My New Years Eve:
I live 1 block from the Silent Movie Theater up here in Los Angeles, and my girl and I went to a double feature of "Manhandled' with Gloria Swanson and "Sherlock Jr." with Buster Keaton. The theater is the last silent movie house in the world. The owner is a young musician who probably makes very little money doing this (although, he seems to always pack the house.) We watched the films...enjoyed deserts of all sorts, listened to piano music from a man who used to play for the silent films back then! Man is he old...but still on his toes, and boy can he play. (BTW He was playing on a 1927 Steinway piano!) Rang in the new year with older people (and younger hipsters) who appreciate life, and know good art when they see it.
I live 1 block from the Silent Movie Theater up here in Los Angeles, and my girl and I went to a double feature of "Manhandled' with Gloria Swanson and "Sherlock Jr." with Buster Keaton. The theater is the last silent movie house in the world. The owner is a young musician who probably makes very little money doing this (although, he seems to always pack the house.) We watched the films...enjoyed deserts of all sorts, listened to piano music from a man who used to play for the silent films back then! Man is he old...but still on his toes, and boy can he play. (BTW He was playing on a 1927 Steinway piano!) Rang in the new year with older people (and younger hipsters) who appreciate life, and know good art when they see it.
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snow:
damn.....i wish i could have been there with you! the piano man.....ahhh. i love silent film. now i have to go to la simply for that theater.
spankenstein:
I would go to that theater every week, I love people who open business's for the Passion and love of the craft, what ever that be.