Silent Movies News
Hollywood moguls see cinema's future in 3D (AFP via Yahoo! News) Three-dimensional films, once blamed for making audiences nauseous, are making a comeback and are likely to become the future of cinema thanks to digital technology, Hollywood studio moguls say.
‘Magic Lantern’ coming to McKinney (McKinney Courier-Gazette) MPAC will bring an authentic Victorian Christmas to downtown Christmas celebration. An authentic 19th century Christmas tradition will be in McKinney next month just in time for Christmas.
3D films make a comeback (iafrica.com) Three dimensional films, once blamed for making audiences nauseous, are making a comeback.
Turbo-Charged Ballerinas, Casual Beauties (Gay City News) Bernard Martin and Dominic Santia dance in Edouard Lock's "Amjad," presented by La La La Human Steps at the BAM Opera House. Edouard Lock's high-speed choreography seems to defy human capability.
Hollywood see cinema's future in 3D (Independent Online) Three-dimensional films, once blamed for making audiences nauseous, are making a comeback in Hollywood.
Hollywood moguls see cinema's future in 3D (TODAYonline) People are pictured through a 3-dimentional eyeware outside a cinema in Singapore, on November 19. 3D films, which previously caused headaches and nausea, are making a spectacular comeback and are likely to become the future of cinema, thanks to digital technology, Hollywood studio moguls say.
Historical society bellies up to Charlie's (Grayslake Review) "This is a shot and a beer bar," said Jim Davis, former owner of Charlie's, a Grayslake tavern to a customer who mistakenly ordered a frothy drink. "We don't have blender drinks here. You want blender drinks, go over to Tastee Freeze." This was just one of the stories about Charlie's shared last week when the Grayslake Historical Society held its monthly meeting at 255 Center Street.
Pickwick Theatre marks 80th birthday on Sunday (Edison-Norwood Times Review) Nov. 26, 1928: the beginning of "six wonderful, unforgettable days," declared the advertisement for the long-anticipated opening of Park Ridge's brand new Pickwick Theatre. Modern movie-goers can get a taste of those unforgettable days 80 years ago when the Pickwick shows "Lilac Time," the very first film shown in the theater.
Joan of Arc: alive in music and film (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune) With the silent film masterpiece "The Passion of Joan of Arc" projected overhead, Key Chorale will perform Richard Einhorn's contemporary oratorio, "Voices of Light," in a single performance Sunday afternoon.
Violet Fitch (Princeton Town Topics) Violet Fitch, 94, of Princeton and Meadow Lakes, Hightstown, died peacefully October 27 at the University Medical Center at Princeton after a brief illness.
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