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2012 Halloween Screenings: The Phantom of the Opera (1925) with live organ accompaniment
Location: The Old Town Music Hall, 140 Richmond Street El Segundo, CA 90245
Description: Just in time for Halloween, the Old Town Music Hall presents a three-day run of this black-and-white 1925 silent classic horror film starring Lon Chaney as Erik, the deformed “phantom” haunting the catacombs beneath the Paris opera house. Director Rupert Julian’s cinematic [...]
2012 Halloween Horror Screenings: The Bride of Frankenstein at Old Town
Location: The Old Town Music Hall, 140 Richmond Street El Segundo, CA 90245
Description: October – Halloween in the air! What better time for a good old-fashioned scary movie? THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935) represents the height of the first great era of movie monsters: a lavishly produced, big-budget affair handled with master craftsmanship by director [...]
2012 Halloween Horror Screenings: Dead Men Walk at Old Town
Location: The Old Town Music Hall, 140 Richmond Street El Segundo, CA 90245
Description: Oval-eyed George Zucco – a perennial co-star in bigger-budget films – grabs the limelight in this 1940s black-and-white B-movie from Producers Release Corporation. The plot has Zucco as twins, one of whom kills the other, only to have his victim return from [...]
The Phantom of the Opera (1925) at Old Town Music Hall
Date: October 28-30
Location: The Old Town Music Hall, 140 Richmond Street, El Segundo, CA 90245
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Description: It’s an annual tradition: for Halloween, the Old Town Music Hall screens the 1925 Phantom of the Opera, the black-and-white silent classic starring Lon Chaney, with live musical accompaniment on the theatre’s Mighty Wurlitzer organ. The [...]
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
Location: The Old Town Music Hall, 140 Richmond Street, El Segundo, CA
Dates: March 11-13
Description: The venerable revival house screens the classic Universal silent movie, starring Lon Chaney (beneath pounds of makeup, including an uncomfortable rubber hump on his back), Patsy Ruth Miller, Norman Kerry.
Thief of Bagdad (1924)
Location: The Old Town Music Hall, 140 Richmond Street, El Segundo, CA
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Description: The venerable revival house – home of the Mighty Wurlitzer Organ and the best place to see silent movies since The Silent Movie Theatre went mondo – screens the 1924 fantasy film starring Douglas Fairbanks.
Dates and Times:
Friday, January 21st @ [...]
March of the Wooden Soldiers
Location: Old Town Music Hall, 140 Richmond Street, El Segundo, CA
Dates: December 10 at 8:15pm, December 11 at 2:30pm & 8:15pm, December 12 at 2:30pm
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Description: The Old Town Music Hall offers a screening of this 1934 comedy classic, starring Laurel and Hardy. It’s a bit dated but still filled with fairy [...]
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Title: The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Location: Old Town Music Hall, 140 Richmond Street, El Segundo, CA
Dates: October 29-31, Friday at 8:15pm, Saturday at 2:30 & 8:15pm, Sunday at 2:30pm
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Description: The classic silent black-and-white version of Gaston Leroux’s novel, from Universal Pictures, starring Lon Chaney in the title role.
Dracula (1931)
Title: Dracula (1931)
Location: Old Town Music Hall, 140 Richmond Street, El Segundo, CA
Dates: October 22-24, Friday at 8:15pm, Saturday at 2:30 & 8:15pm, Sunday at 2:30pm
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Description: The 1931 black-and-white classic from Universal Pictures screens for three days. Starring Bela Lugosi, directed by Tod Browning, based on Bram Stoker’s novel.
The 10 Commandments (1923)
Location: Old Town Music Hall – 140 Richmond St., El Segundo, CA 90245
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Description: I hope God doesn’t strike me dead for listing this as a fantasy film! Anyway, this is the silent movie version of the Book of Exodus, long before Charlton Heston got involved. Typically, Old Town Music Hall provides musical [...]
This Week’s Pics: Miracle, Wonderful Life, Sunset Boulevard
Happy first of December and welcome to what should be the beginning of the Christmas season! I say “should” because we all know that Jolly Old St. Nick starts making appearances as early as October. Personally, I think he should be outlawed from showing his face until at least after Thanksgiving. Give the poor old [...]
