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By Maggie Fox
Gamecock Staff Writer
Old movie fans will be glad to
know that there is an alternative to
staying up late night to watch their
favorites on TV.
The Nickelodeon, located on the
corner of Pendleton and Main,
offers such diverse fare as Charlie
Chaplin, Laurel and Hardy,
Marlon Brando, and John Belushi.
But the selection isn't limited to
"oldies but goodies" ? recent
releases like Days of Heaven are
interspersed with foreign films like
Fellini's Cnannntin nr A rtiorimn
classics like The Iceman Cometh.
Sponsored by the Columbia Film
Society, the Nickelodeon is run by
two students in USC's Media Arts
program. Carl Davis, who is
working on his thesis in film.
serves as program director, while
Linda O'Connor, a senior, is the
business manager. There are also
several other students from Media
Arts who help out on a volunteer
basis, but Davis and O'Connor
estimate that they put in at least 70
hours a week apiece.
Rather than being just another
tneatre, the Nickelodeon is a film
society. That means that films are
shown to members only. A one
year membership costs $10, which
entitles the member to see films
for $1.50 apiece. There is a two
week temporary membership
available for $2.50 for those who
don't feel quite ready to go whole
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about 600 regular yearly members,
about fifty-percent of whom are
faculty and graduate students at
the University.
Davis says that the Nickelodeon
was created to be an alternative to
the big theatres in town. The main
purpose, he says, is to offer films
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concerns the stormy romantic rela
producer/actor Fred Graham and
Lilli VanessK The inner story re
pliments the outer one by bringing tl
an equally stormy relationship, that
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feeling during their love scenes. Th
Fred and Lilli are about as ardei
beaver and a porcupine.
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very funny.
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before. He contrasts the
Nickelodeon with the University's
Russell House theatre:"We don't
want to compete with them, we
just want people to know that we
can offer shows that the Russell
House can't because their
audience is so limited."
The Nickelodeon puts on three
shows a night, seven days a week,
and next month Davis hopes to add
a Sunday matinee. There is no set
format, but in general, old classics
like W.C. Fields and the Marx
brothers are shown on Sunday and
Monday; Tuesday and Wednesday
are reserved for foreign films like
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weekends feature recent foreign
films and American classics.
Special programs are also offered
occasionally.
A horror film festival was held in
mid-September and featured
classics like Night of the Living
Dead and The Texas Chainsaw
Massacres, along with Bela
Lugosi's White Zombie. Among the
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Brando's Last Tango in Paris,
Hound of the Baskervilles and
Death in Venice.
Davis says that he has no plans
to expand the 70 seat theatre,
although he does plan to buy some
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whole play is below Town Theatre's
Patterson, though possesing a fine
d posed throughout all of his songs.
is about to burst into an aria rather
las a very peculiar vocal problem ?
her high notes, and she can't reach
e sounds very nice in about a three
is in ner chest. Unfortunately, she
r chest voice into a pseudo-operratic
uently.
te high point is provided by the two
leir song, "Brush Up Your
s a very good nonsense song. It is
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Theatre. The costuming does have
? a Clemson T-shirt in the middle of
:ra is also very good. It is a pity that
little louder.
"Kiss Me, Kate" is not up to Town
rds. It is a mildly entertaining way
ening, but there is nothing very
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new equipment to "make the place
more professional." O'Connor
added, "We don't want big crowds,
that sort of thing is for the big
movie theatres."
They maintain a very intimate
atmosphere. Along with the
traditional concessions like popcorn
and soda, patrons can enjoy
hot coffee and fresh pastries, with
Perrier water for the finicky.
The members have input into
future film selection. There is a
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patrons can write down films that
they think the Nickelodeon should
show. The most popular ones get
put on a list for top consideration.
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The lobby, which is plastered
with posters of old and new actors,
also features a magazine rack
stocked with journals like "Sight
and Sound" and "Creative
Camera". "That's a joint venture
with the Joyful Alternative,"
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magazines weren't selling there,
so we took them."
But the main attraction of the
Nickelodeon is, of course, the
movips.Programs are available at
the theatre, and posters are always
plastered on the glass-fronted
lobby. And it seems that alter
native theatre is a success, as
Davis put it, "We're no longer
novel - we're here."
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