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• Movies in The Park • Saturday, July 29, 2023

This year, movies in the park will be at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 29, 2023, at Two Strike Park 5107 Rosemont Ave., La Crescenta, CA 91214.

Screen provided by Shane Glander and Elisabeth Zarate. Refreshments provided by the Crescenta Valley Historical Society (for a small donation). I will be assisted by Gary Gibson who will provide original glass lantern slide shows before the show and while I change reels. This will be done by using the original magic lantern attachment on the motion picture machine.   

The entire show will be hand cranked on a 1909 Power’s motion picture machine. All films will be new 35mm prints struck from original negatives by FotoKem Film and Video Laboratory, Burbank, California. A live keyboard player will accompany all films.

The show will feature the films of Laurel & Hardy, Charley Chase, Mack Sennett, Our Gang, and Harold Lloyd.   

Come see how original itinerant film shows were done over a hundred years ago. Bring your own chairs, blankets, food, and something to drink (or get refreshments from the Historical Society of the Crescenta Valley). The show is free and brought to you by the Historical Society of the Crescenta Valley and the Los Angeles County Parks Department. 

For more information please call: (818) 688-0311 or email: Friendsofrockhaven@gmail.com

 

 

Nosferatu Streaming live Oct. 28

Nosferatu will stream live this Friday Oct. 28 from the Famous Players Orchestra website,  fporchestra.org/events/   

It will also be going out simultaneously live on FPO’s facebook page as well as FPO’s YouTube channel. The website link will remain up through Nov. 7, 2022.

A lot of work has gone into getting this ready. Thank you Gary G, Joni and Stan for each of your contributions! I’ll now need all of you to help us promote this on your various social media. If anyone has access to other media platforms where we might also stream, let me know. I’ll need the platform’s “stream key” in order to make it work with our new streaming service. Let’s get the word out so we can have a successful $$$ fundraiser!

Thanks,

Scott Lasky

Famous Players Orchestra
“Reviving Remarkable Music”

“A Summer Evening of Silent Comedies” with Live Orchestra

June 9th, 2018 • 7:30 p.m.
Burbank, California
Famous Players Orchestra
presents
“A Summer Evening of Silent Comedies”

Featuring:

  • Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle in “Love” (1919)
  • Buster Keaton in “Cops” (1922)
  • Larry Semon and Stan Laurel in “Frauds and Frenzies” (1918)
  • Charles Chaplin in “Kid Auto Races” (1914)

Films screened in 35mm with hand-cranked projection by Joe Rinaudo. Featuring a period score performed live by The Famous Players Orchestra under the direction of Scott Lasky. Program introduced by film historian, Stan Taffel.

Sat Jun 9, 2018 
7:30 pm – 9:45 pm
Christ Lutheran Church
2400 Burbank Blvd
Burbank, CA 91506
 
 
Famous Players Orchestra is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization whose mission is dedicated to performing and recording the historic film music used by movie theater orchestras during the silent era. Please visit our website at www.fporchestra.org. Thank you for your support!