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On This Day - Scala Cinema
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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 14h
On this day (10th October) in 1985, the Scala Cinema was showing Deep End and Steaming as a ‘Diana Dors in the Baths’ double bill.
Film posters for Deep End (1970) and Steaming (1985) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.
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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 1d
On this day (9th October) in 1980, the Scala Cinema was showing Yojimbo and Sanjuro as a Kurosawa/Mifune double bill.
Film posters for Yojimbo (1961) and Sanjuro (1962) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.
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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 2d
On this day (8th October) in 1992, the Scala Cinema was showing Masala and Parash Pathar aka The Philosopher’s Stone as a double bill.
Film posters for Masala (1991) and Parash Pathar aka The Philosopher’s Stone (1958) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.
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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 3d
On this day (7th October) in 1981, the Scala Cinema was showing Accident and Providence as a Dirk Bogarde double bill.
Film posters for Accident (1967) and Providence (1977) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.
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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 4d
On this day (6th October) in 1983, the Scala Cinema was showing Light Years Away aka Les Années lumière and The Middle Of The World aka Le Milieu du monde as an Alain Tanner double bill.
Film posters for Light Years Away aka Les Années lumière (1981) and The Middle Of The World aka Le Milieu du monde (1974) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.
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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 5d
On this day (5th October) in 1984, the Scala Cinema was showing That Sinking Feeling, Gregory’s Girl and Local Hero as a Bill Forsyth triple bill.
Film posters for That Sinking Feeling (1979), Gregory’s Girl (1980) and Local Hero (1982) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.
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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 6d
On this day (4th October) in 1986, the Scala Cinema was showing Jour de Fête, M. Hulot’s Holiday and Mon Oncle as a Jacques Tati triple bill.
Film posters for Jour de Fête (1949), M. Hulot’s Holiday (1953) and Mon Oncle (1958) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.
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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 7d
On this day (3rd October) in 1989, the Scala Cinema was showing Amsterdamned and The Element Of Crime as a double bill.
Film posters for Amsterdamned (1988) and The Element Of Crime (1984) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.
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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 8d
On this day (2nd October) in 1979, the Scala Cinema was showing The Glenn Miller Story and The Benny Goodman Story as a double bill.
Film posters for The Glenn Miller Story (1954) and The Benny Goodman Story (1956) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.
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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 9d
On this day (1st October) in 1987, the Scala Cinema was showing A New Leaf, The Odd Couple and Pete ‘n’ Tillie as a “Happy Birthday Walter Matthau” triple bill.
Film posters for A New Leaf (1971), The Odd Couple (1968) and Pete ‘n’ Tillie (1972) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.
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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 10d
On this day (30th September) in 1992, the Scala Cinema was showing The People Under The Stairs and Child’s Play 2 as a Graeme Revell soundtrack double bill. This was presented by The Grey Area. The programme states ‘Shorts’ were also shown but doesn’t say which ones.
Film posters for The People Under The Stairs (1991) and Child’s Play 2 (1990) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.
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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 11d
On this day (29th September) in 1988, the Scala Cinema was showing a selection of George Kuchar short films: Hold Me While I’m Naked, The Mongreloid, Wild Night In El Reno, Forever and Always, I, An Actress & Pagan Rhapsody with Errol Morris’ Gates Of Heaven.
Film posters/images for Hold Me While I’m Naked (1966), The Mongreloid (1978), Wild Night In El Reno (1977), Forever and Always (1978), I, An Actress (1977) & Pagan Rhapsody (1970) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme. Film poster for Gates Of Heaven on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.
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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 12d
On this day (28th September) in 1980, the Scala Cinema was showing What Price Glory? and A Girl In Every Port as a double bill.
Film posters for What Price Glory? (1926) and A Girl In Every Port (1928) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.
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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 13d
On this day (27th September) in 1988, the Scala Cinema was showing Duel In The Sun and documentary George Kuchar: The Comedy of the Underground with George Kuchar short films Reason To Live and Eclipse Of The Sun Virgin.
Film posters and images for Duel In The Sun (1946), George Kuchar: The Comedy of the Underground (1983), Reason To Live (1976) and Eclipse Of The Sun Virgin (1967) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.
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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 14d
On this day (26th September) in 1989, the Scala Cinema was showing Zazie dans le Métro, Lift To The Scaffold aka Elevator To The Gallows and Pretty Baby as a Louis Malle triple bill.
Film posters for Zazie dans le Métro (1960), Lift To The Scaffold aka Elevator To The Gallows (1958) and Pretty Baby (1978) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.
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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 15d
…,Voodoo Woman, The Brain Eaters, The Amazing Collosal Man, War of the Colossal Beast, I Was A Teenage Frankenstein, Beast From Haunted Cave, The Wasp Woman, The Woman Eater, Monster From The Ocean Floor and Terror In The Midnight Sun aka Invasion Of The Animal People.
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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 15d
On this day (25th September) in 1982, the Scala Cinema was showing 16 ‘50s Z Grade’ films from 1pm to 7am. Films shown were The Beast With A Million Eyes, Demons of the Swamp aka The Giant Leeches, Invasion of the Saucer Men, The Day the World Ended, Night of the Blood Beast, It Conquered the World…
Film posters for The Beast With A Million Eyes (1955), Demons of the Swamp aka The Giant Leeches (1959), Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957), The Day the World Ended (1955), Night of the Blood Beast (1958) and It Conquered the World (1956) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme. Film posters for Voodoo Woman (1957), The Brain Eaters (1958), The Amazing Collosal Man (1957), War of the Colossal Beast (1958) and I Was A Teenage Frankenstein (1957) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme. Film posters for Beast From Haunted Cave (1959), The Wasp Woman (1959), The Woman Eater (1958), Monster From The Ocean Floor (1954) & Terror In The Midnight Sun aka Invasion Of The Animal People (1959) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.
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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 16d
On this day (24th September) in 1983, the Scala Cinema was showing Flesh For Frankenstein and Blood For Dracula as a double bill.
Film posters for Flesh For Frankenstein (1973) and Blood For Dracula (1974) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.
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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 17d
On this day (23rd September) in 1992, the Scala Cinema was showing Rope and Compulsion as a Leopold and Loeb inspired double bill.
Film posters for Rope (1948) and Compulsion (1959) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.
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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 18d
On this day (22nd September) in 1978, the Scala Cinema was showing A Page Of Madness and Throw Away Your Books, Rally In The Streets as a double bill.
Film posters for A Page Of Madness (1926) and Throw Away Your Books, Rally In The Streets (1971) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.
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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 19d
On this day (21st September) in 1984, the Scala Cinema was showing Underground U.S.A., Subway Riders and The Loveless as a John Lurie triple bill.
Film posters for Underground U.S.A. (1980), Subway Riders (1981) and The Loveless (1981) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.
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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 20d
On this day (20th September) in 1987, the Scala Cinema was showing Barry Lyndon as part of a Stanley Kubrick retrospective across the month to celebrate the release of Full Metal Jacket. The only other time Barry Lyndon was shown at the Scala was on 23rd August 1981.
Film poster for Barry Lyndon (1975) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.
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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 21d
On this day (19th September) in 1985, the Scala Cinema was showing Choose Me and Into The Night as a double bill.
Film posters for Choose Me (1984) and Into The Night (1985) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.
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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 22d
On this day (18th September) in 1992, the Scala Cinema was showing Sleepwalkers and The Lawnmower Man as a “Not a Stephen King” double bill.
Film posters for Sleepwalkers (1992) and The Lawnmower Man (1992) on a background of a Scala Cinema programme.
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On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.social · 23d
Excellent. Not the most obvious pairing! Both shown at the Scala many times but never together.