SECRET MOVIE CLUB presents
CHILDREN'S MATINEE & LIVE MAGIC SHOW Double! Saturday, December 18, 2021
LOCATION: The Million Dollar Theater Movie Palace, 307 S Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90013
**We will open doors 1 HOUR before each screening time so audience can have plenty of time to enter, maintain 6 feet of distance, pick up or buy concessions/drink, and get their seats. We will have staff who will help guide and direct audience to their seats.
11am THE IRON GIANT(1999, dir by Brad Bird, Warner Brothers, 86mns, 35MM)
12:30p LIVE MAGIC SHOW! We're doing this as a proper children's matinee in a movie palace complete with a live 30 minute magic show for the families in between shows. There will then be a 40 minute break for lunch & a stretch before Mary Poppins.
2pm MARY POPPINS (1964, dir by Robert Stevenson, Disney, 139mns, 35MM)
IMPORTANT NOTES:
****Starting November 4th, 2021 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 a religious exemption, please have proof of a negative 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 BE READY TO WEAR A PROPER MASK AT ALL TIMES INSIDE THE THEATER. You will be able to eat and drink concessions without a mask. But AT ALL OTHER TIMES, MASKS ARE REQUIRED.
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 you 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!
This programmer's mother would often regale him with tales of the wild children's shows that happened in the San Fernando Valley in the 1950's of her early childhood. Sci-double features. Shouting children. Music. Pure life!
We want to bring back some of that Children's Matinee magic with a double feature of two family classics Brad Bird's The Iron Giant and the all-time great Disney 1964 Mary Poppins. Both on 35mm prints!
And in between we'll be doing a 30 minute magic show with real live magicians onstage for the kids! Because. . .why not?! Movies are magic.
First up, Brad Bird's 1999 traditionally drawn animation (with some computer assistance) The Iron Giant adapted from the famous British children's novel The Iron Man by Ted Hughes.
One of those great miracles of a family movie that only gets better over the years, The Iron Giant takes place during the Cold War when a 50 foot robot crash lands into a small town and into the life of 9 year old Hogarth Hughes.
Hogarth and the Robot bond but of course there are military interests on the trail of the Robot. Hogarth and the Robot try to find a way to escape the clutches of the reactionary, paranoid adults while preserving their friendship.
One of those rare children's movies that works completely on two levels: one for children and one for the parent, The Iron Giant is the kind of movie that would have made the Walt Disney of Snow White and Fantasia proud. And in fact, Brad Bird would next go on to make several of Pixar-Disney's greatest movies: The Incredibles 1 & 2 and Ratatouille.
Then we will move immediately into a 30 minute magic show live on stage. There may be audience participation as magicians offer up some holiday wonder and mischief.
Then, after a 40 minute intermission, we return with one of the last triumphs of Walt Disney's career Mary Poppins.
Mary Poppins is the joyous musical written by the world famous Sherman Brothers and adapted from the books by P.L. Travers. The Banks children have stuffy parents and rather frustratingly stuffy lives until new nanny Mary Poppins (Julie Andrews) literally flies in from the sky to take over the household.
Mary Poppins soon reveals herself to be possessed of great magic and she takes the kids on a series of adventures including an animated wonderland with her friend, the chimney sweep Burt (Dick Van Dyke).
Soon Mary Poppins' magic is felt by all in the family. This is the movie Disney poured his heart and soul into to prove he could make just as magical live action movies as animated movies. Mary Poppins proved him right going on to become the biggest hit of the year and racking up 13 Academy Award nominations.
Just the kind of movie that proves "a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down". Join us for two wonderful family classics. Full of magic. With some magic in between.
All on 35mm film in a movie palace.
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 MILLION DOLLAR THEATER MOVIE PALACE PARKING TIPS:
If you are attending all movies on any given day (the double or triple feature), you can go to ADD ONS and pre-order an all day $6 Grand Central Parking Lot Pass. The Grand Central Parking Lot is at the corner of 3rd Street and Hill Street just 1 block from the Million Dollar Theater entrance on 3rd & Broadway.
Folks just attending one feature can also park at this lot and as long as you grab food/drink from GCM you can get a 90 minute validation stamp that will help the cost of parking.
HOW WILL OUR STAFF MAKE SURE THE THEATER IS AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE:
We will have staff in the theater at all times who make sure everyone is wearing masks and obeying protocols. We will have signage at entrance, markings at concessions, restrooms, etc so folks keep 6 ft distance at all times.
Anyone not observing safe protocols will kindly be asked to leave. On top of this, we’ll be making announcements at the head of each screening to make sure everyone understands the rules & regs!
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