Happy Thanksgiving From "At The Matinee"!

1941 MGM Trade ad for Shadow of The Thin Man,
encouraging theaters to book the fourth installment
for Thanksgiving weekend.

At The Matinee wishes everyone out there a happy, safe, and healthy Thanksgiving!  In addition to watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, there'e one other "special event" that will take place on Thanksgiving day...

MST3K "TURKEY DAY MARATHON" 2014: Thanksgiving wouldn't be complete without the Mystery Science Theater 3000 "Turkey Day" marathon! Presented by Shout! Factory (along with special "Turkey Day" introductions by series creator and original host Joel Hodgson), six episodes of the cult series will be streamed on the official MST3K YouTube channel, starting at Noon (EST)/9 AM (PST).

To all readers, have a happy, joyful (and safe) Thanksgiving weekend.  At The Matinee will be back in December with extensive features on classic/cult/contemporary Holiday films.

Frederick's cinemas bid "Humbug" to two classics for the holiday season

Trade ads for A Christmas Carol (1938) and Christmas In Connecticut (1945).
Yet once again, Frederick's cinema venues are missing out on
special double feature revival screenings of these holiday classics.

Turner Classic Movies, Warner Bros., and NCM Fathom Events will present two holiday classics on the big screen for one day only- the 1938 MGM adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol (with Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, and Kathleen Lockhart), and the 1945 holiday comedy Christmas in Connecticut (with Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet, and S.Z. Sakall).  The double feature screening will have a filmed introduction by TCM weekend host Ben Mankiewicz, and will be shown in theaters on December 7th at 2:00 PM and 7:00 PM EST.  This is being done not only for the holiday season, but to promote Warners' new Blu-Ray releases of A Christmas Carol and Christmas In Connecticut (from new High-Definition transfers).

According to the theater roster for the special one-day cinematic event (via Fathom Events' website), cinemas in the Frederick area are not participating in this special revival screening.  Neither the area's sixteen-plex eyesore (Regal Cinemas), nor Frederick's iconic twinplex (MDL Holiday Cinemas)*, nor Frederick's "crown jewel" (The Weinberg Center For The Arts)* are participating in this classic Holiday film event.

In my view, I think that the Frederick area shouldn't miss out on this special "double feature" revival screening event of two holiday classics.  Both films (A Christmas Carol and Christmas In Connecticut) should be shown the way they were meant to be seen, on the big screen (in the Frederick area).

*NOTE: MDL Holiday Cinemas and The Weinberg Center For The Arts may not be able to show the one-day double feature revival screening of A Christmas Carol and Christmas In Connecticut due to licensing costs and/or availability of the NCM Fathom system.  It would be nice if the Frederick area had a "revival house" (or repertory) cinema venue.

If anyone from Hood College's Campus Activities Board (CAB) is reading At The Matinee, you could obtain the nontheatrical rights to one of the two classic films for possible screenings during the holiday season.  You could add some life to your "blockbuster movie showcase" series by offering revival screenings of classic films!  Just a suggestion.

November 4th: Today is Mid-Term Election Day

DID YOU VOTE TODAY?

Today is mid-term Election Day throughout the nation.  Again, don't stay home on election day.  Get out to your local polling place and vote.  Every vote counts (regardless of one's political preference or beliefs).  Don't forget to vote today!  

A Public Service Message from At The Matinee.