Celebrating Films of the 1960s & 1970s - Events

20TH CENTURY FOX TRIBUTE CONCERT AT HOLLYWOOD BOWL, SEPTEMBER 5

nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro) — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:20:00 -0400

Turner Classic Movies will sponsor a 75th anniversary musical tribute to 20th Century Fox at the Hollywood Bowl on September 5. David Newman will conduct the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra in celebrating the great film scores of the studio along with clips from the respective films. Robert Osborne hosts. Click here for ticket info

TWO NIGHT MONSTER-RAMA FESTIVAL AT RIVERSIDE DRIVE-IN, N. VANDERGRIFT, PA SEPTEMBER 10-11

nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro) — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:39:00 -0400

Lucky metro movie lovers who live near N. Vandergrift, Pennsylvania (near Pittsburgh) will be getting virtually no sleep on the evenings of September 10-11. The Riverside Drive-In will be hosting a Monster-Rama film festival with 35mm showings of films rarely seen on the big screen, including several Hammer horror classic. Check out this line-up:

September 10:

The Comedy of Terrors

The Oblong Box

The Witchmaker

The Incredible Melting Man

September 11:

Frankenstein Created Woman

Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell

The Blood on Satan's Claw

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

You also have the option to camp out overnight at the drive-in (if you dare!) There will also be an abundance of vintage trailers, cartoons and shorts shown each night. For info click here

JOHN HUGHES FIVE-MOVIES-IN-ONE-DAY FILM FESTIVAL AT LINCOLN CENTER SEPTEMBER 19

nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro) — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 13:11:00 -0400

The Film Society of Lincoln Center presents five films in one day directed by the late John Hughes, who seems to have become the John Ford of the Gen Xers. We'd go, but we're still recuperating from the five Planet of the Apes films-in-one-day festival we experienced in 1974. Click here for ticket info

A.M.P.A.S. ANNOUNCES SEPTEMBER EVENT SCHEDULE

nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro) — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:47:00 -0400

Cinema Retro has received the following event schedule from A.M.P.A.S.

Lost and Found: “Upstream”

Wednesday, September 1, 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater

The U.S. “re-premiere” of the long-lost 1927 John Ford silent film that was recently discovered in the New Zealand Film Archive and preserved by the Academy Film Archive.

8949 Wilshire Boulevard
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

All seating is unreserved.

General Admission – $5
Students with a valid ID – $3
(310) 247-3600
www.oscars.org

3D Rarities: From 1900 and Beyond

Tuesday, September 7, 7:30 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater

A show highlighting archival rediscoveries of early 3D filmmaking, including rare works by the Lumière brothers, Georges Méliès, the Disney Studios and others, presented by internationally recognized film historian Serge Bromberg of Lobster Films, Paris.

1313 Vine Street
Hollywood, CA 90028
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
All seating is unreserved.

General Admission – $5
Students with a valid ID – $3
(310) 247-3600
www.oscars.org

Oscar Noir Encore: “The Maltese Falcon”

Monday, September 13, 7 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater

An encore screening of the first film in the Academy’s popular series of 1940s noir classics nominated for Academy Awards in the writing categories. Cartoons and shorts at 7 p.m.; feature presentation at 7:30 p.m.

8949 Wilshire Boulevard
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
All seating is unreserved.

General Admission – $5
Students with a valid ID – $3
(310) 247-3600
www.oscars.org

2010-2011 Contemporary Documentaries Series

Wednesdays, September 22 – November 17, 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater

A showcase of feature-length and short documentaries from 2009, including Oscar winner “The Cove” as well as “Valentino The Last Emperor,” “Garbage Dreams,” “Capitalism: A Love Story” and many others.

1313 Vine Street
Hollywood, CA 90028
Doors open at 6:00 p.m.
All seating is unreserved.

Admission is free.
(310) 247-3600
www.oscars.org

A Centennial Salute to Alex North with a screening of “The Misfits”

Friday, September 24, 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater

A screening of “The Misfits” caps off a celebration of the memorable music of 15-time Oscar nominee Alex North (1910-1991), who composed the scores for such films as “A Streetcar Named Desire,” “Death of a Salesman,” “Spartacus” and “Cleopatra.”
8949 Wilshire Boulevard
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

All seating is unreserved.

General Admission – $5
Students with a valid ID – $3
(310) 247-3600
www.oscars.org

An Evening with Blake Edwards

Thursday, September 30, 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater

An onstage conversation with the director of “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” “The Pink Panther,” “The Great Race,” “10” and “Victor/Victoria,” followed by a screening of Edwards’s 1981 Hollywood satire “S.O.B.”

8949 Wilshire Boulevard
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

All seating is unreserved.

General Admission – $5
Students with a valid ID – $3
(310) 247-3600
www.oscars.org

Exhibitions:

Up From the Vault: 85 Years of Treasures from the Warner Bros. Photo Lab

September 16 – December 12 in the Academy’s Grand Lobby Gallery

A free exhibition of photography from the Warner Bros. Photo Lab featuring more than 150 images of iconic stars from the last nine decades, including glamour portraits, ad art, publicity photos, behind-the-scenes shots and scene stills.

8949 Wilshire Boulevard
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Tuesday – Friday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday – Sunday: Noon to 6 p.m.
Closed Mondays. Admission is free.
(310) 247-3600
www.oscars.org

Ingmar Bergman: Truth and Lies

September 16 – December 12 in the Academy’s Fourth Floor Gallery

The world premiere of a free exhibition delving into the central themes and motifs of nine-time Oscar nominee Ingmar Bergman’s body of work, organized in cooperation with the Deutsche Kinemathek in Berlin.

8949 Wilshire Boulevard
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Tuesday – Friday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday – Sunday: Noon to 6 p.m.
Closed Mondays. Admission is free.
(310) 247-3600
www.oscars.org

LOST CHAPLIN FILM TO GET RE-PREMIERE AT CINECON FILM FESTIVAL IN HOLLYWOOD; DON MURRAY AND MICHELE LEE TO BE HONORED

nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro) — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 05:44:00 -0400

Cinema Retro has received the following press release:

A Thief Catcher (Keystone, 1914), featuring a previously unknown performance by silent comedy star Charlie Chaplin, will have its west coast re-premiere during the 46th annual Cinecon Classic Film Festival at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood California over Labor Day Weekend, September 2-6, 2010

Chaplin is officially credited with appearing in thirty-five films during his year at Keystone in 1914, but he claimed in various interviews that he had also played bit roles as a cop and a barber while at the studio--but he did not name the films, and although there has been some speculation about the possibility of additional Chaplin-Keystone appearances, none has turned up until now. Film collector Paul Gierucki found a 16mm film print in a trunk at a Taylor, Michigan, antique store last year. "I could tell it was a Keystone comedy, so I haggled and got it for $100," says Gierucki, but he didn't get around to looking at the print for several months. When he did put it on a projector this past March, he was astonished when Chaplin appeared as a cop about six minutes into the film for an extended two-minute cameo. "My heart stopped," Gierucki recalls. "I recognized him immediately."

Starring Keystone's famed comic villains Ford Sterling and Mack Swain, with support from Edgar Kennedy, A Thief Catcher was in production between January 5-26, 1914, soon after Chaplin arrived at the Keystone studio, and it represents the second or third screen role for the soon-to-be world famous comedy star.

A Thief Catcher is one of nearly forty rare and unusual films to be screened during the five-day Cinecon film festival, and will be shown on Saturday afternoon during a themed film preservation segment of the program. Other titles scheduled include Harold Lloyd's campus comedy The Freshman (1925); The King of Burlesque (1936) starring Alice Faye and Warner Baxter; The Sea Wolf (1930) the last film of screen star Milton Sills before his untimely death at age 48; Tennessee's Pardner (1916) with "eternal flapper" Fannie Ward; and Cadet Girl (1941) a pre WW II romp starring tragic pinup girl Carole Landis.

In addition to the film screenings, Cinecon offers a movie memorabilia and collectibles show during the festival at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel, 1755 North Highland Avenue in Hollywood.

Oscar-nominated actor Don Murray will receive the Cinecon Career Achievement Award at a celebrity-studded banquet on Sunday evening, September 5th. Murray is well-known to moviegoers for his leading roles in such big screen classics as Bus Stop, Advise and Consent, Baby The Rain Must Fall, Shake Hands With the Devil, From Hell to Texas, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes and Peggy Sue Got Married; and has also won fans with numerous TV characterizations in series like Knott's Landing, The Outcasts and How The West Was Won, as well as numerous made-for-TV features. He has also worked behind the scenes as a screenwriter, producer (The Hoodlum Priest) and director (The Cross and the Switchblade).

Michele Lee, star of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, The Comic, and numerous other movies, TV programs and Broadway shows will present Don Murray's Career Achievement Award. Michele played Murray's husband through the first seasons of the long-running CBS series Knots Landing.

Previous Cinecon Career Achievement Award honorees include Celeste Holm, Luise Rainer, Roger Corman, Jackie Cooper, Rose Marie, Mickey Rooney, Diane Baker, Rhonda Fleming, Ray Harryhausen and Jane Russell. Through its 45 year history other Cinecon honorees include such Hollywood legends as Colleen Moore, Myrna Loy, Hal Roach, Burgess Meredith, Alice Faye, Jean Simmons, Fayard Nicholas, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Eleanor Powell, Ruby Keeler and directors Robert Wise, Delbert Mann, and Vincent Sherman and Budd Boetticher.

For more details and registration information visit the Cinecon Classic Film Festival web site at http://www.cinecon.org

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3-D FILM FESTIVAL NOW AT FILM FORUM, NEW YORK CITY

nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro) — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 17:54:00 -0400

The Film Forum in New York City has launched a major 3-D film festival, showcasing popular vintage movies shot in the process, as well as some long-unseen gems and cult movies. The festival runs through August 26. Click here to read New York Times report about the festival.

BERNARD HERRMANN OPERA FOR "WUTHERING HEIGHTS" TO BE PERFORMED IN MINNESOTA IN 2011

nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro) — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:12:00 -0400

Herrmann and frequent collaborator Alfred Hitchcock clown for the cameras.

Cinema Retro has received the following press release:

Wuthering Heights, performed by the Minnesota Opera Company.

Monday, April 4, 2011

Wuthering Heights was considered by Bernard Herrmann himself as the masterwork of his life. He was intensely protective of the piece, which took him several years to complete. Hermann did not allow any cuts or revisions, which kept the opera from being performed until after his death. Herrmann's music, in whatever form, is distinct and memorable and his opera is no exception. Noted film expert Bruce Crawford will discuss Bernard Herrmann's life and career, from CBS Radio to Carnegie Hall to Hollywood, and his lasting impact on our culture. Click here to purchase tickets

RESTORED "FIVE EASY PIECES" GETS UK THEATRICAL PLAYDATES

nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro) — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:03:00 -0400

This new quad poster has been created for the film's return to British cinemas.

Park Circus, the British film distributor, has sent Cinema Retro the following press release:

In celebration of its 40th Anniversary, Bob Rafelson's seminal portrait of a disaffected America -Five Easy Pieces - has been extensively restored by Sony Pictures. The film will open from 13 August at BFI Southbank, Filmhouse Edinburgh, Irish Film Institute, Ritzy Brixton, Tyneside Cinema Newcastle and key cities on brand new 35mm prints and in Digital Cinema format.

"JAWS" CELEBRATION IN OMAHA

nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro) — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:53:00 -0400

Last month, film historian Bruce Crawford held a special 35th anniversary screening of Jaws in Omaha, Nebraska. Among those attending were screenwriter Carl Gottlieb and Clarence Hupka, a survivor of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, the legendary and tragic ship that was sunk in the final days of WWII- only to have many of its crew killed by sharks. The incident was memorably woven into the film as the inspiration for Quint's obsession with shark hunting. Click here for photos of the event

BFI FILM TRIBUTE TO COMPOSER NINO ROTA THIS SEPTEMBER IN LONDON

nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro) — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:01:00 -0400

Cinema Retro has received the following press release from the British Film Institute. Continue to second page for full schedule of films to be shown.

Nino Rota is considered one of the greatest composers of all time. From composing the music for The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part II (1974) to the scores for The Taming of the Shrew (1967) and La Dolce Vita (1960), BFI Southbank presents a selection of his films throughout the month of September as well as a Nationwide Release of the newly restored film The Leopard Il Gattopardo (1963). Nino Rota was one of the most successful of all film composers: prolific, esteemed and honoured. Best known internationally for his work with Federico Fellini, Francis Ford Coppola, Luchino Visconti and Franco Zeffirelli, he scored around 160 films, in France, Britain, the USA and USSR, as well as melodramas, comedies and genre films at the heart of popular Italian cinema. Steeped in classical music (he was Director of the Bari Conservatory of Music for most of his life), he drew also on a vast range of popular, traditional, jazz and folk styles for his scores. Producers sought him because he was quick and reliable. Directors wanted him because he had an ability to adapt himself to their sensibilities: brilliant and elusive for Fellini in films such as 8½ Otto e mezzo (1963), serious and intellectual for films like Visconti’s White Nights Le notti bianche (1957), witty and sentimental/nostalgic for Renato Castellani in È primavera Spring Is Here (1949) and so on.His music is touching, catchy and affecting, and yet it is also restrained, uncommitted, every emotion always tinged with another. He is able – and supremely with Fellini and Coppola – to convey a dizzying complexity of feeling and point-of-view with nonchalance, charm and no fuss. His music is full of affection and tenderness towards the world of the film, bringing us close, very close; and yet it remains ironic, rueful, creating a very particular place from which to watch and listen.

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A.M.P.A.S. ANNOUNCES AUGUST EVENT SCHEDULE

nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro) — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:58:00 -0400

Cinema Retro has received the following press release from A.M.P.A.S. regarding events taking place in their L.A. locations:

Oscar Noir: 1940s Writing Nominees from Hollywood’s Dark Side

Mondays at 7 p.m., through August 30, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater

A screening series of film noir classics from the 1940s that were nominated for Academy Awards in the writing categories, with a contemporary screenwriter on hand to introduce each screening. In August: “Body and Soul,” “Crossfire,” “A Double Life,” “Kiss of Death” and “White Heat.” Individual tickets are $5 for general admission and $3 for students with a valid ID.
Samuel Goldwyn Theater
8949 Wilshire Boulevard
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
All seating is unreserved.

(310) 247-3600
www.oscars.org

Out of This World: The Science of Space Movies

Thursday, August 5, 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater

A fun and educational night using physics concepts to analyze famous scenes from such films as “Apollo 13,” “Contact” and “Star Trek,” with some of the films’ creative teams on hand to explain how scenes were actually created.

Samuel Goldwyn Theater
8949 Wilshire Boulevard
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

All seating is unreserved.

General Admission – $5
Students with a valid ID – $3
(310) 247-3600
www.oscars.org

“Woman in the Moon” (1929)

Friday, August 6, 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater

A special screening of Fritz Lang’s silent epic “Woman in the Moon,” which has been cited as one of the most influential science fiction films of its time. Presented as part of the Academy’s three-night program “Out of This World: The Science of Space Movies.”

Linwood Dunn Theater
1313 Vine Street
Hollywood, CA 90028
Doors open at 6:00 p.m.
All seating is unreserved.

General Admission – $5
Students with a valid ID – $3
(310) 247-3600
www.oscars.org

The Marc Davis Celebration of Animation: Voices of Character

Thursday, August 19, 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater

Voice artists, animators and casting executives discuss the unique talents of artists who perform the voices of animated characters.

Samuel Goldwyn Theater
8949 Wilshire Boulevard
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

All seating is unreserved.

General Admission – $5
Students with a valid ID – $3
(310) 247-3600
www.oscars.org

Short Films Directed by Chuck Jones

Friday, August 20, 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater

A special screening of all nine animated Oscar-nominated and winning shorts directed by Chuck Jones: “For Scent-Imental Reasons,” “The Dot and the Line,” “Mouse Wreckers,” “Beep Prepared,” the documentary short “So Much for So Little” and four more classics.

Samuel Goldwyn Theater
8949 Wilshire Boulevard
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

All seating is unreserved.

General Admission – $5
Students with a valid ID – $3
(310) 247-3600
www.oscars.org

Chuck Jones: An Animator’s Life From A to Z-Z-Z-Z
Open through August 22 in the Academy’s Grand Lobby Gallery

Final weeks! An exhibition of the work of Oscar winner and master humorist Chuck Jones, representing his short animated films, features and TV specials, including “What’s Opera, Doc?,” “Elmer’s Candid Camera,” “Beep Prepared,” “Duck Amuck” and many others. Free admission.

The Academy’s Grand Lobby Gallery
8949 Wilshire Boulevard
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Tuesday – Friday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday – Sunday: Noon to 6 p.m.
Closed Mondays.
(310) 247-3600
www.oscars.org

The Fantastical Worlds of Ray Harryhausen

Open through August 22 in the Academy’s Fourth Floor Gallery

Final weeks! An exhibition showcasing the work of stop-motion animation and visual effects pioneer Ray Harryhausen (“It Came from beneath the Sea,” “The 7th Voyage of Sinbad,” “Jason and the Argonauts,” “One Million Years B.C.,” “Clash of the Titans”). Free admission.

The Academy’s Fourth Floor Gallery
8949 Wilshire Boulevard
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Tuesday – Friday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday – Sunday: Noon to 6 p.m.
Closed Mondays.
(310) 247-3600
www.oscars.org

Lost and Found: “Upstream”

Wednesday, September 1, 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater

The U.S. re-premiere of “Upstream,” a long-lost 1927 John Ford silent film that was recently discovered in the New Zealand Film Archive. Presented with live musical accompaniment by Michael Mortilla.

Samuel Goldwyn Theater
8949 Wilshire Boulevard
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

All seating is unreserved.

General Admission – $5
Students with a valid ID – $3
(310) 247-3600
www.oscars.org

SLIDE SHOW OF AMUSING PHOTOS FROM THE 2010 COMIC-CON

nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro) — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 12:48:45 -0400

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The annual Comic-Con in San Diego has become a "must" for movie studios looking to promote their forthcoming action movies. The event draws many thousands of comic and film enthusiasts including those lovable eccentrics who love to mug for the cameras. Click here for the Huffington Post's slide show from the event.

UPDATE ON MID-ATLANTIC NOSTALGIA CONVENTION, SEPTEMBER 23-25 IN MARYLAND

nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro) — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:16:00 -0400

Cinema Retro has received the following press release:

Pop Culture thrives for three days in Hunt Valley, Maryland. Van Williams, television's Green Hornet and Roy Thinnes, star of The Invaders, will be making appearances at the fifth annual Mid Atlantic Nostalgia Convention on September 23-25. This will be Thinnes' first public autographing for fans of X-Files, Dark Shadows and The Invaders. In an obvious promotional tie-in with the up-coming Green Hornet motion picture, Van Williams will be making his first appearance in 15 years. Others attending: Mark Goddard of Lost in Space, Dawn Wells from Gilligan's Island, Ed Nelson of Peyton Place, and Hollywood screen legend Marsha Hunt. There will be seminars, presentations, vendors, museum displays, the original Black Beauty from the 1966 television series (not a reproduction) will be on display, and a drive-in theater outside the hotel on Friday night. For details, click here

SEAN CONNERY INTRODUCES "THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING" AT EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro) — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:10:00 -0400

Sir Sean Connery was in an unusually sentimental and jovial mood when he introduced a screening of John Huston's 1975 classic The Man Who Would Be King at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. Adding to the delight was his reunion with actor Saeed Jaffrey, who gave such a wonderful portrayal of Billy Fish in the film. Click here to watch

SEAN CONNERY ATTENDS 64TH ANNUAL EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro) — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:50:02 -0400

Cinema Retro's Matthew Field is covering the action at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. Here is his first report:

The 64^th Edinburgh International Film Festival kicked off Wednesday night and CINEMA RETRO were there on the red carpet. The film chosen for the opening gala was Sylvain Chomet’s The Illusionist - an animated feature by Academy Award® nominated filmmaker Sylvain Chomet - which was made and set predominantly in the Scottish capital.

Arrivals at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre, a venue used for the first time by EIFF, were greeted by the eight-piece Horndog Brass Band which entertained the huge crowds that lined Nicolson Street. The biggest star of the night was none other than Sir Sean Connery - one of the festival’s patrons. He entertained the crowds and happily signed autographs for fans. He later entertained the paps with a dance outside the after party in Bristo Square!

Click here for video of Connery dancing with the band.