SECRET MOVIE CLUB presents
CHRISTMAS EVE! Friday, December 24, 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 IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE(1946, co-wri/dir by Frank Capra, Paramount, 130mns, 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!
And so twas the night before Christmas, and our cinema booth threaded up a 35 of the Jimmy Stewart & Donna Reed starring Frank Capra holiday classic It's A Wonderful Life to keep our cinema holiday tradition alive.
Another movie in this programmer's all-time top 35, It's A Wonderful Life is one of those cinema gifts from the moviemaking magi.
It has a wonderful structure. We learn right away from angels gathering for what is basically a "catch up training seminar" due to overheard prayers that George Bailey is considering killing himself. They then call up his guardian angel Clarence who hasn't yet earned his wings to get up to speed.
We see George Bailey's life from his childhood good deeds for his family and others through his marriage to wonderful and resilient Mary Bailey and his many battles with the local millionaire miser, Mr. Potter, who wants nothing more than to destroy George Bailey. Because George Bailey has been able to thwart Potter's aim to own the town at every town.
Then finally the moment of truth comes as George Bailey stands on a bridge on Christmas Eve wondering how he'll save his family from a ruin that Potter has devised and his guardian angel shows up. . .
Jimmy Stewart, Donna Reed, and Frank Capra all considered this the best movie they ever made. And we agree. It's a Wonderful Life achieves the Capra ideal of showing how people, at their best, can be both wonderfully independent and contributing members of their community, looking out for the other fella'.
But it also weaves in a magical and transcendent level that only a handful of moviemakers-Kubrick, Tarkovsky, Dreyer, Scorsese, Lynch-have ever truly been able to pull off.
The third act of the movie is about as good as it gets in terms of cinema. And we're screening it as our final holiday thank you and best wishes to you and yours. On 35mm. 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!
HOW CAN WE STAY ON TOP OF NEWLY ANNOUNCED 35MM SCREENINGS, EVENTS, ETC?
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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.