![]() ![]() I would like to see it in full swing and would happily try it again if this were the case, but for now I can only confess to being deeply disappointed. Perhaps we just got the right place on the wrong night, twice. Thinking that Tuesday was perhaps just a quiet night, or that maybe we were just there too early for people coming out of clubs, I went back the next night slightly later this time even after knocking for almost ten minutes no one came up to let me in. So we sat and drank our beers in silence, slightly awkwardly. I asked why we couldn’t play music, explaining that I was a professional musician, and still he refused. We ordered beer, which was reasonably priced, and I reached for a guitar before being scolded by the staff member. We went down the stairs to find the place completely empty, with another staff member sleeping down a closed off corridor. After knocking for about five minutes, someone came and opened the door sleepily to let us in. Although this should be the perfect time according to the locals we asked, the building seemed abandoned when we arrived. We did not end up leaving the hostel until late anyway. It sounded like a lot of fun and like the perfect place for a nocturnal and spontaneous troubadour to spend some time. A place where locals all go for the afterparty and stay all night until the morning. Tonight The Grim Game starring Harry Houdini will be shown at the Sierra Madre Playhouse to a sold out crowd Not to worry, you have another opportunity. A popular twenty four hour jazz bar with musical instruments hanging on the walls that people regularly jam to. New artistic director of Sierra Madre Playhouse Christian Lebano is busy as director rehearsing 4000 Miles for its opening at Sierra Madre Playhouse September 26. My thanks to all.īelow are a few more pics for the evening.Ĭomposer Michael Mortilla and attendee Joe Notaro ( HHCE ).In theory, Pink Houdini sounded like the perfect place in Sarajevo. But that's what makes screenings like this one at the Sierra Madre Playhouse so special. It's a shame The Grim Game remains commercially unavailable because it really is the best representation of Houdini's film work. There were even compliments on Houdini's acting! (I also spotted something new in the movie, which I plan to share in an upcoming post.) ![]() Many marveled at how surprisingly well made it was. I was thrilled by how many audience members commented on just how much they enjoyed the movie as a movie (not just a novelty). ![]() The Houdini lobby posters were then raffled off. SMP’s mission is to foster an appreciation of live performance in people of all ages and backgrounds. After the screening there was a Q&A panel with some great questions from the audience. Sierra Madre Playhouse (SMP) is an award-winning 99-seat theater located in Sierra Madre, CA. Michael's music was once again masterful. He also provided the score for the original Bill McIlhany VHS release of The Master Mystery (which makes that version a must have). You may recall Michael provided music for last year's Silent Movie Benefit screening of Terror Island. Now, in the spirit of our mission to illuminate the diversity of the American experience, join us as we dig deeper with films that highlight unique. Almost a century later, the Gem of the Foothills is presenting the greatest films ever made. Then came the movie with live accompaniment on the piano by the gifted Michael Mortilla. The Sierra Madre Playhouse was once the Wistaria Theater, showing the best Hollywood had to offer. Playhouse artistic director Christian Lebano then revealed plans to launch a series of classic film events at the Sierra Madre Playhouse. Kevin Liebson of the Catalina Island Museum, who co-sponsored the event, spoke about the museum's upcoming Silent Movie Benefit. I came up first to introduce the movie and tell the story of its rediscovery and restoration. The instructions said to just put up the name of the movie, but Todd and I agreed that "HOUDINI" had to be up there as well!Įvery seat was filled and the evening kicked off at 8pm emceed by Playhouse president David Gordon. I arrived early for a run-through and had great fun "helping" (meaning I stood and watched) the Playhouse's technical director, Todd McCraw, put up the theater marquee. The Playhouse, which opened in 1923 as a silent movie theater called the "Wistaria Theater", was nicely decked out with Houdini posters. He's been dead 92 years, but that doesn't mean Houdini can't still pack a house! Friday's screening of The Grim Game at the Sierra Madre Playhouse in Sierra Madre, California, was sold out and a big success. ![]()
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