SYRACUSE — The Landmark Theatre today announced the inaugural lineup for the Landmark summer classic-film series.
The series begins June 18 with Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” from 1958 and continues through July 27 with the “The Wizard of Oz,” which is marking its 75th anniversary in 2014.
The series is meant to honor the movie heritage and tradition of the Loew’s State Theatre, the original name of the Landmark Theatre, Thomas Kazmierczak III, executive director of the Landmark Theatre, said in a news release.
“Today, we embrace our history as a 1928 movie palace on go full speed ahead to our current times,” Kazmierczak said in his remarks during the event at the Landmark.
The series also features a Friday night “Classic Creature Double Feature” on July 18, with the 1933 motion picture “King Kong,” and “Creature from the Black Lagoon” from 1954, the Landmark said.
Two Saturday dates in the series, June 28 and July 12, will focus on family programming, featuring Warner Bros. and MGM cartoons beginning at 10 a.m. and then a family film at 2:00 p.m. that afternoon. The scheduled films are 1963’s “The Pink Panther” on June 28 and “The Thief of Baghdad” on July 12, according to the Landmark.
General-admission tickets for the series are $5 per individual and are good for any screening during the series. Senior-citizen tickets, for people aged 60 and over, are $3, the Landmark said.
The public can also purchase strips of 10 tickets for $25 between June 9 and July 18 at the Landmark Theatre Box Office at 362 S. Salina St., Tuesday through Friday between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., or one hour prior to any film screening.
The Landmark Theatre’s “roots and tradition” are as a movie “palace,” says Jeremy Ryan Brown, director of programming and outreach for the Landmark Theatre.
“It only makes sense to make sure that we continue that tradition … and show films for future generations,” says Brown.
He spoke to the Business Journal News Network following the event.
The costs for the series are “slight,” Brown says, adding that donors have “covered all the costs.”
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