L.A. Conservancy Unveils This Year's Last Remaining Seats Roster

Los Angeles Theatre, photo courtesy Berger/Conser Photography

For those of us who attend the L.A. Conservancy's "Last Remaining Seats" festival for the grand old movie palaces, this year's gonna be a good one. For those of you who attend to check out the classic movies, this year's gonna be a good one too.

The Los Angeles, Million Dollar and Orpheum theaters have all been booked -- and this year, you'll have a chance to check out quite a cool range of films. Here's the release:

LOS ANGELES CONSERVANCY ANNOUNCES 2008 SEASON OF LAST REMAINING SEATS

Classic Film and Live Entertainment in the Historic Theatres of Los Angeles Wednesdays at 8 p.m., May 28 – July 2, 2008

LOS ANGELES, March 13 -- The Los Angeles Conservancy has announced the 22nd annual season of its signature series Last Remaining Seats, which presents classic films as they were meant to be seen: on the big screen, in movie palaces, surrounded by fellow fans. What began in 1987 as a way to raise awareness of Los Angeles' neglected historic theatres is now a summer tradition, bringing the glamour of Hollywood's Golden Age to thousands of Angelenos.

The 2008 season runs Wednesdays at 8 p.m. from May 28 through July 2 in downtown Los Angeles' Broadway Historic Theatre District. The lineup includes:

-- May 28: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), starring Marilyn Monroe, at the spectacular Los Angeles Theatre (1931)
-- June 4: Mildred Pierce (1945), starring Joan Crawford, at the recently renovated Million Dollar Theatre (1918)
-- June 11: Goldfinger (1964), with Sean Connery as James Bond, at the beautifully restored Orpheum Theatre (1926)
-- June 18: Young Frankenstein (1974), the Mel Brooks comedy starring Gene Wilder, at the Los Angeles Theatre
-- June 25: El rey del barrio (King of the Neighborhood) (1950, in Spanish with English subtitles) at the Million Dollar Theatre, co-presented by the Latin American Cinemateca of Los Angeles
-- July 2: Masters of silent comedy at the Orpheum Theatre, featuring Buster Keaton in The Navigator (1924), plus short films by Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd

See you there!