Movies at Loew's Jersey

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Details at The Landmark Loew's Jersey Theater

[Kindelan]

TTT

[Soshin]

"Modern Times" is one of my all-time favorite movies so I'll definitely be going to this.  Anyone else interested?

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Yes he is. And according to IMDB, he was also an associate producer and assistant director on The Diary of Anne Frank.

[amy.elise]

thank you for posting this!

is the host, George Stevens Jr., the son of the George Stevens who directed the film?!

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The Landmark Loew's Jersey Theatre presents

3 Memorable Movies Presented In Memory of Bob Eberenz*

Friday, November 20 at 8PM

Monsieur Verdoux Starring Charlie Chaplin
Also starring Mady Correll, Isobel Elsom, Audrey Betz, Ada May, Martha Ray. Directed by Charlie Chaplin. (1947, 124 min, B&W)

Chaplin called this film his "cleverest and most brilliant", but he is certainly not the familiar Tramp in it. He plays a suave serial killer who makes his living marrying and murdering lonely rich women. Chaplin turned this shocking conceit into a black comedy that seems surprisingly modern to us today -- especially in its presentation of the hypocrisy of societies that condemn murder committed by individuals but glorify war.

A rare big screen revival.


Saturday, November 21 at 2PM

For Whom the Bell Tolls
Starring Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Akim Tamiroff, Katina Paxinou. Directed by Sam Wood. (1943, 157 min, Color)  

Based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway, "For Whom the Bell Tolls" is a romantic drama set against the turbulent tapestry of the Spanish Civil War.  Though downplaying the extreme ideological aspects of the war (which Hollywood found uncomfortable), the film is otherwise largely faithful to Hemingway's writing and boasts excellent performances, torrid love scenes, and first-rate Technicolor photography.

Screened in a restored, archival print from UCLA.


Saturday, November 21 at 7:30PM

Forbidden Planet
Starring Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen. Directed by Fred Wilcox. (1956, 98 min, Color, CinemaScope)



One of the most famous science fiction movies ever made. A pre-comedy Leslie Nielsen as a space traveler who discovers the planet where expatriate Earth-man Pidgeon has built a one-man empire with his daughter and Robby the Robot -- which became a sci-fi icon and progenitor of two decades of robots on both the big and small screens. Great special effects for the day, the film also boasted lavish use of the wide-screen CinemaScope and MGM's early form of stereo called Perspecta.

A rare chance to enjoy this CinemaScope masterpiece on the Loew's 50 foot W-I-D-E screen.
A VERY rare screening using  the ORIGINAL PERSPECTA SOUNDTRACK!

Click here for box office information

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*Robert Eberenz
Chief Technical Director of the Loew's, 1996–2008

Bob Eberenz was an Academy Award winning film and sound engineer who worked on the production of many movies, including "Monsieur Verdoux".  Additionally, Bob recorded concerts and performers for some of the greatest albums ever released -- including the Beatles at Shea Stadium -- and worked to design and install cutting-edge equipment for making and presenting movies.  Among his many accomplishments in this area, Bob re-built the White House theatre during the Carter Presidency, and was a lead engineer in the development of  MGM's "Perspecta Sound", an early form of stereo used in the making of "Forbidden Planet" as well as several hundred other films.  Bob was also a very active member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, where he worked to advance the techniques and the appreciation of the art of movie making.  Bob worked closely on various Academy projects with the daughter of Hollywood great Gary Cooper, who starred in "For Whom the Bell Tolls."

From 1996 until his passing in 2008, Bob was the Chief Technical Director of the Loew's Jersey.  When the Loew's was closed and readied for demolition in 1986, ALL of the Theatre's equipment for showing movies was either removed or destroyed.  In fact, the Projection Booth was left open to the elements and became a pigeon coop!  As a volunteer, Bob took on the Herculean task of completely rebuilding the Loew's capability to show movies.  What he did was to give the Loew's an archive-quality projection booth that allows us to screen the best prints available from studio vaults, archives and collectors.  Bob also did many other things to help restore the Loew's, including making the Theatre's organ and stage lifts work again, reviving the Theater's historic 1929 stage lighting system, and installing modern sound mixing equipment.

In truth, EVERY time a movie is shown at the Loew's, it is a tribute to Bob Eberenz's skill and dedication.  But Friends of the Loew's gratefully dedicates this particular series to Bob's memory.  We miss him greatly.

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Friends of the Loew's and Temple Beth-El of Jersey City present:

The Diary of Anne Frank

A Special Screening Commemorates 80th Anniversary of Anne Frank's Birth and the 50th Anniversary of the Motion Picture Dramatization

Starring Millie Perkins, Joseph Schildkraut, Shelley Winters.  Directed by George Stevens.

George Stevens (director of such Hollywood classics as "Shane", "Giant", and "The Greatest Story Ever Told"), with the blessing of Otto Frank (Anne's father and the only surviving member of the Frank family), directed this adaptation of the award-winning stage play based on Anne Frank's writings, "The Diary of a Young Girl."  In Nazi-occupied Amsterdam, 13-year-old Anne Frank, a German Jew, is forced into hiding in the annex of a building with her family and another family.  Struggling to survive while hiding and waiting, all the while hoping and praying for Holland to be liberated by the Allies, Anne's story details the terror of a life of persecution and reveals the inspiring courage of the human spirit in the face of adversity.  Shelley Winters received an Academy Award for her role, which she donated to the Anne Frank Museum in Amsterdam.

The screening will be hosted by George Stevens, Jr.

Box office info here

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Horror on the Big Screen

Fri, Oct 23, 2009  8:00 pm

Carrie
Starring Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving.  Directed by Brian De Palma. (1976, 98 mins., Color)

Shy, unpopular high school girl Carrie White can only take so much humiliation from her peers before she strikes back.  Stephen King’s unforgettable story, de Palma’s thrilling direction, and the lead’s moving and chilling performances make this one of the best of New Hollywood’s horror films.


Sat, Oct 24, 2009  4:00 pm

The Wolf Man
Starring Lon Chaney, Jr., Claude Rains, Bela Lugosi.  Directed by George Waggner. (1941, 70 mins. B&W)

Larry Talbot suffers the curse of the werewolf and is transformed into a killer by the light of the full moon in this tragic, atmospheric and spooky classic from Universal, one of the studio's last great monster movies.

Sat, Oct 24, 2009  7:30 pm

Rosemary's Baby
Starring Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon. Directed by Roman Polanski. (1968, 136 mins., Color)

Expectant young mother Rosemary begins to suspect a plot against her and her unborn child. In his first American film, Polanski deftly mingled the supernatural with the mundane to create incredible suspense and unforgettable horror without gore or gimmicks.  Polanski's groundbreaking film ushered in a new generation of horror films, rescuing the genre from B-picture status and setting the stage for later blockbusters such as "The Exorcist,""The Omen" and "Carrie."

Click here for box office information

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Come Celebrate the Landmark Loew’s Jersey’s 80th Year! Come and enjoy our celebration of the theatre’s 1929 opening year with three classic movies either set in or filmed during the “Roaring Twenties.”

Friday, October 2, 8:00pm: The Untouchables (1987)

Starring Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro, Charles Martin Smith, Andy Garcia. Directed by Brian De Palma. (119 mins.) Chicago of the Prohibition-era is convincingly recreated, and the classic Hollywood gangster picture is brilliantly re-imagined in this modern masterpiece. Connery won Best Supporting Oscar, but all five stars give unforgettable performances.

Sat. October 3 – 4:00pm: The Cocoanuts (1929)

Starring The Marx Brothers (Groucho, Harpo, Chico & Zeppo) and Margaret Dumont. Music by Irving Berlin. (96 mins.) This last great comedy of the 1920s was also The Marx Brothers’ first film. And it was the first great comedy of the talking picture era!

Sat. October 3 – 8:00pm Safety Last!* (1923)

Starring Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Bill Strothers, Noah Young. (78mins.) Silent, shown with LIVE ORGAN accompaniment by Ralph Ringstad, Jr. on the Loew’s Wonder Morton. One of the greatest comedies of the 1920s, Safety Last includes the iconic scene of Lloyd hanging from the hands of a clock high atop a building. Don’t miss this RARE chance to see it as it was meant to be enjoyed – on the BIG screen with live organ accompaniment.

*Special Admission Price for Safety Last: $7 adults; $5 students, children under 12 & seniors. Admission to this film will not be included in any combo pricing. Admission to The Untouchables and Cocoanuts will be at our normal prices of $6 for adults and $4 for students, children & seniors.

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Tonight at the Loew's:

7:30PM - Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

Starring Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Cassidy. Voices of Kathleen Turner (uncredited), Charles Fleischer, Lou Hirsch, Mel Blanc. Directed by Robert Zemeckis; Animation Directed by Richard Williams.
(1988, 103mins., Color)

Perhaps the greatest blending ever of live action and animation, the film makes it easy to believe that its cast of cartoon characters are just as real as its flesh-and-blood stars. The extraordinary animation and special effects are joined to a truly imaginative story that presupposes cartoon characters work for movie studios like other actors. It's also a clever send-up of 1940s detective procedurals and of the old Hollywood studios. Extra fun comes from spotting various classic animation "stars" who make cameo appearances amid the characters created just for this film. Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Special Visual Effects and a special award to Animation Director Williams.

[Olewnick]

It's about 2 hours long...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245429/

Really, some of the most beautifully conceived animation you'll ever see. Not the rock 'em-sock 'em Pixar style, though; far, far better.

[bdlaw]

I think I'll be going there tonight.  I've been stuck at home all week with a stomach virus.  Damn, I'm sick of it.

Same here except for the going anywhere tonight thing. 

What's this movie about?

[Olewnick]

Great movie. Several thousand times better than Disney flotsam.

[ChairWomanMay]

I think I'll be going there tonight.  I've been stuck at home all week with a stomach virus.  Damn, I'm sick of it.

[shahaggy]

and miss all the bands playing tonight? 

[Soshin]

I can't go but it is a great movie and well worth seeing

[jehu]

Lowes Theater in Journal Square is playing Spirited Away by Hayao Miyazaki Friday June 5th at 8pm. This film won the 2001 best animation oscar. Anyone interested in going to see it?

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Loew’s Jersey Theatre Presents:

Friday–Saturday, May 15-16, 2009   
       
Legendary Laughs

Friday, May 15, 8 PM

It Happened One Night
Starring Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly
Directed by Frank Capra
(1934, 105mins.)


Saturday, May 16, 6 PM

Dinner At Eight
Starring Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Jean Harlow, Lionel Barrymore
Directed by George Cukor, Produced by David O. Selznick
(1933, 113mins.)

Saturday, May 16, 8:30 PM

The General
Starring Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender, Jim Farley, Joseph Keaton
Directed by Buster Keaton & Clyde Bruckman
(1927, 74mins., B&W)

Musical accompaniment for this silent classic will be performed on the Loew's Wonder Morton Pipe Organ!
PLUS -- a classic Keaton short is also included in this special screening.

Note special admission price for this movie: $7 for adults / $5 for seniors, children and students w/ID

[Darna]

bump

[TheFang]

Oh wow, that looks awesome. I'm totally down for both.

[Darna]

The Lion in Winter is easily on my top five list.  The repartee between Hepburn and O'Toole is brilliant.  I luuurve this film!

[Soshin]

But what about http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087231/

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Loew’s Jersey Theatre Presents:

Friday–Saturday, April 24-25, 2009   
       
Special Guests Are Joining Us At The Movies!

Friday, April 24, 8:00PM

The Lion In Winter



Screened in the only known surviving 35mm print from the archive of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences

Hosted by Director Anthony Harvey


Saturday, April 25, 7:15pm

Journey To The Center Of The Earth



20th Century Fox's NEW Restoration Print!

Hosted by Actress Arlene Dahl

A pre-screening "Meet-and-Greet" reception with Ms. Dahl will begin at 5:45pm. A limited number of tickets will be avaiable for $20 (admission to the screening is included). Light refreshments will be served. For reservations, call (201) 798-6055.

Note special admission price for movies only: $7 for adults / $5 for seniors, children and students w/ID

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Loew’s Jersey Theatre Presents:

Friday–Saturday, March 27-28, 2009   
       
Chills In Springtime

Friday, March 27, 8:00PM

LAST-MINUTE SUBSTITUTION! (Due to a mix-up of film titles from the studio, we will be screening different title instead)

Isle Of The Dead (1945) 71 minutes
Starring Boris Karloff, Ellen Drew, Marc Cramer
Directed by Mark Robson
Produced by Val Lewton

FREE ADMISSION THIS NIGHT ONLY!

Saturday, March 28

6:00 PM
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) 104 minutes
Starring Gene Tierney, Rex Harrison, George Sanders, Edna Best
Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Screened in 20th Century Fox's Vault Print

8:30 PM
The Innocents (1961) 100 minutes
Starring Deborah Kerr, Michael Redgrave, Peter Wyngarde, Megs Jenkins, Pamela Franklin
Directed by Jack Clayton
Screened in 20th Century Fox's NEW Vault Print


The Loew's Jersey Film Admission Pricing
$6 - General Admission
$4 - Seniors & Children 12 and younger

Special Double Feature Pricing:
$8 - General Admission
$6 - Seniors & Children 12 and younger