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    Christina Crawford

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    Music Box Theatre Corp

    3733 N Southport Ave

    Chicago, IL 60613

    (773) 871-6604

    Get directions

     

    Mommie Dearest | May 11, 2008 @ 2:30pm

    Celebrate Mother's Day with Dick O'Day and "Mommie Dearest"

    Advance tickets are available exclusively through Ticketweb.

     

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    Mommie Dearest

    presented by Dick O'Day and Hell in a Handbag Productions.

     

    Dick O'Day and Hell in a Handbag Productions present the second in their seasonal series focusing on the best (and worst) in camp movies ? Camp Midnight. Mommie Dearest, the Mt. Everest of Mother's Day movies, kicks off with a 2:30pm pre-show hosted by Dick O Day featuring a Joan Crawford look-a-like contest, prize giveaways and a special performance by The Joans, the world's first band dedicated "to giving Joan Crawford a rock-n-roll voice." The 3pm screening (complete with interactive audience guide) immediately follows. The Camp Midnight crew has also teamed up with Violet, Chicago's newest brunch destination, to offer an exclusive upgrade for the event. Guests can purchase V.I.M. (Very Important Mother) tickets that will include brunch beginning at 1pm at Violet (1 block north of the Music Box at 3819 N. Southport) and reserved seating at the theatre. Only 50 V.I.M. tickets are available.

     

    Advance Tickets

    Standard Tickets are just $12 are are available exclusively through Ticketweb.

    V.I.M. (Very Important Mother) Tickets which include brunch at Violet are just $20 and are available exclusively throught Ticketweb.

    The UA 90th Anniversary Film Festival is Coming to a theater near you!!!

    in Hot Topics

    Posted

    What has been coined the United Artists 90th Anniversary Film Festival will be featured at the Music Box Theatre

    3733 N. Southport in Chicago beginning in April 2008.

     

    The statement continued: ?The studio responsible for creating some of the finest films of all time including iconic film franchises ?Rocky,? ?Pink Panther? and ?James Bond? [along with] critically acclaimed and award-winning features ?Raging Bull,? ?Some Like it Hot,? ?West Side Story,? ?Annie Hall,? ?Midnight Cowboy? and ?Rain Man? contains a library of nearly 1,000 feature films and boasts more than 80 Academy Award-winning classics.?

     

    The films below will show on the following dates at Chicago?s Music Box Theatre:

     

    United Artists 90th Anniversary Film Festival (part one): April 4 to 10, 2008!

     

    ?Raging Bull?: April 4 (new print)

    ?Bananas?: April 4

    ?The Good, the Bad and the Ugly?: April 5

    ?West Side Story?: April 6

    ?Kiss Me Deadly?: April 7

    ?Some Like it Hot?: April 7 (new print)

    ?The Killing?: April 8

    ?The Manchurian Candidate?: April 8

    ?The Night of the Hunter?: April 9

    ?Midnight Cowboy?: April 10

    ?Network?: April 10

     

    ?James Bond? series (part two): May 9 to 15, 2008

    ?Dr. No?

    ?Goldfinger? (new print)

    ?From Russia With Love?

    ?Thunderball?

    The UA 90th Anniversary Film Festival is Coming to a theater near you!!!

    in Hot Topics

    Posted

    In honor of the 90th anniversary of United Artists, the Sunrise Las Olas movie theater will be featuring UA classics each week from April 22 to May 15. The schedule is as follows:

     

    April 22 - "Annie Hall"

    April 23 - "The Apartment"

    April 24 - "West Side Story"

     

    April 29 - "Some Like It Hot"

    April 30 - "Raging Bull"

    May 1 - "Rocky"

     

    May 6 - "The Magnificent Seven"

    May 7 - "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly"

    May 8 - "Midnight Cowboy"

     

    May 13 - "The Great Escape"

    May 14 - "Dr. No"

    May 15 - "The Manchurian Candidate"

     

    Sunrise Stadium 15 at Las Olas Riverfront 300 SW First Ave.

    Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

    954-761-9400

    Evil Joan Crawford

    in General Discussions

    Posted

    San Francisco's Castro Theatre will feature "Dueling Divas: Crawford vs. Hayward" on Wednesday, April 2, 2008. Joan's Harriet Craig will be shown at 3pm and 7pm and will battle Hayward's Back Street, which runs at 1pm, 4:50pm, and 8:55pm

    Torch Song W./Joan Crawford!

    in General Discussions

    Posted

    I love "Torch Song"!! This has to be the "ULTIMATE" Joan Crawford film!!

    Joan's return to MGM after 10 years...and boy what a return it was!!

    "Torch Song" is a somewhat over-the-top backstage drama with intermittent musical moments, but hell what a movie...I couldn't pull myself away once the film started!! (It's also available on DVD on: The Joan Crawford Collection, Vol. 2, which I own!)

     

    & Joan still looked good at the brink of 50 and that she could still do some pretty good dancing.

     

    They say there is always that 1 film that an actor plays themselves ...I.E. Madonna in "Desperately Seeking Susan", & I believe Joan was palying herself!!

     

    "Torch Song" "ROCKS"!!!...Joan Crawford as Jenny Stewart was bitchy, volcanic & just stunning to watch!!

     

    & People forget that Marjorie Rambeau was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role playing Joan's mother!

     

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    RIP: Reel Important People -- March 24, 2008

    in Hot Topics

    Posted

    Paul Scofield (1922-2008) - British actor (pictured) who won an Oscar for his portrayal of Sir Thomas More in "A Man for All Seasons" and who was nominated again almost thirty years later for his supporting role in "Quiz Show". He also co-stars in Frankenheimer's: "The Train", Branagh's "Henry V", Zeffirelli's "Hamlet", Hytner's "The Crucible" and Michael Winner's: "Scorpio", and he played the title role in Peter Brook's "King Lear". He narrated the documentaries: "London" and "Robinson in Space" and voiced the part of Akira Kurosawa in the documentary "Kurosawa". He died of leukemia March 19, in West Sussex, England. (NY Times)

     

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    Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) - Oscar-nominated screenwriter of "2001: A Space Odyssey". Best known as a science fiction author, he wrote the novel-turned-film "2010", and his novels Rendezvous with Rama and Childhood's End are also currently being adapted. See Richard's full post for details of his death.

     

    Hugo Claus (1929-2008) - Belgian filmmaker, novelist and playwright. He wrote the screenplay for the 1958 Oscar nominee Dorp Aaan De Rivier and his directorial work includes the Berlin Film Festival nominee Vrijdag and an adaptation of his play De Verlossing. He died March 19 in Antwerp, Belgium. (BBC)

     

    Ivan Dixon (1931-2008) - Actor and director who appears in Otto Preminger's adaptation of "Porgy and Bess". He later directed his own version of the play for television. He also appears in the 1961 adaptation of "A Raisin in the Sun" and in :A Patch of Blue", both starring his Porgy co-star Sidney Poitier, for whom he also doubled in "The Defiant Ones". He was best known for his regular role on TV's "Hogan's Heroes"; he appears in "Car Wash" and he directed "Trouble Man" and "The Spook Who Sat By the Door", which he also produced. He died of a hemorrhage March 16, in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Variety)

     

    Philip Jones Griffith (1936-2008) - Photojournalist famous for shots he took during the Vietnam War. He also took still photos for the production of "The Deer Hunter". He died of cancer March 18, in London. (International Herald Tribune)

     

    William Hayward (c.1942-2008) - Associate producer of "Easy Rider". He also produced Peter Fonda's films: "The Hired Hand", "Wanda Nevada" and "Idaho Transer" and Michelle Manning's "Blue City". His father was Oscar-nominated and Tony-winning producer Leland Hayward (Mister Roberts); his mother was Oscar-nominated actress Margaret Sullivan (Three Comrades); and his sister is actress Brooke Hayward, who was formerly married to Dennis Hopper. He shot himself in the heart with a handgun March 9, in Castaic, California. (Variety)

     

    Raymond Leblanc (1915-2008) - Belgian publisher of Tintin graphic novels, via the company he founded, Lombard. He also produced the 1969 animated adaptation of Tintin and the Temple of the Sun and then executive produced and directed 1972's Tintin and the Lake of Sharks. He produced two animated Ast?rix movies, "Ast?rix the Gaul" and "Ast?rix and Cleopatra", and a fantasy film from the creators of Ast?rix, titled Les Gaspards (U.S. title: The Down-in-the-Hole Gang), as well as another comic adaptation titled Daisy Town, and a live-action/animation mixed adaptation of Gulliver's Travels, starring Richard Harris in the title role. He died March 22. (Comic Mix)

     

    Israel "Cachao" L?pez (1918-2008) - Cuban musician credited as creator of the mambo. He can be seen in the documentaries: "Calle 54", "Cachao" ... "Como Su Ritmo No Hay Dos" and the recently completed "Celia: The Queen". He died after complications from kidney failure March 22, in Coral Gables, Florida. (Telegraph)

     

    Arthur Lyons (c.1946-2008) - Author of the novel Castles Burning, which became the 1986 TV movie "Slow Burn" starring Johnny Depp and Eric Roberts. He also founded the Palm Springs Film Noir Film Festival. He died of complications from pneumonia and a stroke March 21. (KESQ)

     

    Wildred R. Middlebrooks (1933-2008) - Bass player who backed Ella Fitzgerald. He also appears in Martin Scorsese's "New York, New York" as the bass player in the Palm Club. He died of heart failure March 13, in Pasadena, California. (LA Times)

     

    Anthony Minghella (1954-2008) - Oscar-winning director of "The English Patient". He also received an Oscar nomination for that film's screenplay and later for writing the script to his film "The Talented Mr. Ripley". He also wrote and directed "Truly Madly Deeply", "Cold Mountain", "Breaking and Entering" and the upcoming "The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency".

     

    Thanks

    Cinematical

    Posted Mar 24th 2008

    By Christopher Campbell

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