…but this time it’s on tour: the big hall of Tullycarnet Community Centre turned into a cinema for the screening of ‘Jolson Story’! Over 70 people showed up on 24th February to watch this Award-winning film, which is a milestone among musical biographies!
We were very pleased to welcome new and old film lovers: a lot of spectators used to be our followers in our previous series last autumn, proving that the ‘Golden Oldies Movie Nights’ series are such a great success that our film aficionados continue to follow us even on tour around the Borough!Our film specialist Michael Smythe introduced ‘Jolson Story’, a 1946 musical story which portrays the life of America’s greatest entertainer, singer Al Jolson.
The film was a tremendous success and won Academy Awards for Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture and Best Sound, Recording. It was also entered into the 1947 Cannes Film Festival.
Al Jolson’s music influenced numerous singers, including Judy Garland, Jerry Lee Lewis and Bob Dylan; and according to the St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, ‘Jolson was to jazz, blues and ragtime what Elvis Presley was to rock’n’roll’! He was a rock-star even though the term hadn’t been coined yet!During the popular ice-cream break, our ladies and gentlemen had the chance to pick the next film, which will be the romantic ‘Random Harvest’, starring Ronald Colman and Greer Garson.
If you want to reserve a place, be quick as these shows are widely well-liked! See you next time in Moneyreagh Community Centre on Tuesday 22nd March!
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