One of our favorite events all year, the L.A. Conservancy's Last Remaining Seats, kicks off this week with the film "Ninotchka" at the Orpheum Theatre on June 1.
Last Remaining Seats gives Angelenos a chance to visit inside some of L.A.'s once-grand movie palaces in the way they were intended: By watching a classic film. The event focuses particularly on the theaters on Broadway -- Maria and I are still in awe of the Los Angeles Theater, where we caught "An American In Paris" and "From Here to Eternity" two separate years.
This year, the theater pickings are slim: Four of the six "Last Remaining Seats" screenings are at the Orpheum, which is beautiful -- but is in regular operation, which kinda takes away from the thrill of the event (that is, seeing the insides of a normally shuttered theatre). Same with the June 8 movie, "To Have and Have Not," which will be screened at another theatre still in regular use, Glendale's Alex Theater.
Unfortunately, the one screening being held this year at a location normally closed to the public, "Cover Girl" at the Hollywood Pacific Theatre (June 15), is already sold out.
Also on this year's docket: "The Son of the Sheik" (June 22), "Rio, 40 graus (Rio, 40 Degrees)" (June 29) and "The Quiet Man" (July 6), all at the Orpheum.
If you haven't ever been to the Orpheum, you really do need to check it out. The recently restored theater boasts "polished brass doors, lush brocade drapery, silk wall panels, marble pilasters, and enormous chandeliers all contributing to an atmosphere reminiscent of the Paris Opera," the Conservancy notes.
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