GLENDALE, Calif. (KABC) — For 100 years, the Alex Theatre has been a focal point of downtown Glendale.<\/p>\n
Alicia Fremling and Rob Northrop walked down Brand Boulevard on Wednesday and stopped to admire the building.<\/p>\n
“For some reason the sign, the marquee caught my eye,” Fremling said. “It’s really cool looking. It’s obviously vintage. The ornateness of it was eye-catching, and I just wanted to stop and admire it and take it in for a moment.”<\/p>\n
During Hollywood’s Golden Age, crowds packed the auditorium to watch feature films.<\/p>\n
“When I got to Glendale, almost everyone I met told me that they used to come see the movies here when they were kids,” said Alex Theatre Artistic Director Miles Williams.<\/p>\n
Last week, the theater welcomed back audiences for an exciting new chapter – its first-run studio feature film in 31 years.<\/p>\n
“The first several decades were first-run movies, and it was well known for that and beloved for that,” Williams said.<\/p>\n
Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” was shown at the movie house Thursday on the big screen in 70mm.<\/p>\n
“I think that’s it’s going to usher in a new era that’s a reclamation of our identity,” Williams said.<\/p>\n
“We have Greek columns out front. We have Greek columns next to the screen on stage. It’s basically watching a Greek film in a Greek architecture kind of … architectural gem.”<\/p>\n
Williams has invested in a state-of-the-art cinema projection system and new sound and acoustics.<\/p>\n
“I think that the best way to honor the theater, a theater like this, with this kind of history, is to keep it vibrant and keep it relevant and that’s exactly what we’re doing,” he said.<\/p>\n
Moviegoers are ready to experience movies at the Alex.<\/p>\n
“What’s cool about movies in the first place is we get to time travel with them – into the past, into the future. Coming and viewing a movie in a setting like this, in a sense, is like 3D time travel,” said one moviegoer.<\/p>\n
“The Odyssey” will play at the Alex Theatre through August 6. Williams hopes it is the first of many films to play at the theater.<\/p>\n
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