The ceremony is over but the “Four Screens, Four Eras” movies are showing one more time each this evening, and you still have time to get to the Admiral Theater (2343 California SW) to enjoy one of them if you’re not there already. We’ll have photos and video from the festivities later, but above – that’s Southwest Seattle Historical Society executive director Clay Eals with one of the theater’s historic mural appliques, subject of an upcoming restoration campaign – if you go to one of the special screenings tonight, you’ll hear about that too.
Next showtimes tonight, from the full preview on the SWSHS website:
ERA ONE, the Portola Theaterâs opening in 1919: A slate of classic silent films: Charlie Chaplinâs war parody âShoulder Armsâ (1918), plus three shorts, Harold Lloydâs âThe Marathonâ (1919) and Buster Keatonâs âOne Weekâ (1920) and âCopsâ (1922). âShoulder Armsâ played the Portola Theater in August 1927. Second showtime 8:40 pm
ERA TWO, the Admiral Theaterâs opening on Jan. 22, 1942: The Humphrey Bogart detective story âThe Maltese Falconâ (1941), which played the Admiral Theater six weeks after it opened in 1942. Second showtime 8:50 pm
ERA THREE, the Admiralâs twinning in spring 1973: The nostalgic comedy âAmerican Graffitiâ (1973), which played the Admiral Theater in August 1974. Second showtime 9 pm
ERA FOUR, the renovation of the Admiral to four screens in fall 2016: The new Disney fantasy âBeauty and the Beastâ (2017), which is slated to open at the Admiral on the previous Friday, March 17. Second showtime 9:10 pm
More to come in report #2!
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