SECRET MOVIE CLUB presents
Part of our LOVE! ROMANCE! EMOTION! Series, Saturday, February 26, 2022
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.
730pm SUNRISE(1927, dir by FW Murnau, Fox, 95mns, 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!
We are honored to partner with the Jack Curtis Dubowsky ensemble (http://destijlmusic.com/jcde/) as the ensemble performs its live original score to a 35mm print of FW Murnau's all-time classic SUNRISE!
Sunrise is one of this programmer's Top 50 movies of all time. That's no hot take. Sunrise is often considered one of the greatest movies ever made by a bunch of people. But the real joy is experiencing this cinematic feast.
German expressionist director FW Murnau (Nosferatu, The Last Laugh) came to the United States and made this mind-blowing movie pushing all the tools of cinema to achieve potentials no one thought possible.
The story is actually quite simple (yet profoundly moving). A Husband cheats on his good hearted Wife with a seductive Lady of the City. The Lady of the City persuades the Husband to kill his Wife so they can run off. But then. . .
To say more about this movie would be to rob you of one of the most unexpected and surprising plot twists of all time. Sunrise brought German Expressionism to Hollywood. Never before had such psychologically motivated set design, special effects, editing been seen in a Hollywood picture.
The effect was like an earthquake or a shock wave across the creative industry. No one less than John Ford was so bowled over by Murnau and Sunrise that he studied the work (quietly of course, Ford would never admit he actually felt cinema was an art form) obsessively learning how to adopt Murnau's techniques to an American idiom.
The movie is powered by the performances of the two leads-Janet Gaynor and George O Brien-as well as Murnau's incredible ability to express almost any emotional or pscyhological state cinematically.
The importance of Sunrise can never be overstated. The secret though is that Sunrise is still one of the most powerful, funny, emotional, stylistically inspiring movies of all time.
And we're honored to show it in Los Angeles's first movie palace with a live original score!
NOTE ON THE JCDE ENSEMBLE: The JCDE sparks new life with original scores to classic silent films. Founded by composer and conductor Jack Curtis Dubowsky, the Ensemble specializes in live scores and combines intricately composed material and structured improvisation.
JCDE consists of composer and conductor Jack Curtis Dubowsky, Jeff L. Schwartz (double bass), R. Scott Dibble (keyboards), Lisa Yoshida (violin), Sean Stackpoole (flutes), Slam Nobles (mallets and percussion), and Sean Sonderegger (reeds).
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.