Attending a TCM/Fathom Events Screening

(Listening to Enjoy Yourself by The Jacksons)

Hey Y'all!

As most of you know, I am a classical film enthusiast and love all old films.
So you know when I heard that TCM was teaming with Fathom Events to screen classic movies every month, I had to jump in on it.
And I was so lucky that for the month of October, at a local theatre in my town, they were showing thw great films
Frankenstein from 1931


And

Bride of Frankenstein from 1935


Both starring Boris Karloff as the monster.

It was an extra special treat for me in that even though I had seen Frankenstein many many times since I was maybe three years old, I had never seen Bride of Frankenstein before.
At the same time I was with my friend Ebonie who had never seen either picture and couldn't understand how I could be so excited over films that were in black and white as she put it.
We made a day of it. Going out to eat a nice restaurant across from the theatre, and running over to the theatre.
It was kind of a poor turn out--only about 10 people for a 2'o clock matinee, but more came for the 7 pm showing.
Any way, before the film began, Robert Osbourne, the IT man for Turner Classic Movies appeared in a short interview in which he spoke to Bela Lugosi's son (Dracula in 1931), Boris Karloff's daughter, and master make up artist Rick Baker. (best known for turning Michael Jackson into a werecat in "Thriller)

Lugosi as Dracula

A young Rick Baker working on a young (sexy) Michael Jackson.

Any way, we settled in with our popcorn and drinks--I noticed we were the only Black people there--and enjoyed the films.
I can't even start to describe what it felt like to see a classic film I grew up on, only seeing it on TV my entire life and then seeing it on the big screen.
It was really kind of like being transported back to the 1930s for me. Back when films were films and none of this CGI, fake mess was generated.
I really do appreciate the amount of work that went into making these sorts of creatures.
It took Karloff 8 hours to be made into the Frankenstein's monster. And there were no computers to make the costumes or creatures or anything. It had to be done by hand, by it's self.
And I appreciate things like that. It really was a wonder and spell binding to me.
Another thing that was so good about those two films were, they were creey and you didn't see a single drop of blood spilled anywhere.
Sure people got murdered, but it wasn't a rip roaring gore fest either.
I know I must sound like an old person and if I do, I don't care. I know what i'm talking about when it comes to things like this.
I appreciate people who go the extra mile.
That's what seperates good actors, like those kids in the Twilight movies, from GREATS like Karloff and Lugosi and Peter Cushing and the whole lot of fellows like that.
Walking out of the film, Ebonie stressed to me how much she liked the films and how good they really were.
And we've already made plans to go see Mr. Gregory Peck in "To Kill A Mockingbird" next month.

As long as they keep putting up good old films to see, I'm going to see them!