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[Tikievents] Los Angeles Tiki movie night,King Kukulele & Friki Tikis
- Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 00:18:36 -0700
- From: Otto <otto@tikinews.com>
- Subject: [Tikievents] Los Angeles Tiki movie night,King Kukulele & Friki Tikis
Title: Los Angeles Tiki movie night, King Kukulele &
Friki Tikis
The American Cinematheque is hosting a film series entitled
"Enchanted Tiki Luau Blowout" July 25-26 at the Egyptian
Theatre in Hollywood, CA.
Egyptian Theatre
6712 Hollywood Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90028
Advance tickets can be purchased on
www.fandango.com or at the theatres
on the nights of the shows.
Enchanted Tiki Luau
Blow-Out
We'll be showing old-school island
adventure pics FAIR WIND TO JAVA, ALOMA OF THE SOUTH SEAS
and HER JUNGLE LOVE (all in gorgeously saturated color) will
screen along with artist Kevin Kidney's collection of rare,
island-themed TV surprises. Join us in the Egyptian's Courtyard for a
Royal Southern California-style Luau with exotic musical entertainment
from King Kukelele and his Friki Tikis
and the Polynesian Paradise Dancers. There will also be Tiki vendors
in the courtyard on Saturday from 1:00 PM until we shut it
down.
Friday, July 25 - 7:30 PM
Tiki Double
Feature:
FAIR WIND TO JAVA, 1953, Paramount, 92
min. Dir. Joseph Kane. Fred MacMurray, captain of a late
19th-century ship in the East Indies, makes like an early Indiana
Jones searching for a sunken vessel laden with a fortune in diamonds.
But he has to keep looking over his shoulder when cunning,
bloodthirsty pirates, an angry volcano and last, but not least, a
smitten native girl (Vera Ralston) start to gum up the works.
Gorgeous color adventure antics in true Republic Pictures style.
Preserved by UCLA with funds from the Film Foundation. More on this Movie!
NOT ON DVD
ALOMA OF THE SOUTH SEAS, 1941,
Universal, 71 min. Dir. Alfred Santell. As a boy, native Jon
Hall is sent to be educated in England. But he returns to his
island home to stop a revolution and promptly falls into the arms of
first love Dorothy Lamour. Although shot on Paramount backlots,
the color cinematography was nominated for an Oscar, as were the
special effects - a spectacular earthquake and erupting volcano put
an exclamation point on the climactic finale. A kitschy remake of the
silent classic. NOT ON
DVD
Saturday, July 26 - 5:00
PM
LUAU DINNER Join us in the Egyptian
Courtyard for a Royal Southern California-style Luau with live music
from King Kukelele and his Friki Tikis, the Polynesian Paradise
Dancers, vendors and a bountiful island-themed dinner.
On Saturday, July 26th you have 3 ticket
options:
1) Movie Program Only (valid for 7:30 PM
film on 7/26 only, regular film prices); 2) Luau Dinner Only: $22; 3)
Movie Program, plus Luau: General: $29; Senior/Student: $27;
Cinematheque Member: $26. *50 dinners will be sold at the door.
To guarantee a dinner ticket please purchase in
advance.
*50 dinners will be sold at the door. To
guarantee a dinner ticket please purchase in
advance.
Saturday, July 26 - 7:30
PM
Tiki Clip Show and
Film
"Tiki on TV" Approx. 30 min.
Watch seldom-seen Tiki TV classics presented by Los Angeles artist
Kevin Kidney. Just as mainland Tiki restaurants and watering holes
perfected the artifice of exotic environments, Hollywood's hills and
backlots masqueraded as the island tropics for television viewers of
the '50s and '60s. Filled with clip highlights from the shows
themselves, Kevin's program will include never-before-seen images and
fascinating ephemera -- and explore how these programs influenced
other areas of midcentury American culture, from nightlife to
travel.
HER JUNGLE LOVE, 1938, Universal, 81
min. Dir. George Archainbaud. Aviator Ray Milland and
partner Lynne Overman are searching for a missing plane when
they're marooned on what seems like a deserted island. Deserted --
except for the lovely Dorothy Lamour, who is a goddess to the
natives of the adjoining isles and is soon being romanced by hero
Milland. Neighboring native chief J. Carroll Naish hates white
men and soon slots our heroes for sacrifice to crocodiles. But villain
Naish doesn't count on having to deal with the obligatory erupting
volcano. Supremely entertaining, in sumptuous color. More on this movie! NOT ON DVD
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
and check out this article about Los Angeles area Tiki
food:
http://losangeles.metromix.com/restaurants/article/getting-freaky-with-tiki/483116/content
--
Otto von Stroheim
http://www.tikioasis.com
http://www.myspace.com/tikioasis_sandiego