Emulsion Compulsion curates SDMA’s SCREEN ON THE GREEN
July 30th, 2008 by Scott Marks
Let’s Get Together!
For the second year in a row, the San Diego Museum of Art was gracious enough to ask me to curate their annual Screen on the Green series.
Five weeks out of the year, SDMA transforms Balboa Park into a gorgeous outdoor theatre. Admission is free (San Diegans love free), so even though all of the movies are older, most are even in primitive black and white, we manage to attract a huge crowd. If you are planning on attending, I suggest you get their early with your lawn chairs, blankets and picnic baskets in tow.
All of the films are family friendly (sadly, no Russ Meyer) and if I do say so myself, this year’s lineup offers a great escape for the next five Thursday evenings. The schedule is as follows:
July 31 Ernst Lubitsch’s The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
August 7 Billy Wilder’s Sabrina (1954)
August 14 David Swift’s The Parent Trap (1961)
August 21 Sing along with George Sidney’s Bye, Bye Birdie (1963)
August 28 Peter Bogdanovich’s Paper Moon (1973)
As is my habit, each feature will begin with a vintage cartoon. Screen on the Green: Summer Movies at Balboa Park plays every Thursday at 8 pm through August 28. The screening is located on the East Lawn, near the Botanical Building and Casa del Prado. For more info, call 619-232-7931 or visit the SDMA website.
Screen on the Green is brought to you through the generous support of Phil and Lyn Gildred. Hope to see you all there!
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Sighhhhhhhhhh… Wish I could be there August 21 to see the delectable Ms. Ann-Margret dancing her little t–tsies on the big screen! And if that ain’t enough, how ’bout that Janet Leigh???
Still not enough? If Maureen Stapleton really, REALLY floats your boat…
I’m in it for Ed Solomon, the name his future wife told her parents to make them think their future son-in-law was Jewish.