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Setting records, celebrating history at Kitsap theaters

July 1st, 2010 at Thu, 1st, 2010 at 6:49 am by Jennifer Morris

It’s been a big few days at movie houses, with the controversial opening of cult favorite “The Last Airbender” and the descent of thousands of teenage girls crying battle between vampire and werewolf at “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” midnight premieres.
One of Kitsap’s smaller cinemas, The Historic Lynwood Theatre on Bainbridge Island, is marking its 74th anniversary this Monday, July 5, with a performance from house organist Dennis James and a showing of Cecile B. DeMille’s 1927 silent “Chicago,” starring Phyllis Haver and Victor Varconi.
“This film has been out of print for many years and it’s a rare treat in this day and age to experience film accompanied by a live organist,” said Jeff Brein, co-owner of the Lynwood Theatre, in a press release.
The Lynwood opened in 1936.
Showtimes are 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $12. Info: (206) 842-3080. Find the Lynwood at 4569 Lynwood Center Road.
This weekend, Kingston’s Firehouse Theater shows Hal Ashby’s “Harold and Maude” at 11:15 p.m. Saturday, July 3, and Sunday, July 4. If you haven’t seen the film, here’s a synopsis from the Firehouse:

In a broad sense, the film is a simple love story about how opposites attract — only, this time around, he’s 19 and she’s 79. Harold, played with deadpan humor by Bud Cort (M*A*S*H), is under extreme pressure from his overbearing mother, Mrs. Chasen (Vivian Pickles, in a performance that is a sheer delight), to enter the dating world. Unfortunately, the shy and morose Harold would rather spend his time attending the funerals of complete strangers. It is at one of these where he meets Maude (Ruth Gordon), who has the spunk and energy of a teenager. Maude is convinced that Harold needs to come out of his shell and enjoy life, so she brings him into hers. The taboo relationship between Harold and Maude, created by screenwriter Colin Higgins, embodied the spirit of an experimental generation guided by the mantra “If it feels good, do it.” The love affair between the film’s two eccentrics remains one of Hollywood’s most unexpected, but tender, romances. WU

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