STARS COME TO DARTMOUTH DARTMOUTH FILM SOCIETY
The Dartmouth Film Society offers a very sociable night and is a definite must for those who like their movies in an old-fashioned setting.
Monroe, Emma Thompson, Mike Leigh, Orson Welles and Baz Luhrmann coming to Dartmouth in the same year sounds quite frankly hallucinogenic. That was indeed the line-up of talent and movie stars of films screened in 1997 when the newly formed Dartmouth Film Society first ventured forth with the aim of presenting films to Dartmouth and surrounding villages.
The highly unlikely combination of Marilyn
With the help of an Arts Council grant, a 16mm reel-to-reel film projector and speakers were purchased. So meagre were funds that local businesses sponsored each film to cover the costs of film hire. Films were screened in make-do locations- including the Dartmouth Yacht Club, The Carved Angel restaurant (now Angelique), and other venues such as Bayards Cove, halls, various hotels and a memorable screening of Jaws on Blackpool Sands beach. These locations weren’t easy to arrange and often film-goers would have to phone on the night to find where the film would be shown. Despite the challenges for attendees, and the organising committee, the Film Society quickly attracted a wide following within a short period of time and gained an award in 1998 from the British Federation of Film Societies for the Best New Film Society for the year. ward.
Screenings were once held on Sunday or Monday evenings but are now held every second Thursday. So popular were the films that by 2000 it recorded nearly 200 members and guests in attendance for the screening of Shakespeare in Love shown in a marquee on Coronation Park. Now permanently housed in the Dartmouth Guildhall, with the most up-to-date equipment and an enthusiastic following, the Film Society continues screening its selection of outstanding films every second Thursday evening. The victorian Guildhall is dressed for opening time at 7:00pm with candlelit tables making for a cosy atmosphere for the screening at 7:30pm. Wine and nibbles are on sale before the film and during the interval, and specially-themed events are held three times a year with food and drink from that period e.g. for the Dart Music Festival the
film classic Jailhouse Rock will be screened and be accompanied by food and drink from the ‘50’s. Today the Film Society continues to attract wide audiences and provide great value. This year twenty one films will be screened for a membership fee of just £30. Guest tickets are still at the 1997 price of £3.50 and can be purchased at the Windjammer on Victoria Road until 7:25pm on film nights, and new members can join at the Guildhall on any film night.
Films for the remainder of the winter/spring season include the wonderfully animated story of The Illusionist (Mar 10); Crazy Heart with Jeff Bridges (March 24), Made in Dagenham, My Afternoons with Margueritte, Secrets in their Eyes, and Bad Lieutenant. The Dartmouth Film Society offers a very sociable night and is a definite must for those who like their movies in an old-fashioned setting. It’s really something. Contact:
www.dartmouthfilmsociety.org.uk or Clive Osborne: 07968026449
DARTMOUTH FILM SOCIETY March 2011
the illusionist 10th March
Crazy Heart 24th March
Films are screened at The Guildhall, Victoria road,
Dartmouth. the bar is open from 7.30pm and the films start approx 8pm. guest tickets are available on the night for £3.50 each from “The Windjammer”, Victoria road between 7.00pm and 7.25pm only. No guest tickets will be sold on the door. to join the Film Society, or for more information call Clive Osborne tel: 07968 026449 Or COMe AlOng tO AnY FilM AnD JOin On tHe DOOr
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