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Topic: Finding Classics on the Big Screen
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Scott Jentsch
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1061
From: New Berlin, WI, USA
Registered: Apr 2003
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posted 10-26-2010 05:39 PM
Inspired by the theaters that are playing some holiday classics in the next two months, I'd like to approach a few local theaters about doing the same.
Before I did, however, I thought it might be a good idea to be able to present some information about how to make it successful and what business factors might come into play. The more legwork I can do beforehand, the more compelling my case will be, and I'm hoping, the more willing they'd be to give it a try.
So, here's a few questions:
Is it too late to book such a title for playing before Christmas?
Are the shows usually free admission, and done for the goodwill/community aspect (as well as the hope for concession sales)?
Am I correct in understanding that the rental cost for a single showing would be somewhere around $300? I'd consider fronting the cost for the publicity and for the fact that I'd really like to see something like this done in the area.
What day works best for such a showing? An evening during the week, or a Saturday/Sunday afternoon? I figure that the theater would prefer a Tuesday or Wednesday evening on a slow release schedule, but I would imagine that the general public would find a Saturday or Sunday afternoon more convenient to attend.
If you've done holiday movies, which ones have proven to be more successful than others? I would tend towards something like White Christmas or Going My Way, but maybe the mainstream would rather see It's a Wonderful Life (which I'm not a huge fan of personally)?
Any other considerations that I should be thinking of, both from the logistical side of securing a movie (or series of movies) and from concerns that the theater might have about doing such an event?
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Mitchell Dvoskin
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1869
From: West Milford, NJ, USA
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 11-19-2010 08:21 AM
The Landmark Loews Jersey – The Wonder Theatre Of New Jersey
The weekend of November 19th and 20th, The Landmark Loews Jersey Theatre located on Journal Square in Jersey City, New Jersey, continues its 9th consecutive year of classic films with a tribute to a local boy who made it big, Frank Sinatra.
The theatre is located directly across from the PATH subway station connecting Manhattan with Jersey City, it is also easy to reach from most area highways. Secure discounted parking is located directly behind the theatre. Have your parking ticket validated at the theatre’s boxoffice.
Unlike Some Other Classic Film Venues, All Our Show Are Presented Exclusively From High Resolution 35mm Motion Picture Film With Genuine Carbon Arc Projection, On Our Giant 50 Foot Wide Screen.
Friday November 19th at 8:00pm – The Man With The Golden Arm (1955)
Starring Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak, Eleanor Parker, Darren McGavin
Directed by Otto Preminger (B&W, 119 Minutes)
Sinatra is riveting as a two-bit card shark and drug addict trying to go straight in this deep, very dark noir film that features razor sharp characters, great acting, a crisp jazz soundtrack by Elmer Bernstein and a stylish rendering of the post-war hipster milieu. Sinatra's depiction of the agony of drug withdrawal remains one of the most chilling yet powerful scenes ever filmed. Director Otto Preminger released this groundbreaking drama without the sanction of a Production Code seal, and helped break the stranglehold the censorial Code held over American cinema. This rare big-screen presentation will be shown in a restoration print from the Film Archive of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.
Saturday November 20th at 6:00pm – On The Town (1949)
Starring Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Betty Garret, Anne Miller, Vera-Ellen, Jumes Munshin.
Directed by Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly. (Color, 98 Minutes)
The kind of movie they don't make anymore -- great music, great dancing, fun, romantic, exhilarating. Three sailors go on a whirlwind, 24-hour leave in New York City. Sinatra is great as the one more interested in seeing the sites than chasing girls -- but who winds up being chased by one. Dazzling on-location scenes of mid-century New York, including the now iconic "New York, New York" opening. Choreography by Kelly, music and story by Adolph Greene & Betty Comden, score co-written by Leonard Bernstein.
Saturday November 20th at 8:20pm – From Here To Eternity (1953)
Starring Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Frank Sinatra, Donna Reed, Ernest Borgnine.
Directed by Fred Zinnemann. (B&W, 118 minutes).
Extraordinary cast playing complex, engrossing characters, including Sinatra in an Academy-Award wining role that proved his power as a dramatic actor and revitalized his career. The story broke American cinematic ground -- and taboos -- with its frank depiction of ambitions, frustrations, personal conflicts, deliberate cruelty, sexual desire and adultery on a Honolulu Army base in the languid months leading up to the Pearl Harbor attack. The scene of Lancaster and Kerr in erotic embrace on the beach is legendary.
Visit The Landmark Loews Jersey web site for details.
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Jack Theakston
Master Film Handler
Posts: 411
From: New York, USA
Registered: Sep 2007
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posted 01-15-2011 10:07 AM
Announced titles for our upcoming season at the Capitol Theatre in Rome, NY. Entirely presented in 35mm/Carbon Arc.
VERTIGO (1958)
February 4, 7:00 PM; February 5, 2:30 PM and 7:00 PM.
Cartoon Madness (12 Looney Tunes)
February 21-25 3:00 PM; February 26, 3:00 PM and 7:00 PM
IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD (1963)
"Roadshow" style presentation
March 12, 2:00 PM and 7:00 PM
Charlie Chaplin in MODERN TIMES (1936)
April 30, 2:30 PM and 7:00 PM
Lon Chaney in THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (1923)
Accompanied on our original installation Moller organ by Avery Tunningley
May 14, 7:00 PM
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Mitchell Dvoskin
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1869
From: West Milford, NJ, USA
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 01-23-2011 01:53 PM
The Landmark Loews Jersey – The Wonder Theatre Of New Jersey
The weekend of January 28th and 29th, The Landmark Loews Jersey Theatre located on Journal Square in Jersey City, New Jersey, begins its 10th consecutive year of classic films with a look at those risqué early 1930’s pre-code films.
The theatre is located directly across from the PATH subway station connecting Manhattan with Jersey City, it is also easy to reach from most area highways. Secure discounted parking is located directly behind the theatre. Have your parking ticket validated at the theatre’s boxoffice.
Unlike Some Other Classic Film Venues, All Our Show Are Presented Exclusively From High Resolution 35mm Motion Picture Film, With Genuine Carbon Arc Projection, On Our Giant 50 Foot Wide Screen.
Friday January 28th at 8:00pm Double Feature
- Freaks (1932)
Directed by Todd Browning. (65 minutes).
Originally banned in over 30 countries, Freaks used many actual circus freaks as actors. It is the story of love, betrayal, and retribution under the big top.
- She Done Him Wrong (1933)
Starring Mae West, Cary Grant & Noah Beery, Sr.
Directed by Lowell Sherman. (65 Minutes)
Mae West's first and best film, since it was not watered down by the subsequently production code censors. It is the ultimate distillation of her charismatic persona of simmering seductiveness and innuendo-laced one liners.
Saturday January 29th at 6:30pm – Morocco (1930)
Starring Marlene Dietrich, Gary Cooper & Adolphe Menjou.
Directed by Joseph von Sternberg. (92 Minutes)
Dietrich's iconic performance in top hat and tails and her scandalously -- for the day -- kissing another woman created her enduring screen persona of simmering, androgynous eroticism.
Saturday January 29th at 8:30pm – Baby Face (1933)
Starring Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, John Wayne.
Directed by Alfred E. Green. (71 Minutes)
This amazingly frank drama about a woman sleeping her way to the top was one of the films that was most often decried by the advocates of movie censorship.
Visit The Landmark Loews Jersey web site for details.
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