November To Remember
Friday, November 20 at 8PM"Monsieur Verdoux" -- Starring Charlie Chaplin.
Also starring Mady Correll, Isobel Elsom, Audrey Betz, Ada May, Martha Ray. Directed by Charlie Chaplin.
(1947, 124mins, B&W) Chaplin called this film his "cleverest and
most brilliant", but he is certainly not the familiar Tramp in it. He
plays a suave serial killer who makes his living marrying and murdering
lonely rich women. Chaplin turned this shocking conceit into a black
comedy that seems surprisingly modern to us today -- especially in its
presentation of the hypocrisy of societies that condemn murder
committed by individuals but glorify war.
A rare big screen revival.Saturday, November 21 at 2PM"For Whom the Bell Tolls" -- Starring Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Akim Tamiroff, Katina Paxinou. Directed by Sam Wood.
(1943, 157mins., Color) Based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway, "For
Whom the Bell Tolls" is a romantic drama set against the turbulent
tapestry of the Spanish Civil War. Though downplaying the extreme
ideological aspects of the war (which Hollywood found uncomfortable),
the film is otherwise largely faithful to Hemingway's writing and
boasts excellent performances, torrid love scenes, and first-rate
Technicolor photography.
Screened in a restored, archival print from UCLA.Saturday, November 21 at 7:30PM "Forbidden Planet" -- Starring Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen. Directed by Fred Wilcox. (1956, 98mins, Color, CinemaScope)
One of the most famous science fiction movies ever made. A pre-comedy
Leslie Nielsen as a space traveler who discovers the planet where
expatriate Earth-man Pidgeon has built a one-man empire with his
daughter and Robby the Robot -- which became a sci-fi icon and
progenitor of two decades of robots on both the big and small screens
. Great special effects for the day, the film also boasted lavish use
of the wide-screen CinemaScope and MGM's early form of stereo called
Perspecta.
A rare chance to enjoy this CinemaScope masterpiece on the Loew's 50 foot W-I-D-E screen.
A VERY rare screening using the ORIGINAL PERSPECTA SOUNDTRACK!
Separate
Admission for each screening is just $6 for adults, $4 for seniors
(65+), children (12 & younger) and students with ID.
OR -- Combo Discounts available for multiple screenings over the weekend.
The Loew's Is Easy To Get To:
The Loew's Jersey Theatre, at 54 Journal Square, Jersey City, NJ, is
directly across JFK Boulevard from the JSQ PATH Center with trains to
and from Lower and Midtown Manhattan and Newark's Penn Station, is
minutes from the NJ Turnpike & easily reached by car or mass
transit from throughout the Metro Area.
Discount off-street parking is available in Square Ramp Garage
adjoining the Loew's. Patrons must validate their parking ticket before
leaving the Loew's.
What's Special About Seeing A Movie At The Loew's?
The Landmark Loew's Jersey Theatre is one of America's grandest
surviving Movie Palaces. We show movies the way they were meant to be
seen: in a grandly ornate setting -- on our BIG 50 ft wide screen! The
Loew's runs reel-to-reel, not platter, projection, which often allows
us to screen an archival or studio vault print that is the best
available copy of a movie title.
The Loew's Jersey is managed by Friends of the Loew's, Inc. as a non-profit, multi-discipline performing arts center.
For directions or more information: Call
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or visit
www.loewsjersey.orgRobert Eberenz
Chief Technical Director of the Loew's
1996 - 2008
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Bob Eberenz was an Academy Award winning film and sound engineer who
worked on the production of many movies, including "Monsieur Verdoux".
Additionally, Bob recorded concerts and performers for some of the
greatest albums ever released -- including the Beatles at Shea Stadium
-- and worked to design and install cutting-edge equipment for making
and presenting movies. Among his many accomplishments in this area,
Bob re-built the White House theatre during the Carter Presidency, and
was a lead engineer in the development of MGM's "Perspecta Sound", an
early form of stereo used in the making of "Forbidden Planet" as well
as several hundred other films. Bob was also a very active member of
the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, where he worked to
advance the techniques and the appreciation of the art of movie
making. Bob worked closely on various Academy projects with the
daughter of Hollywood great Gary Cooper, who starred in "For Whom the
Bell Tolls."
From
1996 until his passing in 2008, Bob was the Chief Technical Director of
the Loew's Jersey. When the Loew's was closed and readied for
demolition in 1986, ALL of the Theatre's equipment for showing movies
was either removed or destroyed. In fact, the Projection Booth was
left open to the elements and became a pigeon coop! As a volunteer,
Bob took on the Herculean task of completely rebuilding the Loew's
capability to show movies. What he did was to give the Loew's an
archive-quality projection booth that allows us to screen the best
prints available from studio vaults, archives and collectors. Bob also
did many other things to help restore the Loew's, including making the
Theatre's organ and stage lifts work again, reviving the Theater's
historic 1929 stage lighting system, and installing modern sound mixing
equipment.
In
truth, EVERY time a movie is shown at the Loew's, it is a tribute to
Bob Eberenz's skill and dedication. But Friends of the Loew's
gratefully dedicates this particular series to Bob's memory. We miss
him greatly.
