Alfred Hitchcock, wife Alma Reville, daughter Patricia Hitchcock, and dog at home ca. 1941
Paulette Goddard, Betty Grable, Edward G. Robinson, Ginger Rogers, and Natalie Wood's rarely seen home movies will be screened at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ presentation of “Hollywood Home Movies II: Treasures from the Academy Film Archive” on Saturday, October 17, at 7 p.m. at the Academy’s Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. This event is sold out, but standby tickets may become available.
The Academy Film Archive houses a wide variety of amateur movies — whether featuring the stars' families and friends, or behind-the-scenes activities on their sets. "Hollywood Home Movies II" will feature a number of excerpts, among them footage of Marlon Brando, Marlene Dietrich, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Judy Garland, Alfred Hitchcock, Gene Kelly, Sophia Loren, Harpo Marx, Mickey Rooney, James Stewart, Esther Williams and Loretta Young.
The evening will also include footage of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre from 1928, aerial footage of Los Angeles from the Goodyear blimp from 1938, and a compilation of “Stars on the Move,” featuring a variety of classic travel conveyances.
James Stewart ca. 1938
“Hollywood Home Movies II” is being presented in conjunction with Home Movie Day, described as "an annual international celebration of amateur films and filmmaking that provides individuals and families an opportunity to see and share their own home movies with an audience of their community." The Linwood Dunn Theater will serve as the event’s Los Angeles-area venue.
Though “Hollywood Home Movies II: Treasures from the Academy Film Archive” is sold out, additional tickets typically become available at the last minute due to no-shows and cancellations. There will be a standby line at the west doors of the Pickford Center on October 17. Standby numbers will be given out at approximately 5:30 p.m. The number of standby tickets that can be sold will be determined shortly before the event’s 7 p.m. start time.
Tickets to are $5 for the general public and $3 for Academy members and students with a valid ID. All seating is unreserved.
The Linwood Dunn Theater is located at the Academy’s Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study, 1313 Vine Street in Hollywood. For more information call (310) 247-3600 or visit www.oscars.org.
Photos: Courtesy of the Margaret Herrick Library