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A Golden Age at the Majestic in 2022 DECEMBER will be a slightly quieter month for the multi-entertainment powerhouse that Pomona’s Majestic Theatre, home of the silent movie and many other activities, has become. That’s only because Christmas and New Year’s Day fall on a Saturday this year so the traditional Saturday silent movies won’t be on show these two days. The Majestic does however have a Christmas special movie offering on Friday December 17 – the two Oscar-winning Holiday Inn (1942), featuring Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire and Marjorie Reynolds (pictured), and featuring the musical score from Irving Berlin.
The plot, as movie reviewer IMBd describes it, is set “at an inn which is only open on holidays, [where] a crooner (Crosby) and a hoofer (Astaire) vie for the affections of a beautiful up-and-coming performer (Reynolds).” It begins at 7.30pm. “The movie is free for kids and $15 for adults,” Alison said. The film is a scene-setter for a new addition to the Majestic line-up for 2022, she said. Tewantin’s ‘Mr Movies’ Aubrey Cannon will be your host for December’s Holiday Inn, along with his hosting a ‘Golden Age of Hollywood’ feature on the evening
of every second Friday of the month throughout the year. Aubrey, who is known for his encyclopedic knowledge of that movie era, will give a short talk prior to each movie, giving the audience an insight into some of the intriguing background into ‘who-didwhat’ regarding the making of each movie, with some surprises in store. Kicking off the 2022 season, on February 11, the Majestic will feature Witness for the Prosecution (1957), starring Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester. On March 11, you can see In a Lonely Place (1950) starring the inimitable Humphrey Bogart, while on April 8, Rex Harrison and Gene Tierney star in The Ghost and Mrs Muir (1947). Other Aubrey-chosen classics to follow are: Age of Consent (1969), Mildred Pierce (1945), Double Indemnity (1944), Picnic (1955), The Family Way (1966), I Confess (1953), Butterfield 8 (1960), and finally We’re No Angels (1955). The live gig program continues from January 2022. Check out the Summer Season on page 39. The Majestic Theatre, 3 Factory St, Pomona. Ph 5485 2330. www.themajestictheatre.com.au
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DECEMBER GIG GUIDE 2 0 2 0 D I ST I L L E RY Dec 11
2pm
Sali Bracewell
Dec 18 2pm
Jordan McRobbie
Jan 8
2pm
Jordan Mac
Jan 29 2pm
Pat Tierney
C O O R OY R S L Dec 4
7.30pm The Claptomaniacs
Dec 17
6.30pm AQAA (Jazz)
Dec 31 8.30pm The RocknRollaBillys I M P E R I A L H OT E L E U M U N D I Dec 10
6pm
Shannon Carroll
Dec 11
12pm
Harii Bandhu
Dec 17
7.30pm Blues Arcadia
Dec 24 6pm
Haleigh Hing
Dec 31
5pm
FREE Live Music
Dec 31
7.30pm Kallidad
T E WA N T I N N O O S A R S L Dec 10
7.30pm The Barleyshakes
Christmas with Championship
Irish Dancers
Dec 17
6.30pm Christmas Carols
Dec 17
7.30pm Dusty & The Divas
Jan 1
8pm
The Sandfly’s
