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CASABLANCA & WHEN HARRY MET SALLY Two Feature Parking Lot Cinema

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

ELECTRIC DUSK DRIVE IN & SECRET MOVIE CLUB present PARKING LOT CINEMA!

DOUBLE FEATURE VALENTINE’S DAY WEEKEND! Part of our VERY VALENTINE’S February 2021 Series.  Sunday, February 14, 2021. 

6:00pm CASABLANCA (1942, Directed by Michael Curtiz, Warner Brothers, 102 mns, Digital) 

8:20p WHEN HARRY MET SALLY (1989, Directed by Rob Reiner, Columbia, 96 minutes)

IMPORTANT NOTES: Gates will open for the first feature at 4:30pm. If you are just attending the second movie, please arrive no earlier than 7:40pm so we can allow all FIRST FEATURE only attendees to leave and get you in quickly.

ALSO, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ARE PURCHASING TICKETS TO THE CORRECT MOVIE IF YOU ARE JUST SEEING ONE FEATURE INSTEAD OF BOTH. 

Also, our January-June 2021 drive-in screenings are subject to more potential weather postponements.  Please check your email and our social media (@secretmovieclub) before heading to the event just to make sure we haven’t postponed due to weather. 

We will re-schedule any postponed event to the nearest possible date. Anyone unable to attend the new date can request a refund up to 24 hours before the rescheduled event. 

FINALLY, WE WILL OCCASIONALLY BE SELLING ALTERNATE DESIGN MOVIE POSTERS DONE BY INCREDIBLE CURRENT GRAPHIC DESIGNERS. 

CHECK THE ADD-ONS. IF WE ARE SELLING A POSTER, YOU CAN VIEW, PRE-ORDER, AND PICK UP POSTER AT OUR CONCESSION TABLE AT EVENT UNDER YOUR NAME!

PARKING LOT: Glendale Sears Parking Lot, 211 W. California Avenue Street, Glendale, CA 91203 

HOW TO:  

Make sure when you purchase your ticket(s), you do the following:

1)PURCHASE A TWO FEATURE MAIN TICKET ($37) which includes a $25 car fee and the driver’s ticket. This gets you into BOTH features.

OR PURCHASE A SINGLE EARLY BIRD ($23) or DAY OF TICKET ($28) which includes the car fee and the first ticket for the driver. This gets you into the single FEATURE you select by title.

2) GO TO ADD ONS: Purchase either an additional $12 per person ticket (for BOTH Features) or an additional $8 per person ticket (for a SINGLE FEATURE) for however many other people after the first person will be in the car. You can always bring more people and pay at the gate as long as you have purchased the TWO FEATURE, EARLY BIRD, or DAY OF TICKET. 

3)PRE-ORDER ANY CONCESSIONS OR MOVIE MERCHANDISE you would like from the additional Add-Ons. You can pick up all concessions & merchandise at our table in the middle of the Parking Lot.

To attend, you need  a car with an FM radio or a handheld radio you bring yourself. We will space out cars to make sure folks can safely maintain 6 feet of distance. We ask that folks stay in their cars unless they are picking up concessions or using the restroom. Whenever you are out of your car, you are required to wear a mask for everyone’s safety. 

IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, PLEASE BRING A SMALL OR REGULAR SIZED CAR (sedan sized or smaller). We want to make sure EVERYONE gets a great space. SUVS, TRUCKS, CARS WITH HIGH ROOFS/RACKS/ITEMS ON ROOF often have to be parked further away from the screen to avoid sightline issues.

If you bring a larger car, arrive as near to when we open our gates as possible to get the best possible space.  

We are proud to continue our partnership with ELECTRIC DUSK DRIVE IN (https://www.electricduskdrivein.com) for our “Very Valentine’s” February 2021 series.

We are devoting Valentine’s Day weekend to two stone-cold love story classics-1942’s CASABLANCA considered one of the greatest movies ever made and 1989’s hilarious modern love romantic comedy WHEN HARRY MET SALLY. Interestingly, the two movies are also linked by an ongoing conversation Sally and Harry have about CASABLANCA!

CASABLANCA tells the story of cynical and jaded Rick (Humphrey Bogart in full on “take no prisoners” mode) who is making bank with his club in Nazi occupied Morocco but heart-broken on the inside from a failed romance in Paris just before the outbreak of World War II.

When Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman, never better) the woman Rick loved, enters his bar with her husband, freedom fighter Victor Laszlo, looking for two passports to get them to freedom, a whole sequence of complex emotions, scenes, questions arise.

WHEN HARRY MET SALLY, while completely comedic in tone, is equally complex in its own way, as it tells the story of Sally (Meg Ryan at their height of her romantic comedy powers) and Harry (Billy Crystal, always hilarious) who strangely meet each other three times throughout their life from college to near middle age.  The third time, much to their surprise, they become quite good friends without actually getting romantic. 

Harry believes that men and women can never really be friends because the sex part will eventually get in the way. Sally hates to think this is true but then suddenly has to face the dilemma herself when she and Harry discover they may finally be developing feelings for each other.

Crackling dialogue from a career best script by Nora Ephron along with hilarious performances and a wonderful framing structure makes WHEN HARRY MET SALLY one of the greatest romantic comedies of all time. 

Best always,

Craig Hammill

35mm Secret Movie Club Founder.Programmer

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS FOR OUR PARKING LOT CINEMA SERIES

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. 

HELPFUL PARKING LOT CINEMA TIPS:

Please make sure you know how to hit off your car headlights before attending. 

Bring warm clothes, blankets, a few layers just in case it gets chilly and you don’t want to run your car the entire movie (although you totally can if you want).

Make sure you know how to work your CAR RADIO so you can TUNE to any frequency you want. 

The earlier you arrive, the better space/closer to the screen you will get! Once you get parked, you can totally leave the lot, go to get food, come back. 

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

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