MOVIE SCENE
Old musicals on big screen
Advertiser Staff
There was a time when Hollywood really was a dream factory, when studios churned out big, beautiful musicals with sumptuous sets, award-winning music and beloved movie stars - just the ticket to escape your everyday woes.
Get the full effect on the big screen at the Doris Duke Theatre, Honolulu Academy of Arts, which hosts the film series "Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance: Classic American Movie Musicals" beginning Sunday. Tickets are $7 general; $6 seniors, students and military; $5 museum members; $3 for kids 11 and younger.
The films:
Vintage-film fans know the name Busby Berkeley means glittery, over-the-top extravaganzas, and "The Gang's" is no exception. Alice Faye stars as a wartime chorus girl whose soldier-boy boyfriend seems to be engaged to another. Carmen Miranda is a scene stealer in "The Lady in the Tutti-Frutti Hat." All in color-saturated Technicolor.
The theater also is having a costume contest at the 7:30 p.m. Sunday screening for all you diva types - Carmen, Ethel, you know who you are. The winner receives four free passes to the theater. Info: 532-3033.
1 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, 7:30 p.m. Monday, 1 and 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday
America's sweetheart Judy Garland is showcased in a tale about the domestic turmoil of a turn-of-the-20th-century family as it prepares to move from beloved St. Louis to New York City. Garland's "The Trolley Song" and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" are among the enduring highlights.
1 and 7:30 p.m. Thursday, 1 p.m. Aug. 1, 1 and 7:30 p.m. Aug. 2-3
Love story, ballet, Academy Award winner. Gene Kelly stars as a struggling artist in Paris who is favored by a rich, controlling divorcee; he falls in love with the winsome Leslie Caron. Winner of best picture, screenplay, score, cinematography, art direction, set design and choreography.
7:30 p.m. Aug. 4, 1 and 7:30 p.m. Aug. 5-7
This classic musical comedy featured the dream cast of Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Donald O'Connor in a tale about the movies turning from the silent era to talkies. Kelly is a movie star who falls for Reynolds and away from the clutches of his frequent co-star, the vapid Lina Lamont (Jean Hagen).
1 and 7:30 p.m. Aug. 8 and 10, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 11, 1 and 7:30 p.m. Aug. 12
Street gangs The Jets and The Sharks square off in dramatic form in this drama that updates Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet." Natalie Wood and Richard Beymer fall in love despite family and cultural obstacles. Among the hit songs are "Tonight," "America," "Maria" and "I Feel Pretty." Winner of 10 Oscars, including best picture.
1 and 7:30 p.m. Aug. 13-15, 1 p.m. Aug. 16
