Last chance to Mush! To The Movies!

This Saturday is your last chance to experience Mush! To The Movies! presented by the Polar Film Club. Come down and view W.S. Van Dyke's Hollywood classic, "Eskimo" starring Ray Mala, one of the first Inuit movie stars. You won't want to miss the proceeding short film "Northern Lights Over Mount Halde" presented in 3-D!

 
The FINAL presentation of the Polar Film Club
Mush! To The Movies! 

Image courtesy of Ted Mala Jr. from Lael Morgan's Biography
"Eskimo Star...From Tundra to Tinsel Town: The Ray Mala Story"
Eskimo 

Saturday, August 15, 2015
7:30 pm 
Tickets $10
Available at http://eskimo.bpt.me/ 

Current VPES and LA Filmforum members are eligible for free tickets with advance RSVP to Event [at] panoramaonview [dot] org

Filmed in Inupiat (Alaskan Inuit language) with English intertitles. This Academy Award-winning film stars Ray Mala and was the "Biggest Picture Ever Made" at the time. Mala had his start as a cinematographer in the Far North, working with Frank Kleinschmidt and others. The story of "Eskimo" recounts the tribulations of Alaskan Inuit and non-Native traders who visit an Alaskan village and wreak havoc among the families there. Meant to deal with the effect of Western culture on remote societies, the film displays the early Hollywood symptom of trivializing the very society it attempts to elevate. In an effort to keep himself from being a typecast Inuit actor, Ray Mala took roles as Pacific Islanders and Native Americans working alongside actors such as Vincent Price, Douglas Fairbanks, and Charles Laughton. Later in life, he returned to his career in cinematography. Currently, a group of dedicated fans and cinema scholars have been working to get Mala's significant contributions recognized in the form of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 

Screening will be attended by members of the Mala family. Lael Morgan's book "Eskimo Star..." will be available for purchase after the screening.

Sponsored by: Peace of Selby Lodge in Alaska and McIntyre Ranch

 
Preceding Short Film:

"Northern Lights over Mount Halde" is based on real events, persons and places in the history of Norwegian Northern Lights research. Much of the film is shot on location at the Halde mountain, where the remains of the world's first permanent Northern Lights Observatory are still to be seen today. Most of the film is presented in 3-dimensional silhouette against the night sky. Northern Lights scenes are also filmed in 3D, using two cameras some kilometeres apart. Here we can see shapes and figures of the Aurora in a way that is impossible with the naked eye. Sponsored by: 3-D SPACE and The LA 3-D Club

3-D SPACE
The Center For Stereoscopic Photography, Art, Cinema, and Education is a new 501(c)3 nonprofit based in Los Angeles. 3-D SPACE will include a museum, gallery, theater, library and classroom dedicated to both the preservation of the history of stereoscopic imaging, and the advancement of current and future 3-D arts and sciences. Check them out here!
 
 

The LA 3-D Club
The LA 3-D Club was established in the Greater Los Angeles area in 1955 by a dedicated group of 3-D stereo photographers to further the art and science of stereoscopic photography. For nearly six decades members have been meeting monthly to share images created through stereoscopic photography, computer generated imagery, and film and video. Every December the club presents the annual LA 3-D Movie Festival. For more info, click here.

 

Peace of Selby Lodge in Alaska
"Eskimo" is being sponsored by Peace of Selby Lodge, constructed in 1981 of white spruce logs harvested from the surrounding forest, a lovely example of superb log building art. It offers a place to have a personalized wilderness experience in an Arctic paradise. Learn more about them at here!

McIntyre Ranch
Best Angus Beef in the West!

Lynn Drye is one of the few remaining glass concert artists in the world today. Ms. Drye performs classical pieces from the 19th century, though she also writes her own variations and has released three albums of Glass Armonica music featuring the glass xylophone, glass harp and musical bowls. http://www.glassvirtuoso.us/

Lynn Drye will lead a limited-space workshop on the afternoon of Saturday, August 29th for participants who are interested in a lesson with the instrument. Ms. Drye will discuss the instrument's inception and historical context, along with her personal history and experience with the Glass Armonica. She will also cover various approaches to aquiring and engaging with such a rare device. Participants are encouraged to ask questions and will recieve a handout with further information on how to play the Glass Armonica and related glass instruments, along with a special wine glass to practice with and add to your collection!

Guests may register for the workshop online or by emailing the secretary at event@panoramaonview.org.  
Space is limited, make your reservation now! 

 

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Enchantment of the Glass Armonica
An Illustrated Lecture & Sonic Demonstration at
The Velaslavasay Panorama
Featuring Allison De Fren & Lynn Drye 

Friday, August 28th & Saturday, August 29th, 2015
8 p.m. 
$15 General Admission / $12 VPES Members
Tickets available at http://glassarmonica.bpt.me
Advanced tickets highly recommended

 

Professor Allison de Fren of Occidental College will lead an illustrated lecture on the history of Benjamin Franklin's musical invention, the Glass Armonica, including its historical use in the treatment of nervous disorders by Franz Mesmer and evocation of ghostly specters in Phantasmagoria shows. After the lecture, Lynn Drye will perform music on the Glass Armonica, followed by a casual reception in the gardens of the Velaslavasay Panorama where guests may interact with Professor de Fren and Lynn Drye, the Armonicist. 

 

This presentation has been funded in part by The Department of Cultural Affairs of the City of Los Angeles and The Los Angeles County Arts Commission.