Thanks for the Memories! – 7/13/19

Thanks for the Memories!

Presented by THE ALEX FILM SOCIETY and THE GLENDALE HISTORICAL SOCIETY in association with GLENDALE ARTS SATURDAY, JULY 13, 2019 Doors at 6:30 P.M. A SPECIAL EVENT FUNDRAISER to benefit AFS and TGHS, their programs and outreach. The Alex Film Society, The Glendale Historical Society, and Glendale Arts join forces to celebrate the Jewel City's unique contribution to Hollywood, its studios, and the stars that called Glendale their home, featuring vintage film clips, newsreels, silent film classics, comedy shorts, and classic cartoons. Hosted by radio personality, actor, and humorist Adam Felber, the show will also screen Chuck Workman's Oscar®-winning salute to the movies, feature special guests, and highlight the many movie theatres on Brand Boulevard during its heyday. Celebrating Film, People, and Glendale History Line Up Cocktail Hour: The irresistible Kenton Youngstrom Trio plays the Great American Songbook Laurel and Hardy's Academy Award® nominated comedy short, Tit for Tat (1935) Don Donald (1937) starring the dashing Donald Duck Precious Images: Chuck Workman's Oscar® -winning salute to the movies The Silent Spot: The great stars, the thrills, the laughter and the heartbreak of Hollywood's silent era. Film accompanist, Cliff Retallick, demonstrates the musical cues that thrilled audiences before sound was invented. Relive the best moments from Valentino's The Son of the Sheik (1926), Fairbank's Robin Hood (1922) and Clara Bow in Wings (1927). The Sound Era: Vintage newsreels, travelogues, a visit with the stars "at home", and short subjects that provide a backdrop for Glendale-centric history and personalities: Marion "Duke" Morrison, the Glendale High grad who found fame as John Wayne, and Clarence "Ducky" Nash, who immortalized the voice

Son of Frankenstein With Sara Karloff and Bela Lugosi, Jr. – October 29, 2015 @ 7:30 PM

Son of Frankenstein

Son of Frankenstein 1939 / Universal By 1938, Universal Studios was certain that the public appetite for horror films had faded and they abandoned the genre. That same year, a nationwide re-issue of Dracula and Frankenstein on a double bill played to packed theatres across the nation and quickly brought them to their senses. Instead of a low-budget cheapie to cash in on the re-born craze for horror films, Son of Frankenstein under the direction of Rowland V. Lee, proved to be a handsomely-produced entry in the cycle. Filmed on the most expressionistic sets of any horror film since The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, George Robinson's gorgeous black-and-white cinematography captures every shadow, every out-sized distortion beautifully. Son of Frankenstein is also blessed with perhaps the greatest horror film cast ever. Karloff gives his farewell performance as the creature and Bela Lugosi’s portrayal of Ygor is creepy, roguish, even pitiable, and one is reminded of what a fine actor he could have been with a role worthy of his talent. Presiding over all of this is the solid presence of Basil Rathbone as Baron Wolf von Frankenstein. Watch for scene-stealer Lionel Atwill, who delivers his definitive screen role as the one-arm Inspector Krogh. This first-rate production gave a whole new meaning to the Baron’s famous shout out: "It’s alive!" Sara Karloff and Bela Lugosi Jr. will join us onstage at the Alex Theatre to discuss their fathers' careers and the horror films that made them famous. Basil Rathbone was chosen to play Baron Wolf von Frankenstein. Fresh off his success in The Adventures of

BeetleJuice – October 27, 2016 @ 7:30 PM

Beetlejuice - Buy Tickets Now! The Name In Laughter From The Hereafter 1988 / The Geffen Company | IMDB Listing In a crazy comedic mash-up of such famous "ghostly" films as TOPPER, THE CANTERVILLE GHOST, TIME OF THEIR LIVES, POLTERGEIST, THE AMITYVILLE HORROR and ANIMAL HOUSE (haha!), we are bringing you Tim Burton's BEETLEJUICE. Following Burton's first feature, PEE WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE, BEETLEJUICE was the surprise hit of 1988, cementing Burton's place as an influential Hollywood directing talent and also boosting the careers of Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder, who would work with Burton on movies to come. Burton's outlandish horror comedy has ghostly newlyweds Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis finding their beloved New England home taken over by revolting yuppies. To get rid of them they hire a "freelance bio-exorcist" named Beetlejuice. Revel in Winona Ryder as the estranged gothic daughter of the new family, Danny Elfman's music and Harry Belafonte's vocals, delightfully demented visuals, and Keaton's full-on comedic whirling dervish! Beetlejuice won the Academy Award® for Best Makeup for Ve Neill, Robert Short and Steve LaPorte. Schedules permitting, we will have Robert Short and Steve LaPorte on stage before the feature to discuss their work on the film. Tim Burton's Vincent (1982) will kick off the show Vincent Malloy is seven years old. He's always polite and does what he's told. For a boy his age he's considerate and nice, But he wants to be just like Vincent Price. In 1982 Tim Burton was an apprentice animator at the Walt Disney Studio. He made VINCENT while there, the story of a little boy who wants to

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