Post by ellynmacg on Apr 12, 2018 13:26:59 GMT
Do any of you live near a theater that specializes in classic (i.e., pre-1980, and more often, pre-1970) films? I have the good fortune to live close to one such--The Stanford (named for the nearby university). I went there with my family last weekend to see Gaslight with Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Joseph Cotten, and Angela Lansbury, and Casablanca with Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and just about everybody who ever worked in the Warner Bros. stable in the '40's. 
Man, did the studios know how to make movies in that era, and boy, does the Stanford know how to treat its clientele! The tickets are cheap ($7.00 for adults, $5.00 for seniors--who comprise the majority of their attendees), refreshments are comparably cheap (e.g., $1.50 for medium-size popcorn)--though you'd better keep a good amount of folding money handy, because everything is CASH ONLY.
The theater itself is lovely--like one of the old-time movie palaces--with comfy seats, gracious but (thank goodness) modernized restrooms, opulent decor (the paintings on the proscenium arch remind me of the Disney Silly Symphony cartoon, "Flowers and Trees"). A special feature I always look forward to is the handsome theater organ, rising out of the orchestra pit to herald the evening show, with a talented organist playing numbers from the films (there's almost always a double feature) being shown that night, or from the same era.
I'm hoping to go back there this afternoon to catch The Uninvited (Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey, Gail Russell, Cornelia Otis Skinner, Donald Crisp). Naturally, I have a lot of work to get through between now and then...but if I can get it done in time, then Cinderella goes to the ball!
So, anybody out there who has access to one of those great movie houses, here's the place to tell us about it!
Man, did the studios know how to make movies in that era, and boy, does the Stanford know how to treat its clientele! The tickets are cheap ($7.00 for adults, $5.00 for seniors--who comprise the majority of their attendees), refreshments are comparably cheap (e.g., $1.50 for medium-size popcorn)--though you'd better keep a good amount of folding money handy, because everything is CASH ONLY.
The theater itself is lovely--like one of the old-time movie palaces--with comfy seats, gracious but (thank goodness) modernized restrooms, opulent decor (the paintings on the proscenium arch remind me of the Disney Silly Symphony cartoon, "Flowers and Trees"). A special feature I always look forward to is the handsome theater organ, rising out of the orchestra pit to herald the evening show, with a talented organist playing numbers from the films (there's almost always a double feature) being shown that night, or from the same era.
I'm hoping to go back there this afternoon to catch The Uninvited (Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey, Gail Russell, Cornelia Otis Skinner, Donald Crisp). Naturally, I have a lot of work to get through between now and then...but if I can get it done in time, then Cinderella goes to the ball!
So, anybody out there who has access to one of those great movie houses, here's the place to tell us about it!
