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The Alex Film Society screens vintage films in a spectacular venue--Glendale's
1925-vintage Egyptian-inspired movie palace, the Alex Theatre. And each
fall, we attend the AFS' Halloween-themed program. This year, the program
was built around the Universal Studios classic, "Bride of Frankenstein."
As always, the AFS supported the film with an informative newsletter, a lobby exhibit of relevant movie artifacts, a cartoon screened before the movie, and a special introduction to the theatre for the Mass Comm 101 group. In addition, there was a life stage show that harkened back to the short vaudeville-inspired "Spook Shows" that were performed before movies such as this one. Here are some of the early arrivals. |
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Everything about the Alex is charmingly and authentically
retro. Here is the marquee, although during the daytime you don't get to
appreciate all the neon.
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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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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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| This group of MC101s are in the forecourt in front
of the theater's impressive entrance. |
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| It was another good MC101 field
trip. Students apparently had a good time and experienced a bit of movie
history. |
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