FUNERALS/MEMORIALS

Services for theater organist Bob Mitchell

(Cinecon)

Larry Harnisch

The Daily Mirror

Los Angeles Times

Daily Mirror fan Karie Bible of Film Radar reports the death of theater organist Bob Mitchell. Mitchell was a regular feature of the Los Angeles Conservancy’s Last Remaining Seats series. He was quite frail at this year’s event but it was good to see him.

Mitchell’s services are scheduled on Friday at 9:30 a.m. at  Christ the King Catholic Church, 624 N. Rossmore Ave. He will be buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, 6000 Santa Monica Blvd.

Memorial donations may be made to the American Heart Assn. or Boys Town.

Here’s a field recording I made at Last Remaining Seats a few years ago of Mitchell playing “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands.”

Thanks to our friend Jon Weisman of the fabulous Dodger Thoughts blog for reminding us that Mitchell was the first organist at Dodger Stadium.

 Interview with Bob Mitchell (YouTube)

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SCREENINGS

Night of the Iguana

cinespia cemetery screenings season 09

saturday, july 11th

night of the iguana

directed by john huston (1964, 125 mins.)

gates at 7:30 pm, film at 9:00 pm
hollywood forever cemetery
6000 santa monica boulevard at gower
no reservation necessary.
$10 donation tickets available at gate. parking $5.
as a courtesy to other movie-goers: no tall chairs.

Richard Burton stars as a charming and handsome man on the brink of sanity. An ex-priest turned tour guide in Mexico, he makes a rollicking descent into alcoholic chaos when he takes over a tour bus of church ladies and drives to a secluded hotel in the jungle. Tempted alternately by nymphet Sue Lyon (star of Lolita) the lovely Deborah Kerr and the seductive Ava Gardner, he attempts to come to grips with life. Wild, intelligent and witty, Burton’s brilliant ranting brims with sly humor and misdirected libido. Directed by master John Huston, based on the Tennesee Williams smash hit, and nominated for a flock of oscars, Night is a blast! Join us for this special screening below (and above) the stars.

DJ chris curtis spins before and after the screening.

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WALK OF FAME

Mark Burnett Gets His Star On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame

(The Insider/Photo By: Sara De Boer / Retna Ltd.)

Mark Burnett was honored today with a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Hollywood Blvd. in Hollywood, California. The king of reality shows was all smiles.

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