Hitchcock's "The Birds" at Redford Theatre wsg Tippi Hedren

[Kathleen]

Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds starring Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor and Jessica Tandy Friday, September 28 at 8pm Saturday, September 29 at 2pm and 8pm Tickets $5 Special Live Appearance by TIPPI HEDREN at all 3 showings Ms. Hedren will have items for sale, including: autographed 8X10 glossy photos-$20, personal items autographed-$20 and pictures with Ms. Hedren for $10. Doors open one hour before each show for autographs. http://redfordtheatre.com/movie/

[Kathleen]

Actress, animal-rights activist Tippi Hedren coming to the Redford Theatre in September
http://www.pressandguide.com/article...mode=fullstory

The Birds at The Redford Theatre wsg Tippi Hedren

http://motorcityblog.blogspot.com/20...eatre-wsg.html

[401don]

My older sister made me stay up and watch it on tv with her while babysitting me. After I went to bed she went outside and started tapping on my window. Can't remember if she had to change the sheets though.

[kryptonite]

My older sister made me stay up and watch it on tv with her while babysitting me. After I went to bed she went outside and started tapping on my window. Can't remember if she had to change the sheets though.

Wow, a great idea. I wish I had thought about that with my little brother, he was easy to spook. The Redford is always a great time.

[kenp]

wow she must be getting up there in age.
I liked her in Marnie.
Little known fact is that Melanie Griffith is her daughter

[Trumpeteer]

Just spent time out in wine country where The Birds was filmed, Bodega Bay. CA. The school house is still there in the small town just off the bay itself!

[Kathleen]

Recently attended a Gone With The Wind event in Georgia. One of the guests of honor was actress Morgan Brittany, who played Vivien Leigh in two television movies. Now in her early 60s and looking beautiful, Morgan shared stories about some of the television series and films that she was in [[credited under her real name Suzanne Cupito). Among so many TV and film roles, she was Opie's girlfriend in The Andy Griffith Show, a deaf mute in an episode of Rawhide, one of Henry Fonda's daughters in the movie Yours, Mine and Ours. She also is in a key scene in The Birds so shared shared a couple stories about Alfred Hitchcock.

[Kathleen]

A nice writeup in Metromedia:

Reel History: The Redford Theatre
http://www.metromodemedia.com/featur...eater0270.aspx

[eno]

Recently attended a Gone With The Wind event in Georgia. One of the guests of honor was actress Morgan Brittany, who played Vivien Leigh in two television movies. Now in her early 60s and looking beautiful, Morgan shared stories about some of the television series and films that she was in [[credited under her real name Suzanne Cupito). Among so many TV and film roles, she was Opie's girlfriend in The Andy Griffith Show, a deaf mute in an episode of Rawhide, one of Henry Fonda's daughters in the movie Yours, Mine and Ours. She also is in a key scene in The Birds so shared shared a couple stories about Alfred Hitchcock.

Well, don't leave us hanging. I've heard that Hitchcock was enamored of blondes and made a solicitation of Tippi Hedren that was ungentlemanly of him. What did Morgan have to say about Hitch?

[Kathleen]

Hitchcock's The Birds still terrifying at 50
http://www.examiner.com/review/hitch...rrifying-at-50

Tippi Hedren: Hitchcock's reluctant muse
http://theweek.com/article/index/232...reluctant-muse

[Kathleen]

Redford Theatre Facebook page for up-to-date details for this event:
http://www.facebook.com/RedfordTheatre

Check out their marquee!

[Kathleen]

Tippi Hedren: Hitchcock ruined career, not life

http://www.theoaklandpress.com/articles/2012/08/02/entertainment/doc501a797274c76983269780.txt

[Gistok]

Kathleen... too bad they can't get REBECCA [[Hitchcock's first directing role in America) playing at the Redford, and get Joan Fontaine [[now in her mid 90's and living in relative seclusion in California)... to talk about Alfred Hitchcock, Sir Laurence Olivier, Dame Judith Anderson, and her older still surviving sister Olivia de Havilland.

Now that would fill the house....

P.S. Mrs. Danvers still creeps me out....

[Kathleen]

More articles....

Bird's star Tippi Hedren comes to Redford Theatre
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/2...xt|FRONTPAGE|s

5 questions with Tippi Hedren
http://www.freep.com/article/2012092...and-The-Birds-

Double classic
http://metrotimes.com/screens/double-classic-1.1378634

[Kathleen]

Kathleen... too bad they can't get REBECCA [[Hitchcock's first directing role in America) playing at the Redford, and get Joan Fontaine [[now in her mid 90's and living in relative seclusion in California)... to talk about Alfred Hitchcock, Sir Laurence Olivier, Dame Judith Anderson, and her older still surviving sister Olivia de Havilland.

Now that would fill the house....

P.S. Mrs. Danvers still creeps me out....

That would, indeed!!! But we should consider ourselves lucky for these types of events and so support them!!

[stasu1213]

I had went to see the movie last night. The turn out was great. Tippi still look attractive even at 81. I wish we could have a movie theatre downtown or in the new center area that show old classic movies. I love going to the Redford.

[Gistok]

I had went to see the movie last night. The turn out was great. Tippi still look attractive even at 81. I wish we could have a movie theatre downtown or in the new center area that show old classic movies. I love going to the Redford.

Stasu1213, I remember the 450 seat Tele-Arts [[now the closed Bleu Nightclub and during WWII and later the Tele-News) was a nice intimate place to watch art films. But that niche was really filled by the DIA Film Theatre [[1,150 seats).

But that would make for a nice use for the 800 seat National Theatre.on Monroe St. Such a specific use would preclude a "rough crowd" from causing trouble. However the National, while nicely restored on the outside [[using Superbowl funds), has a very very rough interior. Being Albert Kahn's only completely built theatre by him... it was built in 1909-1910 in a very tame classic style. And unfortunately so much of the plasterwork was damaged [[IIRC, more so than the United Artists). That the interior almost isn't worth saving.... almost. It was never opulent... just elegant...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/snweb/2304107050/

Perhaps some kind of renovation using some other theatre's plaster molds would be in order to give it some kind of charm [[rather than just a plain box interior of so many modern theatres).

But then again... do we really want to compete with the Redford??

[Wesley Mouch]

They're getting great media coverage. Fantastic event.

[Kathleen]

Heading to The Birds this evening!!! Should be quite an experience!!!

[Kathleen]

Coverage of last night's screening.....

http://www.examiner.com/article/tipp...edford-theatre


Tippi stopped by the WWJ studios yesterday....
http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2012/09/...dford-theater/

[stasu1213]

Stasu1213, I remember the 450 seat Tele-Arts [[now the closed Bleu Nightclub and during WWII and later the Tele-News) was a nice intimate place to watch art films. But that niche was really filled by the DIA Film Theatre [[1,150 seats).

But that would make for a nice use for the 800 seat National Theatre.on Monroe St. Such a specific use would preclude a "rough crowd" from causing trouble. However the National, while nicely restored on the outside [[using Superbowl funds), has a very very rough interior. Being Albert Kahn's only completely built theatre by him... it was built in 1909-1910 in a very tame classic style. And unfortunately so much of the plasterwork was damaged [[IIRC, more so than the United Artists). That the interior almost isn't worth saving.... almost. It was never opulent... just elegant...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/snweb/2304107050/

Perhaps some kind of renovation using some other theatre's plaster molds would be in order to give it some kind of charm [[rather than just a plain box interior of so many modern theatres).

But then again... do we really want to compete with the Redford??

We don't have to compete with the Redford. We could have at least one more theatre either downtown or the eastside of Detroit. I think that the Algers on E Warren and Outer Drive would be a perfect theatre to show classic movies. There is another theatre on Jefferson near Chalmers that could be used to show classic movies. It is not to compete but to have a theatre on both sides of town. The older movies homes didn't compete. They just had different varieties of movies they had shown. I had asked Chris at 1515 Broadway would he ever show classic movies at his theatre. He had said no. The Fillmore or the Fine Arts theatre could show movies without stepping on The Redford's toes. Maybe the Redford could do what Fishbones, Dooleys, and other restaurants are doing; renovate an old bus and shuttle moviegoers from downtown to the theatre. Just a thought. I did enjoy "The Birds" last night. I had really gotten into the alternative storyline focusing on the relationship between mother, son, and girlfriend. For years I was just focusing on the attacking birds storyline. lol

[Gistok]

Stasu1213, I remember back in the 1990s when the Fox was showing classic movie matinee's on the weekend [[IIRC, they had the organ playing as well... but I'm not totally sure). I remember seeing Lawrence of Arabia there, and took some friends there as well. Problem with the Fox it's just too big for that genre [[not a full house).

Due to the dance floor and cabaret style terraced seating, the Fillmore isn't ideal for movie showing. Only permanent seats are in the Mezzanine and Balcony.

Music Hall wouldn't be bad for that....

[p69rrh51]

The National Theatre could/should be the downtown classic movie cinema.

[Gistok]

I agree p69rrh51.... the National Theatre is intimate for movies [[seats 800)... and would make for a nice classic film theatre. The surviving interior plasterwork is rather sparse... but much of it appears to be repitition, so recreating the plasterwork "may" not be that difficult. This sounds like a perfect job for some of the "non-profit foundations" in Detroit to spearhead.

Here's some interior/exterior shots of the theatre. As I mentioned the exterior is nice, the interior is in ruins. Notice the Pewabic Pottery tiles in at least one of the shots. The lobby is made of green Pewabic tiles....
http://historicdetroit.org/galleries...heatre-photos/

And here are some mainly exterior shots [[many were taken before the 2005 Superbowl exterior restoration)....
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Nati...Detroit#page=0

[Wesley Mouch]

The National Theatre could/should be the downtown classic movie cinema.

Another venue just waiting -- the Scottish Rite at the Masonic.