?
REndres – thanks again for all of your comments re: the technical requirements needed to stage events. I’ve learned an incredible amount of information from your posts.
Closed for good, equipment being sold, owner selling building:
View link
Read everything on that site that LIM has linked to. Then, if you’re still inclined to get in to the business, be prepared to work long hours for little return. But, if you’re not looking to get rich, the work can be very rewarding. Regarding showing classics, just be aware that unless the film is in the public domain, you can’t show your own film prints – everything must be booked via the studios.
Why do you think it will be a “bomb”?
I can’t imagine any fan of movies and movie theatres thinking that watching a film on a tiny 32 inch TV is more satisfying than seeing it on a well-run screen.
Thanks for the info, REndres. That would have been my grumbling about the organ recital a few years ago (regarding use of the curtain, mostly). Luckily, the group putting on the organ concert this August – which everyone who frequents this site should attend, if only to support the idea of more specialized and historic presentations – is funding the event to make it open to the public, so the proper lights, sound, curtains, etc., will get used.
Very true, Vito. We just need to ensure that “showmanship” remains in place, no matter the media the movie is exhibited on.
Bill – read the reviews of it (Variety has one, I think). Sounds like a monumental disaster.
I’m in – I can learn a lot from you guys!
Did anyone laugh? You can hear crickets in the theatre when the trailer for that movie plays… :)
Since I was very disappointed in Temple of Doom and mildly disappointed in Last Crusade, I’m going in to this one with little to no expectation or anticipation.
Bill, John Williams' music score on the CD is very good, but the film has been treated to a Ben Burtt sound mix, which means it’s probably buried under the sound effects and dialed down way to low in his usual manner. I’ll be seeing it tomorrow afternoon at the Lafayette.
As was posted 6 posts above, the theatre opened Friday night, 5/16.
Showtimes at Fandango: View link
Moviefone.com should have them next week as well.