I was able to make it to the Stanford on Friday June 7 --- that night the Stanford was playing Bus Stop and Some Came Running.
I only had time for one movie so I went to see Bus Stop, which was nominated for an Academy Award (Don Murray's performance).
I love to come to this theater any chance that I get. Every time I step into the lobby, it feels like I've died and gone to movie heaven. Or stepped into a dream.
The smell of the freshly popped popcorn. The movie posters hanging on the walls as if it were the year they were originally released.
The lovely chandelier hanging from the ceiling.
Here is a view from the 2nd floor - yes, the theater has a balcony! And you can sit there!
The magnificence of the screen. And the organist playing a few tunes before the show!
Pure cinema splendor.
Pure cinema splendor.
The movie was really good. I had a feeling that everyone in the theater enjoyed it. Marilyn, playing a stripper, was very good in the film as was Don Murray who plays a country bumpkin smitten with her at first sight. The supporting cast is wonderful, too, including Eileen Heckart playing Marilyn's friend. The movie gets better as the story unfolds, and the characters get more interesting, including supporting player Arthur O'Connell, playing a father figure to Murray; at a pivotal point in the film he confronts an obnoxious Murray about his relationship with Marilyn and tells him, "I'm beginning to think that she's too good for you". And loved all the scenes in the diner, where everyone gets stranded for a night, and a fight breaks out. 
