Thanks for sharing Susan. I found some photos of posters at the Stanford Theatre: (the 6 sheet Evan mentioned): http://www.flickr.com/photos/34636...@n08/3221539058/
Others: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jlin45d/1306264075/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/jlin45d/1307124068/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/jlin45d/1307129448/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/jlin45d/1306255717/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/34636...@n08/3220690453/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bwchicago/2771064423/ Steve E (50s) --- On Fri, 9/4/10, Evan Zweifel <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Evan Zweifel <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MOPO] The Stanford Theater in Palo Alto > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, 9 April, 2010, 0:39 > Terrific story. Whenever I am > in the area, I always try to see a show there. I was > in town (amazingly to tour Stanford with MY daughter) > recently and they were in the middle of a 6 week Kurosawa > festival. I took in "Throne of Blood". We sat in > the balcony and watched the organist play the wurlitzer > between shows. Truly amazing place. It really > feels like you are experiencing movies as they were > experienced back in the day. > > My favorite poster there is the 6-sheet to "Only Angels > Have Wings" -- but the rest of collection is worth the > trip. > > If you do go, be sure to see a double feature! > > Evan > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Susan Heim" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, April 8, 2010 3:46:06 PM GMT -07:00 > US/Canada Mountain > Subject: [MOPO] The Stanford Theater in Palo Alto > > Hello all, > > I have just returned from Palo Alto, California where I > was touring Stanford University with my younger daughter. > The area is just beautiful and, while driving around in the > rain, I came across a movie theater called The Stanford. The > downtown area of Palo Alto is a very quaint little village. > As I was driving down University Avenue, I spotted a big > window with a 3 sheet of Bandwagon facing out and next to it > a huge movie marquis with neon lighting. I made a U-turn at > the corner and came back, found a parking place and went up > to the theater door. It was mid-day on Sunday, raining and > the door was locked. The film on the marquis was Mr. Smith > Goes to Washington and Come Live with Me. Wow!! A double > feature!!. This little annex next to the theater where the > Bandwagon 3 sheet was hanging in the window was very > intriguing, so I looked through the window and saw walls > filled with one sheets, foreign posters, all framed up and > looking wonderful. I went back to the front of the! > theater and saw a man going to open a door I hadn't > tried and went right in, so I followed. > > I wound up speaking to a couple of very nice people > that explained that they only show vintage films. The > theater was restored several years ago and a foundation pays > for the theater to operate and they don't show any "current" > movies, only vintage films. The owner of the theater is > David Packard of Hewlett Packard Computers. In addition to > the theater, they have a gallery that had dozens of > original movie posters framed up including those Golddiggers > of 1933 door posters that were sold at Heritage a couple of > years ago. They hang on either side of the entrance as you > enter the gallery. They are stunning in person. On one wall, > the currently have all the Fred/Ginger one sheets. As you > walk down a ramp into the gallery, the walls are lined with > inserts of Shirley Temple's early films. They was a Prisoner > of Zenda on one wall. They were currently "swapping" out a > Breakfast at Tiffanys for some other poster of an upcoming > film. > > They had a wooden display case filled with memorabilia > and newspaper articles about the theater. The theater was > two story with a winding staircase to the upper floor whose > walls were also adorned with beautifully framed movie > posters. Needless to say, I was in heaven. I would move > there if I could one retire and two, had the money. We saw > a little 3 bedroom, 2 bath cottage just off the street where > the theater was and it was on the market for $2.4 million > dollars. > > You can find out more info about the theater at > www.stanfordtheater.org . I'm just wondering if some of our > members that live in northern California know about this > wonderful theater. I'm so glad that there are still people > out there that love old movies and have the resources to > keep something like this theater alive and functioning for > the rest of us. It is truly a gift, as you can imagine, they > don't make money. It's truly a labor of love. Thank you, Mr. > Packard, wherever you are!! > > > Sue > www.hollywoodposterframes.com > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message > addressed to: [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author > of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo > Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to > UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > > > Send a message addressed > to: [email protected] > In the BODY of > your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > > > The author of this message is solely > responsible for its content. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
