ADELAIDE CINÉMATHÈQUE CHRISTMAS PARTY
11 December
It’s the end of the 2008 Adelaide Cinémathèque season and time to celebrate with a night of fun and nostalgia. Settle in for a big night and enjoy an old fashioned movie experience complete with vintage trailers, cinema ads, newsreels, cartoons and comedy shorts plus a feature too, of course. As a special Christmas gift, members can even bring a guest along for free.
CINESOUND REVIEW 837 || GERALD MCBOING BOING
THREE DUMB CLUCKS ||
A CHRISTMAS STORY
7:30pm Thursday 11 December
Cinesound Review 837
Australia 1947 8mins 16mm
The latest headlines from Cinesound in Sydney. Celebrating the weekly’s 16th Anniversary with news and novelty items since the first issue in November, 1931. Top stories include Captain de Groot's pre-empting of the official opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge; horrific scenes of a Penrith racing car smash; reports from the World War II front and, of course, major sporting highlights.
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Gerald McBoing Boing
US 1950 7mins 16mm
Classic adaptation of a Dr. Seuss story about a boy who makes sounds instead of words. Rejected by the other children, young Gerald leaves home to find fame and fortune at a radio network. This groundbreaking animation represented a clean break away from the traditional Disney style, utilising highly stylised line drawings inspired by modern poster art and the use of colour to convey psychological moods.
Winner Oscar Best Short Subject – Cartoon 1951 |

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National Film and Sound Archive |
Three Dumb Clucks
US 1937 20mins 16mm
One of the very best Three Stooges shorts which has Larry, Curly and Mo playing brothers whose father wants to leave their mother for a gold-digging blonde. The Three Stooges at their best were skilled exponents of low comedy - slapstick and violence - firmly based in vaudeville routines. Curly stretches his acting range playing the dual role of father and himself.
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National Film and Sound Archive |
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A CHRISTMAS STORY (G)
Dir: Bob Clark
US 1983 93mins 16mm
In this cheerfully warped slice of Americana, the only thing nine-year-old Ralphie wants for Christmas is a Red Ryder BB gun, despite all warnings that he’ll shoot his eye out. Based on the memoirs of celebrated storyteller Jean Shepherd, who also narrates, it has become an enduring holiday season favourite.
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National Film and Sound Archive
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