The Alex Theatre (Glendale, CA)
The Alex Film Society presents one of the funniest comedies from the golden age of film: A Day at the Races starring the Marx Brothers. Groucho plays a horse doctor who is pretending to be a real doctor. He and his brothers attempt to help a young woman (Maureen O'Sullivan) keep her private sanitorium from foreclosure with the help of a misfit racehorse. A special raffle will be held, with prizes including tickets to the Santa Anita horse races.
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The last date listed for The Marx Brothers in A Day At The Races was Saturday April 10, 2010 / 8:00pm.
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Another awesone night at the Alex Theater. You can't do better than the Marx Brothers and "A Day at the Races." Featured guests included Groucho's pretty granddaughter and Gummo's grandson. Also speaking before the film was a 90 year old extra (who looks 50) who had sang and danced in the classic. Side note: he sat in front of me during the movie and gave commentary throughout the film...and I wasn't bothered at all! Happy for the insight. One more side note: the Alex staff is terrific...friendly and very serving. Final side note: for a couple bucks you can buy a raffle ticket: I won a day at Santa Anita and VIP valet parking. Giddy up!
"A Day at the Races" and the Alex Theatre -- a classic within a classic! Pre-show, the audience enjoyed a Chico-hatted pianist cheerfully performing music from various Marx Brothers movies. Then we were treated with live special guests, including Groucho's grand-daughter, Gummo's grandson, grandson of the actor who did the splits in the musical finale of the film, and Lenny Bluett, 91, who was in this 1937 movie as a fiddle player in two of the musical numbers. (The colorfully-dressed Mr. Bluett was very kind to pose with my husband and me for pictures.) The guests left the stage and next up were a newsreel from 1937 and a Bugs Bunny cartoon that featured a Marx Brothers cameo. We were already laughing when the main attraction, "A Day at the Races" began. OK, this movie is not as strong as, say, "A Night at the Opera," but it has its classic moments, my favorite probably being the hiularious "tootsie-fruitsie ice cream" scene. I've seen this movie many times on a small screen, but enjoyed it so much more on the big screen at the beautiful Alex Theatre.
It was a wonderful event. I attended the matinee with my Dad and we really enjoyed the man playing keyboards before the show, the Bugs Bunny cartoon, the 1937 World News reel, and the Marx Brothers movie. Really fun to see what nearby locations like Santa Anita Park looked like in 1937. The funny skits in the movie, the wonderful dancing and singing, all made for a memorable afternoon!
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The Alex Theatre is a historic, cultural and artistic treasure. Designed by architects Charles R. Selkirk and Arthur G. Lindley, the Alexander, as it was originally known, opened as a Vaudeville and silent movie theatre and later had a long career as a first run movie and major preview house. The theatre reopened in 1993 as a performing arts and entertainment venue.
Website: http://www.alexfilmsociety.org/
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The funniest family ever invades the Alex ... The Marx Brothers in A Day At the Races
A horse doctor (Groucho) posing as a regular doctor—along with Chico and Harpo—help a young woman (Maureen O'Sullivan) keep a private sanitarium from foreclosure with the help of a misfit racehorse. Perennial foil Margaret Dumont is on hand as a rich, fussy sanitarium patient.
Event running time is approximately 2 hours.
Special Raffle gifts include gifts, dinners and tickets to Santa Anita Race Track.
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