As always, the AFS supported the film with an informative newsletter,
a relevant lobby exhibit, a vintage cartoon (Donald Duck at war),
and a special introduction for the Mass Comm 101 group.
| 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 built around the World War II
classic, The
Best Years of Our Lives.
As always, the AFS supported the film with an informative newsletter,
a relevant lobby exhibit, a vintage cartoon (Donald Duck at war),
and a special introduction for the Mass Comm 101 group. |
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Here is the marquee for the day's event.
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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 afternoon's field trip...
One of the fun things to do at the Alex is to just hang out and spend some time in the theater's glamorous forecourt. |
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| There is an Old Hollywood sort of drama to the forecourt that today's multiplexes can't quite match. |