Donna in Hollywoodland

Movies, History and My Tooth

I had two things I could have done this morning. I had originally planned to go see a movie with LA People Connection. I ended up canceling those plans when I found out that Creative Actors Alliance was having a casting director speak at their monthly luncheon. But I am without a tooth right in the front due to yesterday's mis-hap at lunch. Besides I needed to do grocery shopping. And Cinnamon the cat needed a bath -which is always a big production. So me and my missing tooth did not meet another casting director today. I really didn't want to meet a casting director with a big gap in my mouth anyway ......

I did however decide to brave it, and still do the volunteer gig I had committed to over at The Egyptian Theatre . Whenever I ran into someone that I knew, I felt the need to explain my tooth problem "You wouldn't believe, there was a really hard taco at lunch yesterday..."

I was so glad I went because todays volunteer shift was really really fun. The movie they are showing up till Tuesday is "Los Angeles Plays Itself". And the Los Angeles Times had a fantastic review in the Thursday Calendar section. It was a page and a half long.
So I knew there would be plenty of people coming to see the movie.
And that was putting it mildly.
There were hundreds of people who came who have never been to The Egyptian before. It is wonderful to see new people discovering a wonderful non-profit organization.
I was doing the marketing survey, and passing out the monthly calendar, and most people had read the LA Times article and it was their first time at the theatre.
So it was really fun, getting to meet all these new people and tell them about the theatre.

On top of that, for volunteering - I got to see "Los Angeles Plays Itself" for free, along with a free popcorn and free soda.
If you ever get a chance to see this movie... I highly recommend it. Its a long movie, 2 hours, intermission, then another hour. But it is really worth the time.
Its movie clips that go back from the beginning of film, all the way to almost current times. All showing Los Angeles in the movies.
It also ties much of what is happening in film at the time, with what is going on in the city of Los Angeles, both culturally and politically.
There is alot of interesting insights and historical background.

For me being an Los Angeles actress, this film was like a history lesson. Filled with tidbits and trivia and serious historical perspective.
Very informative ... and very entertaining.