TIKI LUAU NIGHT @ The Egyptian 7/31
 

THE AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE PRESENTS

Sunday, July 31 - 5:00 PM

TIKI LUAU NIGHT

Join Tikinut King Kukulele, author/filmmaker BeachBum

Berry, tiki carvers Tiki Diablo, Crazy Al & Disney

artist Kevin Kidney! The pre-show will include the

short film "Secret of Easter Island" by BeachBum Berry

followed by other short surprises in Tiki Cinema and

the feature film:

Rare 35 mm. Print! BIRD OF PARADISE, 1951, 20th

Century

Fox/Criterion, 100 min. Starring Deborah Paget (Fritz

Lang's THE TIGER OF ESCHNAPUR) in all her luscious

beauty as Polynesian princess "Kalua," opposite Louis

Jourdan (GIGI) and Jeff Chandler. Director Delmer

Daves (3:10 TO YUMA) creates a wildly entertaining

piece of 1950's Exotica laden with gorgeous locales

(Hawaii doubles for the fictional South Seas island),

volcanic danger and charming depictions of daily

island life. NOT ON VIDEO! Join us after the film in

the Courtyard for a concert by your host King Kukulele

and the Friki Tikis with live hula dancers, a luau

dinner and much, much more!!

EGYPTIAN THEATRE. 6712 HOLLYWOOD BLVD. FOR MORE INFO,

GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT http://www.americancinematheque.com/

This looks awesome.

We may be able to make it...

It does look like fun. I'll have to see what else is going on. I know my Saturday is slammed....

Hmm, well, I guess if we are going, it's just for the movie, not for the dinner/luau afterwards. "Dinner tickets: $12. Dinner tickets should be ordered in advance (by Friday, July 29 at noon) as a guarantee must be given to the caterer. A limited number of dinner tickets will be sold onsite at the event."

Unless we get lucky and there are onsite tickets left.

If you want to go, let me know. I probably can get dinner at this point still. But, Hurry.

We might be able to make it too. It's a mere two subway stops away.

I own to many Tiki shirts not to go

Well the Tiki Luau was definately a place for swankers to be last night. The films were perfect for the evening. We learned about Tiki escapism, the truth about Easter Island, and the customs of Polynesia - there is no jealousy and sometimes you just gotta throw yourself into that volcano.

Afterwards came dinner and musical entertainment by King Kukulele and the Friki Tikis. Bill Tapia, a 97 year old veteran of ukelele accompanied a few songs and was a delight. Earlier in the evening he told stories of performing at the Egyptian in 1931, playing minute and a half sets between films, and meeting Louis Armstrong and having a smoke ;).



Not Afraid lived up to her name approaching the Band members, film makers, and imagineers, making friends sharing the bonds of Tiki-Swank.

This will be a must-do event next year.

It's an annual?

Not yet, but the event manager was kicking around some ideas for another event next year. The Event Manager is my good friend, so I'm sure we'll know about it if it does happen.