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The Alex
Film Society screens vintage films at Glendale's 1925-vintage Egyptian-inspired
movie palace, the Alex Theatre.
This semester, we went to an AFS program with a Halloween theme. The
event was built around one of the most memorable social conscience dramas
to ever come out of Hollywood, To Kill a Mockingbird.
As always, the AFS supported the film with an informative newsletter,
a relevant lobby exhibit, a vintage cartoon (because back in the
day audiences would typically see a cartoon before the feature film), and
a special introduction for the Mass Comm 101 group. |
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Here's what the theater looked like in 1959.
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Back to the neon mentioned above. At left is a shot
of the Alex's classic neon spire at night.
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Let's get back to this evening's field trip...
These MC101s hung around the box office as our group gathered. |
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| There is an Old Hollywood sort of drama to the Alex that today's multiplexes can't quite match. | 
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| These MC101s have got their
tickets and are waiting for an introduction to the evening's historic film
program. |
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| Randy Carter of the Alex Film Society gave the group a Hollywood insider's introduction to what we were about to see. | 
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