Gone With The Wind - TV ad produced by The Astor Theatre for its 50th anniversary re-release in 1989. Presented in a new 35mm print. Subsequent re-release in 1997 was presented in Technicolor, Dolby Digital Sound 35mm prints, and played its premiere season at Melbourne's grand Regent Theatre, hosted by a personal appearance of Evelyn Keyes (Suellen O'Hara).
Trailer for David Lean's Doctor Zhivago (1965) - the restored version with digital sound. Lean's landscapes are always a major player in his films - this time it's snow.
Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood - stars of the 1968 film '2001: A Space Odyssey' appear in Melbourne Australia at The Astor Theatre for a special screening on September 24th 2006. This is the final clip in the series.
2001: A Space Odyssey screened at The Astor Theatre Melbourne Australia on Sept. 24th 2006 with Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood in attendance to host and take audience questions. This is part two of this event.
Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood - stars of '2001: A Space Odyssey' appear in person to host and take answers from the audience in Melbourne's Astor Theatre on September 24th 2006. This is part three. Part four concludes this series.
Melbourne (Australia) band The Blue Grassy Knoll wrote and performed a new score for the Bela Lugosi film White Zombie and performed it live. This was the trailer that was produced for the event, 2002.
The Misfits was re-released in Australia at The Astor Theatre Melbourne in 1993. This introduction was by Eli Wallach was recorded to play at the premiere.
The Melbourne (Australia) band Cairo Club Orchestra performed an afternoon of jazz which was followed by a screening of Casablanca, at Melbourne's Astor Theatre.
Charlton Heston was very generous with helping us promote the re-release of Ben Hur and Touch Of Evil, two of his favourite films. He recorded this greeting on the occasion of the re-release of Ben Hur in a new 70mm print at The Astor on December 26th 1999.
TV ad produced for The Astor Theatre, Melbourne Australia, re-release season in a 70mm print, September 1999. Watch for a special 40th anniversary screening, in 70mm, at the Astor, Sunday May 4th 7.30pm
Kim Hunter introduces the Melbourne Australia re-release of the 1951 classic A Streetcar Named Desire screened at The Astor Theatre in 1999. Watch for screenings presented in original 35mm film format.
Charles Chaplin's greatest films, Modern Times (1936) and The Great Dictator (1940) were re-released in new 35mm prints at The Astor Theatre, Melbourne, Australia. This is the ad made for TV station Ch31.
Blue Velvet was re-released in Australia at The Astor Theatre, Melbourne in 1992. David Lynch and Dennis Hopper provided audio introductions to the premiere season at The Astor. Watch out for Blue Velvet and hundreds of other classics at The Astor - presented as they were meant to be seen.
The Astor Theatre re-released Ben Hur in a new 70mm print in 1992. This is the special ad that was produced for this occasion. Ben Hur continues to screen at the Astor in 70mm from time to time.
TV ad for the restored version of Touch Of Evil, premiered at the Astor Theatre in 1999, and continues to be shown from time to time. Vale Charlton Heston who passed away recently.
The Astor Theatre (Melbourne, Australia) produced this TV ad for the re-release presentation of The Misfits and The Night Of The Iguana double feature, March 1993. Presented in brand new 35mm prints. Watch out for Eli Wallach's introduction to be posted here soon.