SECRET MOVIE CLUB presents
Part of our SILENT CLASSICS WITH ORIGINAL LIVE SCORES & ALFRED HITCHCOCK DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR 2023 Series, Saturday, September 2, 2023, 730pm
PREMIERE NEW LIVE ORIGINAL SCORE by the Jack Curtis Dubowsky Ensemble.
7:30pm Hitchcock's THE LODGER with live original score by the JCD Ensemble (1927, dir. Alfred Hitchcock, Public Domain, UK, 91mns) DCP
LOCATION: The Million Dollar Theater Movie Palace, 307 South Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90013
PARKING INSTRUCTIONS: There are many parking lots around the Million Dollar Theater. We sell 30 tickets here online (go to ADD-ONS) to the Grand Central Market Parking Lot located at the corner of Hill & 3rd Street (accessible via Hill) just one block from the theater. Even if we sell out, you can still park here or at lots near the theater.
SPECIAL NOTE: This is the premiere of a brand-new live orchestral score by the Jack Curtis Dubowsky Ensemble commissioned especially for Secret Movie Club.
We are extremely excited to return to the Million Dollar Theater Movie Palace with a brand new original live orchestral score by the Jack Curtis Dubowksy ensemble commissioned specifically for Secret Movie Club to accompany Alfred Hitchcock's very first breakout hit, the silent film classic stunner THE LODGER (1927).
This is a rare opportunity to see Hitchcock's rarely screened earliest masterpiece with a live orchestral score in a movie palace JUST as it would have been experienced in 1927.
This was Hitch's third feature (he was only 28 years old!) but it was the first movie Hitchcock felt he really got to show his talent. The story focuses on a new "lodger" in a boarding house who may or may not be the infamous Jack The Ripper serial killer, murdering innocent women in the London fog! He acts so mysteriously that all those around him whip themselves into fear and hysteria trying to figure out his true identity.
It's all here, even before the advent of sound. Hitchcock employs all manner of avant-garde visionary camera techniques here (including a great cinematic solution to conveying sound in the silent era) to create, develop, and sublimate tension and suspense.
Ironically, the studio heads at the time didn't know what to make of the movie and shelved it for months. Hitchcock was devastated as he felt sure it was a hit and would be his ticket to a lifetime career in cinema. But as Hitchcock said years later, the delay taught him an extremely important lesson that it's one of God's greatest gifts that we don't know the future.
Hitch was humbled and hardened by the wait. But then a changing of the studio guard and a need for material to put into theaters changed fortunes and THE LODGER was suddenly taken off the shelf and put into theaters. It was an instant hit (as Hitch suspected it would be). Many considered it the finest British movie ever made up that point.
It showcased all of Hitchcock's myriad talents and his bursting talent and ability to wield cinema as a tool of exuberant creativity.
Come and join us at Los Angeles's very first movie palace for one of Hitchcock's very first masterpieces. With a live original new score by the Jack Curtis Dubowsky ensemble!
About Jack Curtis Dubowsky Ensemble
The Jack Curtis Dubowsky Ensemble (#JCDEnsemble), sparks new life in classic silent films with their vivid original scores. Founded by composer and conductor Jack Curtis Dubowsky, the Ensemble specializes in live scores and combines intricately composed material and structured improvisation.
A team of top players led by composer and conductor Jack Curtis Dubowsky, the Ensemble has released four albums and has performed in historic cinemas including The Million Dollar Theater (Los Angeles), The Vista Theatre (Los Angeles), The Art Theatre (Long Beach), The Frida Cinema (Santa Ana), and venues nationwide including The Tank (NYC), AS220 (Providence, RI), Café Du Nord (SF), Meridian Gallery (SF), Carlsbad Music Festival, and The Lilypad (Cambridge, MA).
JCDE’s silent film repertoire includes Nosferatu, The Black Pirate, The Golem, The Phantom Carriage, Sunrise, and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. In 2017 JCDE released ZORRO, an album of highlights of their score to The Mark of Zorro.
(https://www.jackcurtisdubowsky.com/ensemble.html)
Best always,
Craig Hammill
Secret Movie Club Founder.Programmer
*Please note that though we strive to always show titles on 35mm film if advertised, we may have to screen digitally if the print we receive is in such bad shape or if we don't receive the print in time because of a shipping delay. We will do our best to alert the audience. When this does occur, we will offer each ticket holder who chooses not to attend a complimentary ticket to a future event in exchange. (Disclaimer: Good for 90 days – Future screening must have available tickets, cannot be a fundraiser, and must be comparably priced)
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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 to us before showtime: community@secretmovieclub.com and we’ll offer you complimentary tickets to a future screening, good for 90 days. (Disclaimer: Future screening must have available tickets, cannot be a fundraiser, and must be comparably priced)
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.
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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