Island of Lost Souls & Them

islandoflostsouls2Dates: October 30-31
Location: The New Beverly Cinema, 7165 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036
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Description: The New Beverly Cinema presents a pair of classic science fiction horror films selected by Joe Dante (THE HOWLING). ISLAND OF LOST SOULS features Charles Laughton as Dr. Moreau, a mad scientist turning animals into people. THEM is an early example of a giant insect movie, with radiation used to explain the muation.

Island of Lost Souls Sun: 4:00 & 7:30; Mon: 7:30
1932, USA, 35mm, 70 minutes
Joe Dante is scheduled to appear IN PERSON at the 7:30 show on Sunday!
directed by Erle C. Kenton; screenplay by Philip Wylie & Waldemar Young, based on the novel “The Island of Dr. Moreau” by H.G. Wells; starring Charles Laughton, Richard Arlen, Leila Hyams, Bela Lugosi, Kathleen Burke

Them! Sun: 5:30 & 9:00; Mon: 9:00
1954, USA, 35mm, 94 minutes
directed by Gordon Douglas; written by Ted Sherdeman & Russell Hughes, based on a story by George Worthing Yates; starring James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon, James Arness, Fess Parker


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Steve Biodrowski

Steve Biodrowski owns and operates Hollywood Gothique. Since graduating from the University of Southern California's School of Cinema, Steve has worked as a film critic, script analyst, journalist, and interviewer. As a film journalist, his work has appeared in Movieline, Premiere, Le Cinephage (in France) and The Dark Side (in England). He served as the West Coast Editor of Cinefantastique magazine in the 1990s, then worked as the Vice President of Editorial Content at Fandom.com and, more recently, as the Executive Editor at Cinescape Online. He is currently the Managing Editor of Cinefantastique Online, the website incarnation of Cinefantastique magazine.

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