Classic Cinemas Woodstock XQ

This was taken six days after Woodstock’s first Hollywood stardom. Way before “Groundhog Day”, “Planes Trains And Automobiles”, and even Orson Welles' short “The Hearts Of Age” turned Woodstock into worldwide fame and a golden piece of Hollywood history, Woodstock’s first role came all the way back to December 2, 1933 when Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s elaborate traveling studio visited the Miller Theatre when it was placed on exhibition throughout that afternoon.

Two days before Jackie The Lion’s arrival, Western Electric wide-range sound made the complete installation at the Miller. After running Janet Gaynor’s “Paddy The Next Big Thing” along with Walt Disney’s Silly Symphony smash “Three Little Pigs” (the cartoon was immediately held over afterward), the MGM elaborate traveling Studebaker came to Woodstock, and the people working at MGM entered the Miller. Although the event wasn’t filmed at all, the management got the chance to show the sound technicians and filming people everything around the Miller, including its updated projection, screen, and Western Electric sound that (as mentioned above) was installed two days prior to their arrival. Legendary makeup artist Ruth Webb also made an in-person appearance.