Posted on Oct 08, 2009 under Events |
On Friday, October 30th 2009, the members and guests of the Sunset Cinema Society will be traveling to the Old Town Music Hall in El Segundo for a performance of the 1925 classic film, “Phantom of the Opera”.
The event will open with a Laural and Hardy short and other festivities, prior to the screening of the 1920’s classic film. This silent film will be scored by a live performance on the Music Hall’s Wurlitzer Organ.
The event begins at 8:00 PM, and those attending are encouraged to arrive a bit early for parking and to buy tickets. There is a parking lot directly beside the theater, and parking is free. Tickets are $8.00 at the box office.
For additional information on this event and directions, please visit the Old Town Music Hall website.
Date: Friday, October 30th 2009
Time: 8:00 PM
Location: Old Town Music Hall, 140 Richmond St., El Segundo CA
This is a public event
Posted on May 28, 2009 under Events |
The inaugural event of the Sunset Cinema Society, an “Evening at the Bijou”, was a rousing success.
Our lodge dining area was transformed into a movie theatre for the evening, which was a nostalgic look at cinema in the 1930’s.
The serving area of our kitchen was transformed into a refreshment stand with 1930’s style sodas and confections, as well as traditional popcorn, very much to the delight of those attending.
The program began with an introduction by Bro. Warren Lewis, co-chair of the society and coordinator of the Bijou event. Following Bro. Lewis’ remarks, a 1930’s travel film of Los Angeles was screened, which offerd a fascinating glimpse of LA life seven decades ago.
Following the travel film, an episode of a action series from the 30’s was shown, followed by the feature film of the night, “Sons of the Desert” with Laural and Hardy.
Bro. Lewis also included period intermission advertisements for refreshments, which lent a great deal to creating a 1930’s atmosphere.
Over forty people were in attendance for the event, and the reviews were overwhelmingly positive, with many claiming that the event was one of the best to be held at our lodge in some time.
We are all eagerly looking forward to the next Society event.
Congratulations to Bro. Lewis and all those who helped organize an Evening at the Bijou.
The Sunset Cinema Society is planning on hosting our innaugural event on Friday, May 22nd with an “Evening at the Bijou”.
The event will feature a series of short films from the 1930’s, including Laurel and Hardy’s “Sons of the Desert” in which they tell their wives that they are going on a cruise for medicinal purposes, while they are actually planning on sneaking off to a Shriner’s convention.
In addition to the shorts, the society will be presenting a feature.
The 1930’s atmosphere will be brought to life with period correct candy and other refreshments. Those attending are encouraged to get int0 the spirit of things by dressing in costume for the event.
Admission into the “theatre” will be 50 cents.
Date: Friday, May 22nd
Time: Show starts at 7:00 PM
Location: 1720 Ocean Park Blvd., Santa Monica CA
This is a public event, so please invite your friends, family and any film buffs who may enjoy historic cinema.
The Sunset Cinema Society looks forward to seeing you at the movies!
The innaugural event of the Sunset Cinema Society was held on Sunday, February 22nd. Members of the Society attended a screening of the critically acclaimed film by John Huston, The Man Who Would Be King, at the New Beverly Cinema.
This Man Who Would Be King is a 1975 film adapted from the Rudyard Kipling story of the same title. It was adapted and directed by John Huston and starred Sean Connery as Daniel Dravot, Michael Caine as Peachey Carnehan, Saeed Jaffrey as Billy Fish, and Christopher Plummer as Kipling (giving a name to the story’s anonymous narrator).
The Kipling story tells the tale of two time-served, NCO, rogue ex-soldiers of the British Raj who set off from 19th century British India in search of adventure, and end up as kings of Kafiristan. The story is believed to have been inspired by the travels of American adventurer Josiah Harlan during the period of the Great Game between Imperial Russia and the British Empire.
Shot on location in Morocco, Huston had planned to make the film since the 1950s: originally with Humphrey Bogart and Clark Gable, then Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas, and then Robert Redford and Paul Newman — Newman suggested British actors Connery and Caine. Like much of his writing, Kipling’s original story takes a nuanced, and in the end cold-edged view of imperialism; in Huston’s telling, both East and West have their faults and virtues. In a retrospective review, the New York Times remarked “Gloriously old-fashioned in its approach – right down to the characters’ politically incorrect attitudes toward anyone who isn’t one hundred per cent British – The Man Who Would Be King is pure entertainment in the grand tradition of Gunga Din.”
Michael Caine has maintained that if any film of his is remembered after his death, it would be The Man Who Would Be King because it is the sort of film that everyone says, even when the film came out, “No-one makes pictures like this any more.”
This film is truly a favorite of Masons, as it heavily delves into Masonic symbolism, and Freemasonry features very prominently in the story.
On Friday, October 30th 2009, the members and guests of the Sunset Cinema Society will be traveling to the Old Town Music Hall in El Segundo for a performance of the 1925 classic film, “Phantom of the Opera”.
