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This weekend the Grand Illusion (167 Republican St.) in Seattle will honor the late, great Robert Duvall. On Saturday at 11 a.m. they’ll show 1983’s “Tender Mercies,” while on Sunday at 7 p.m., they’ll show his underrated 1997 film “The Apostle.”
For details, visit grandillusioncinema.org
It’s March 6, 1910, in Spokane, and the Washington Theatre is showing some unidentified motion pictures as part of a vaudeville bill. And one of the acts is L.A. Street, billed as "Europe's cleverest rubber ball manipulator."
Street was a juggler, most likely, but that’s quite a title...
For a newsreel cameraman, great shots paid the bills. But some came with risk.
When a Seattle newsreeler was shooting a cliff demolition in 1927 the unexpected happened, and he paid dearly.
A tragedy on the Columbia…now playing, at Northwest Picture Show.
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On March 3, 1923, actress Nell Shipman appears at Seattle’s Blue Mouse Theatre to promote her film “The Grub Stake.” The visit included a promotion that had Seattleites combing the city looking for a mysterious man who gave away gold coins those identifying him.
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Yes, since you asked, I AM talking to you…
On Wed., March 4th, SIFF Cinema Uptown (511 Queen Anne Ave. North in Seattle) will host a 50th anniversary screening of Martin Scorsese's “Taxi Driver,” starring Robert De Niro.
For ticket info, visit: www.siff.net/programs-and...
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On March 2, 1902, actor Henry B. Walthall – later a D.W. Griffith stalwart – plays the Seattle Theatre in the stage play “Monte Cristo.” Walthall played his week at the Seattle, but when the company came back a few weeks later, he was no longer with the troupe, having been sacked.
On March 1, 1928, the Seattle Theatre (today known as the Paramount) debuts to the public, with a show headlined by the Bebe Daniels feature "Feel My Pulse."
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On Mon., March 2nd, the Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver, B.C. (601 Smithe St.) will screen “It.” This 1927 feature stars Clara Bow as a shop girl who’s determined to catch the eye of the store’s wealthy (and eligible) young owner.
For ticket info, visit: vancouvercivictheatres.com/events/vct-s...
It’s Feb. 27, 1924, in Seattle, and the Market Theatre at 1413 First Avenue is showing a return engagement of Harold Lloyd’s “Grandma’s Boy.” Lloyd stars as a timid young man whose grandmother helps him overcome fear by giving him a lucky talisman that bestows courage on its owner.
On Feb. 26, 1917, future screen comedian Harry Langdon arrives at Seattle’s Pantages Theatre, at the corner of 3rd and University, to perform his popular vaudeville sketch “Johnny’s New Car, which satirized America’s newfound love for the automobile.
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Olympia’s Joseph Chilberg was a businessman, politician, weather prognosticator, Socialist…and one of Washington’s first movie exhibitors. But maybe not a good one.
Chilberg had seen the future. He just couldn't stay focused…now playing, at Northwest Picture Show.
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On Feb. 24, 1907, Nell Shipman makes her professional stage debut at Seattle’s Grand Opera House, supporting Paul Gilmore in “At Yale.”
Maybe.
Shipman was hired to replace another cast member, but she's not in the program nor mentioned in newspaper accounts.
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On Wed., Feb. 25th, the SIFF Cinema Uptown (511 Queen Anne Ave N.) in Seattle will show Martin Scorsese's "Mean Streets,” starring Harvey Keitel and Robert DeNiro, about a young man torn between his faith and his everyday reality.
Ticket info can be found at www.siff.net/programs-and...
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105 years ago today, the Bluebird Theatre in Bremerton, WA opens for business.
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On Tues., Feb. 24th, the SIFF Center at 167 Republican in Seattle will screen Robert Altman’s 1971 western “McCabe & Mrs. Miller.” Set in the fictional town of Presbyterian Church, WA, the film starts Warren Beatty and Julie Christie.
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It’s Feb 20, 1913, in Tacoma, WA, and the Palace Theatre is showing “Finer Things,” starring J. Warren Kerrigan. It follows an ailing Wall Street tycoon who "recuperates" by becoming a farm laborer in the West. (Bringing his personal butler out to the ranch was also a help, I would imagine.)
This Sunday, at 1 p.m., Bellingham's Pickford Film Center (1318 Bay St.) is showing “Top Hat,” starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. It's a 1935 musical comedy featuring some of the pair’s most iconic song and dance numbers. Screening and ticket info can be found at www.pickfordfilmcenter.org
On Feb. 7 and 8, 1913, Seattle filmmaker Beverly B. Dobbs showed his documentary “Atop of the World in Motion” at Carnegie Hall, a film that had been Dobbs' obsession for a decade.
Seattle (and Alaska) on the world stage…now playing, at Northwest Picture Show.
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On Feb. 15, 1909, Northwest native and future actor/writer/director Nell Shipman plays Seattle’s Pantages Theatre in the vaudeville playlet “According to the Code.” The bill supported the venue’s main attraction, famed boxers John L. Sullivan and Jake Kilrain.
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On Feb. 15, 1906, future Hollywood director D.W. Griffith (performing as “Lawrence” Griffith) plays the Grand Opera House in Seattle supporting actress Nance O’Neil in a series of four plays over three days, including William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth.”
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On Feb. 15, 1920, a new and improved version of the Folly Theatre opens to the public.
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On Feb. 14, 1901, future film comedian John Bunny comes to the Seattle Theatre in the massive William A. Brady stage production of “Way Down East.” Not only does Bunny essay the role of Seth Holcomb, but also serves as stage manager for the production.
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On Feb. 14, 1910, future Hollywood actor/director James Cruze comes to Seattle’s Orpheum Theatre in a one-act vaudeville playlet called “On Stony Ground.” Cruze’s only known stage appearance in the Northwest, he plays a vaudeville bill that also featured future screen comedienne Polly Moran.
It’s Feb 14, 1920, in Olympia, WA, and the Ray Theatre is showing Tom Mix in “The Speed Maniac.” It's a typical Mix western that manages to incorporate auto racing AND boxing – because it’s important to hit every genre at once. The film is playing with the Mack Sennett comedy “A Ladies’ Tailor.”
On Feb. 11, 1927, a newly-remodeled Venetian Theatre – which opened to the public just three months earlier – makes “debut number two” in Seattle.
www.historylink.org/File/7581
In 1919 Pathé released “The World Aflame,” based on the Seattle General Strike. This movie had it all: Anarchy! Bolsheviks! Mobs! Kidnappings!
Did any of that really occur? Nope.
A ferocious (and make-believe) Seattle…now playing, at Northwest Picture Show.
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Beginning Feb. 13th, SIFF will hold its Noir City Seattle program – now in its 18th year! The program runs for 6 days at SIFF Cinema Downtown (2100 Fourth Avenue) and celebrates the big and small films of the film noir genre.
Program information can be found at www.siff.net/programs-and...
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On February 10, 1909, the Palace Theatre in Vancouver, WA opens for business.
www.historylink.org/File/5040
On Thursday, Feb. 12th, the Kiggins Theatre in Vancouver, WA, will show the 1925 film “A Woman of the World” using the music of Pearl Jam as a soundtrack. Watch as a visiting French countess scandalizes an entire midwestern town.
Find screening details at www.kigginstheatre.com.
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On Feb. 9, 1929, silent screen actress Anita Stewart plays the Seattle Theatre in the vaudeville sketch “Oh, Teacher,” with a supporting cast that includes Ray Bolger, later the Scarecrow in “The Wizard of Oz.” The live acts support the feature film “The Canary Murder Case" starring William Powell.