A week from Saturday evening, on Sept. 6, in the courtyard of City Hall, Made in Culver City, a free film program presented by the Redevelopment Agency returns for a second year, featuring the MGM musical classic Anchors Aweigh.
The program will begin at 7:30 with a screening of Hanna-Barbera’s cartoon The Two Mouseketeers, starring Tom and Jerry.
Seating for the screening will start at 6:30, on an unreserved, first-come, first-served basis.
Each person may save one additional seat, and seats must be attended at all times.
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The ever-famous Tom and Jerry.
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Gene Kelly, left, and Frank Sinatra in ‘Anchors Aweigh’
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Gene Kelly, in a scene from ‘Anchors Aweigh’
Some 350 chairs will be set up, and lawn chairs are welcomed at this event.
Free underground parking is available at City Hall as well as in parking structures throughout Downtown.
Hanna-Barbera’s Academy Award-winning cartoon, The Two Mousketeers (1952), was produced while William Hanna and Joseph Barbera still were based at MGM.
Anchors Aweigh (1945) stars Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra who play two Navy sailors on leave in Hollywood.
The film features rare scenes of MGM’s landmark studio including its sound stages and fabled gates in Culver City.
Anchors Aweigh is memorable for its legendary dance number between Gene Kelly and Jerry Mouse as well as its musical numbers featuring the incomparable Frank Sinatra.
Anchors Aweigh was directed by George Sidney and received the Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture. The print of Anchors Aweigh is courtesy of the Academy Film Archive and permission for the screenings has been provided by Warner Bros. Classics.
Made in Culver City celebrates the golden classics that were produced in The Heart of Screenland, and it is presented in association with the UCLA Film & Television Archive.
Culver City has a unique film legacy and has been the home to Thomas H. Ince Studios, Hal Roach Studios, DeMille Studios, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Selznick International Studios, RKO Pictures, Pathe, Desilu and, currently, The Culver Studios and Sony Pictures Studios.
Sony Pictures Entertainment is an on-going supporter of programs in Culver City. The UCLA Film & Television Archive is internationally renowned for its pioneering efforts to preserve and showcase not only classic but current and innovative film and television. Projectionist services will be provided by Jess Daily, Chief Projectionist for the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.
Information is available by calling the Cultural Affairs Hotline at 310.253.5716 or by visiting www.culvercity.org.
