With film programs like The Cinefamily and the American Cinemathque, Angelenos have regular chances to check out screenings of older movies on the big screens. But the Los Angeles Conservancy's own film program
Last Remaining Seats is something more special and unique: allowing audiences to watch older movies in big, beautiful theaters, the types of venues these movies were originally for.
It's been 25 years since the Conservancy began doing these screenings, as "a way draw attention to the historic movie palaces of downtown Los Angeles, many of which were underused and in need of restoration." Today, these theaters include the Los Angeles Theatre, Million Dollar Theater, Orpheum Theatre and Palace Theatre, all wonderful marvels of dramatic and historical architecture. They're really something to see in person.
And Last Remaining Seats, happening Wednesdays from May 25-June 29, is offering a great
lineup of films, too: from
Rear Window to
The Music Man to
Sunset Boulevard.
Tickets are $20 each, and go on sale on Wednesday, April 13 at 10am. That is, unless you're a
Los Angeles Conservancy member, which means you can buy tickets now for $16 each, and be donating to a great Los Angeles cause.
Find out more info here.
-- Chau Tu
Photo credit: Los Angeles Conservancy/Ed Fuentes
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