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35mm Capra's IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT @ the Secret Movie Club Theater

  • Secret Movie Club 1917 Bay Street Los Angeles, CA, 90021 United States (map)

SECRET MOVIE CLUB presents

Part of our LOVE! ROMANCE! EMOTION! series! Thursday, February 3, 2022

LOCATION: The Secret Movie Club Theater, 1917 Bay Street, 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90021

*Please note entrance/parking is actually in the back of the building. Make a right on Wilson Street, then a right behind the building. We’re the first set of black steps after the big gate. We’ll have staff to help guide/park you.

8pm IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934, co-wri/dir by Frank Capra, Columbia, 105mns, 35mm)

IMPORTANT NOTES:

***ALL AUDIENCE will be required to show proof of vaccination at the door. PLEASE HAVE YOUR VIRTUAL OR PHYSICAL VACCINATION CARD READY BEFORE ENTERING THE THEATER. If you have an exemption, please have proof of a negative PCR level COVID test within 3 days of the screening.

***ALL GUESTS WILL BE TAKEN THROUGH PROTOCOLS PRIOR TO ENTERING THEATER SO EVERYONE CAN HAVE A FUN AND SAFE TIME.

***EVERYONE WILL STILL BE REQUIRED TO WEAR MASKS INDOORS WHEN NOT EATING/DRINKING CONCESSIONS IN THEIR ASSIGNED SEATS.

HOW TO:

1)PLEASE BRING AND WEAR A PROPER MASK AT ALL TIMES WHEN NOT EATING/DRINKING INSIDE THE THEATER AS A SAFETY PRECAUTION.

2)PRE-ORDER ANY CONCESSIONS OR MOVIE MERCHANDISE you would like from the additional Add-Ons. You can pick up all concessions & merchandise at our tables in our lobby prior to the screening.

We will be able to sell concessions & merchandise at the theater. But it will make everything much quicker and easier if you pre-order!

3)PLEASE BE AWARE THAT ANYONE EXHIBITING COVID OR FLU LIKE SYMPTOMS AT THE DOOR, WILL BE OFFERED COMPLIMENTARY TICKETS TO A FUTURE SHOW AND ASKED TO RETURN WHEN HEALTHY. So please, if you’re feeling sick, just write us at community@secretmovieclub.com and we’ll offer your complimentary tickets to a future screening when you’re healthy. Let’s all do our part to beat this thing so we can go back to the complete movie going experience!

We kick off our Valentine's Month-long LOVE! ROMANCE! EMOTION! series with the rom-com that started it all, Frank Capra's IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT starring Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable. ON 35MM!

One of the great 1930's screwball comedies but also surprisingly grounded in real chemistry, It Happened One Night tells the tale of Ellie, an heiress, who impulsively gets married then gets separated from her golddigger husband and hops a bus in Miami to get back to him.

Who should be on the bus but news reporter Peter who smells a story. The movie then becomes a road trip complete with the very famous scene of Peter unsuccessfully thumbing a ride until Ellie goes curbside and lifts up her skirt to show some leg.

Capra partially got his start as a gag writer for silent film comedian Harry Langdon. And in all of his great movies starting here, there's a gag, idea, or great bit of snappy dialogue in almost every scene, every exchange.

It Happened One Night swept the Academy Awards, made stars out of everyone, including director Capra, and ushered in an era of screwball romances.

It's still a masterclass in how to set up a premise then milk it for all its comedic and artistic gold.

Come learn, laugh, and love with some masters! On 35mm! And bring your date. If he/she/they loves it, you'll know you've found a match!

Best always,

Craig Hammill

35mm Secret Movie Club Founder.Programmer

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS FOR OUR IN-DOOR THEATER SCREENINGS

REFUNDS:

We can offer refunds up to 24 hours before showtime. Please request a refund through Eventbrite and we will process ASAP. After that, no refunds. Sorry.

However if something last minute comes up and you can’t make the screening, for whatever reason, just write us at: community@secretmovieclub.com and we’ll offer you complimentary tickets to a future screening.

HELPFUL SECRET MOVIE CLUB (1917 Bay Street, 2nd Floor, LA, CA 90021) THEATER PARKING TIPS:

We recommend that you park just outside our theater. Remember our theater is actually in a beautiful street art alleyway in the back of the 1917 Bay Street building. You get to our entrance by taking a right on Wilson, then a right behind the building. We are the first set of black steps on the right after the big gate.

We will have a staff member on duty to monitor all cars parked in the street-art alleyway at our entrance.

There is also a parking lot at the corner of Mateo and Violet Street, just 2 blocks from our theater, which costs $7 per car.

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HOW CAN I CONTACT YOU IF I HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS/RECOMMENDATIONS:

You can always email us at community@secretmovieclub.com with any other questions, concerns, thoughts, recommendations.