BOTH ARE FREE!

Two events are detailed in this email message, one filmic and one musical...and both are free! So do read until the end (or skip ahead if you must). As always, we will be very appreciative if you can FORWARD this message to anyone you know who would be interested (in either or both events). It's almost the only good way for us to reach new audience in the current state of things...and if we don't do that, we cannot survive for long. The descriptions are in chronological order. Note the dates (one this weekend, another next week). D.J. Silvia and Jay Schwartz bring Worldwide Sixties Discotheque to the International bar  Saturday, September 7, 2019 10 pm until 2 am Admission: FREE The International bar. 1624 N. Front St (at Cecil B. Moore Avenue) Philadelphia On Saturday, September 7, the pair that created the popular Made in Spain and Salut les Copains record parties will get even more global. That's the day D.J. Silvia and Jay Schwartz will launch Worldwide International Discotheque: Beat, Mod, Soul and Garage from All Over to the International bar. Worldwide International Discotheque... will feature a variety of retro sounds from nations not usually heard from, including Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, Japan, Australia, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Germany, Greece, Mexico, Brazil, Uruguay, Peru, and more. Just a few of the groups to be heard from are Los Shakers, The Motions, The Golden Earrings, The Spiders, The Easybeats, Os Mutantes, Die Rattles...plus some more obscure artists! If the names are not known, their sounds should (literally) strike familiar chords to any fan of sixties music. It was the decade when the youth movement truly exploded, and teenagers all around the world picked up electric guitars, inspired especially by the unprecedented success of the Beatles. But while many English language hit songs were covered in native tongues, the best groups wrote their own music and brought something of their own heritage to the ever-expanding phenomenon of rock 'n' roll. The session starts at 10:00 pm and lasts until 2:00 am. Admission is of course free.  Jay Schwartz is the long-time programmer/creator of the Secret Cinema film series, and is the musical (and marital!) partner of D.J. Silvia. The International, under the El on the border between Fishtown and "Olde Kensington," is the latest offering from the people who brought the Standard Tap and Johnny Brenda's to Philly nightlife (and daylife!). They offer a global variety of spirits and light bites, as well as a variety of music from local d.j.'s. New chapter of Archive Discoveries: Unseen Curiosities from the Secret Cinema Collection at Rotunda Thursday, September 12, 2019 8:00 pm Admission: FREE The Rotunda 4014 Walnut Street Philadelphia On Thursday, September 12, The Secret Cinema will return to the Rotunda with another chapter of our ongoing series, Archive Discoveries: Unseen Curiosities from the Secret Cinema Collection. Once again we'll feature a mélange of fascinating short films from the past. As we go through our collection, reel by reel, we continually find films that don't necessarily lend themselves to fitting into a themed group, yet are too interesting, or fun, or funny to not share. None have been shown in previous Secret Cinema programs. Indeed, few of these films are likely to have been seen anywhere in recent years. While the program as a whole has no dedicated theme, there will be a special look at the fascinating "Technocracy" movement of the twentieth century, it being the subject of two longer (and very rare) shorts that we'll show. There will be one complete show at 8:00 pm. Admission is free. As always -- still -- Secret Cinema programs are shown using 16mm (not video, not digital) film projected on a giant screen. A few highlights from this new edition of Archive Discoveries… include: Brooklyn Goes to Hong Kong (1958) - Those who have viewed another favorite Secret Cinema film, Brooklyn Goes to Philadelphia, will have an idea of the tone of this series, in which a Brooklyn-accented wise guy makes fun of various travel destinations. Meanwhile, we get a nice look at the then-independent city of Hong Kong, and its neon-lit nightlife…and a cameo appearance of Burgess Meredith? Mystery of the River Boat, Chapter 4 (1944) - A typical episode of a 1940s cliffhanger serial, this one involving stolen maps, murder, dynamite and hidden oil deposits in a Louisiana swamp. The Story of English Inns (1932) - This vintage topical short from Paramount takes an entertaining look at traditional lodging around the British countryside, ranging from modern (as of 1932) to inns hundreds of years old. Operation Columbia (1947) - Technocracy was a word on everyone's lips in the 1930s. It described a philosophy that the world should be controlled by technical experts rather than elected bureaucrats. That's the short version, and its espousers spun off a lot of complicated theories about world economies, productivity versus consumption, and "an energy theory of value," which many found confusing. Nonetheless, their ideas gained considerable traction during the great depression -- especially after Howard Scott founded a publicity-savvy organization called Technocracy Incorporated. Their officials wore grey uniforms with "monad" logos on the lapels, and members reportedly saluted Scott in public. While membership declined after New Deal policies restored some faith in more traditional methods of governance, interest in the movement continued, as documented in this remarkable film. It offers no explanation of the group's beliefs, but instead chronicles a huge motorcade from Los Angeles to Vancouver, a show of strength that also promoted a series of lectures Scott delivered in cities along the way. The convoy included hundreds of members' automobiles -- each one dutifully repainted in official Technocracy grey with large, red Technocracy Inc. logo decals applied to the sides. Surprisingly, Technocracy Inc. exists to the present day, though in greatly diminished form. Techno-Crazy (1933) - While technocracy got a lot of press coverage in its early-1930s heyday, it also suffered a fair amount of lampooning in the media, as seen in this delightful two-reel comedy starring slapstick veterans Monty Collins and Billy Bevan. As was typical in criticism of technocracy, much of the humor centered on followers not being able to effectively explain what technocracy was. 1933 was the year of peak parody for the movement; at least one other comedy short about the movement was released then, Your Technocracy and Mine, starring famous humorist Robert Benchley. Animator Ub Iwerks made the 1933 cartoon Techno-Cracked, but limited any satire to its title. Plus much, much more! THE ROTUNDA WEBSITE SECRET CINEMA WEBSITE Copyright © 2019 The Secret Cinema, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you asked to subscribe to email announcements from the Secret Cinema. Want to change how you receive these emails? 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