Unless
otherwise indicated, all shows will be at Domy Books, 1709
Westheimer, Montrose TX 713-523-DOMY
Films will be shown in the
garden behind the bookstore. If the bookstore is closed, enter next
door through Brasil.
Revised March 9, 2010
The Cinema Bomar New Year's Resolution : Enough with the theme shows already! Let the watchword for 2010 be “hodgepodge”. Each show will be an assortment chosen more or less on whim, with any thematic connections being incidental.
Tuesday, Feb 16, 2010 8:30 PM (Rain Date Feb 23)
Elizabeth says : Since we appear to be having 1937 all over again, let's escape economic worries the way they did back then, with a whole lot of singing and dancing, in a hodgepodge of musical numbers from the 30's and 40's
Life In Hollywood (Excerpt) 1940? A look at art-deco Hollywood, where the tennis court more likely than not is occupied by a roller-skate-tap-dancing starlet.
Rosalie (Excerpts) 1937 A selection of production numbers featuring dancer Eleanor Powell.
Blues in the Night 1942 With Cab Calloway
Isn't it a Lovely Day 1935 Excerpted from Top Hat, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dance their way through a sudden rain.
I've Got Spurs 1940s Singing cowboys and dancing cowgirls.
Plus three Busby Berkley numbers:
I Only Have Eyes for You 1934 I never get tired of watching Ruby Keeler emerge from her own eye.
Dames 1934 Their knees in action are the attraction, tell the truth you go to see those beautiful dames.
By A Waterfall 1933 Sublimating the sex drive into a sea of synchronized swimmers.
Tuesday, Mar 16, 2010 8:30 PM (Rain Date Mar 23)
Sell as Customers Like It 1949 Johnson & Johnson training film for pharmacy owners. Never mind the cornball marketing gimmicks like towers of boxes, the successful pharmacist knows the key to success is to have the things your customers need, when they need them. So keep plenty of hairbrushes and KY jelly in stock.
Gage Home Movies : Esther Williams Pools Mid 1950s Bathing beauty movie star Esther Williams shows how even an average schmo like you can have a pool with her exclusive “pool in a box” kit. Featuring technicolor vistas of an L.A. neighborhood in full 50s glory, and co-hosted by Williams' second husband, who she described as an alcoholic parasite who squandered $10 million of her earnings.
Successful Secretary 1964 Featuring “Mr. Typewriter”, whose didactic adventures with wickerwork women are sure to improve your efficiency in in the office.
Plus a bonus film TBA
Tuesday, Apr 20, 2010 8:30 PM (Rain Date Apr 27)
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 8:30 PM (Rain Date May 25)
Programs will be chosen in part from the following, details to be announced...
Commit or Destruct 1965(?) 28(?) NET Examines the Kluge family of Lompoc Calif, whose livelihood depends on the threat of nuclear annihilation, as emblematic of life in the mid 20th century.
Ein Wochenende Ohne Geld International Film Bureau, Early 60's, 14 min What do you do if you're facing a weekend without money - auf deutsch?
Flowing Solids 15 Campus Film Prod Presented by Humble Oil & Refining Co. Fabulous 50s scientific demonstration film complete with somnambulent petrochemical technician demonstrating the miracles of catalytic cracking.
Foley's Fashon Shoot 1968? 4 Silent. Raw advertising footage, models on catwalk at Foley's Dept Store in Downtown Houston.
Life in Lowlands (The Netherlands) late 50's? 11 Coronet Geography. Good.
Shortchanged! 1960S Evil shortchange artists are fanning across America victimizing unsuspecting cashiers. Learn how their tricks work so YOUR till isn't short at the end of the day.
Fashion Right Summer 1974 Let Letitia Baldredge and J C Penny show you how a working girl can make the right impression in the workplace.
Cooperation, Competition and Conflict 1950s The title tells the tale.
Dynamite! 1930S No matter how tight money gets, it's a deadly mistake to do your own dry cleaning with gasoline in the kitchen.
A Day With the FBI Late 1940s A look at the lives of our intrepid G-men as the bring all the wonders of modern science to bear on criminals and subversives.
Sell As Customers Like It! Late 1940s Johnson & Johnson film teaches druggists how to arrange their stores for maximum customer satisfaction. Among other things, be sure to keep the KY in stock.
Drugs in the Tenderloin 1967 Documentary of the intersection of the emerging gay community in San Francisco with drugs, featuring what may be the original Ratso Rizzo. Directed by Allan Willis.
The Psychological Differences Between the Sexes 1964 Or might one say, The Battle of the Stubble?
What is Automation 1965 12min BFA Assembly line porn. In the future, factories will have almost no employees. The rest of us will be on permanent vacation.
Case History of a Rumor 1964? You probably never knew about the United Nations plot to divide up America amongst foreign monitors. New England was to be occupied by (gasp) Congolese troops! Even in the days before internet and cable conspiracy mongers had no trouble spreading their tale.
Automation, The Next Revolution
Gage Home Movies : Esther Williams Pools
How Paper Cups, Cartons and Books are Made
It's Your Future
Marijuana (w/ Sonny Bono)
Pennzoil in Perspective
A Pennzoil Day
Odyssey: A Quest for Energy
Venture Offshore
Commit or Destruct
David Won't Be Here Today
Wave Motion
Targets
The Fat Film
The Fossil Story 1950s Shell film about fossils and their relation to oil.
The Living Soil 1960s Shell film about the miracle of agricultural pesticides.
Air is for Breathing 1970s Shell film about how concerned industry is with air pollution.
The Private Letters of Private Dobbs
27 Soldiers
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