Gala Night at the Cinema

Type: 
Film
Location: 
Main Theater
Date and time: 
Friday, October 2, 2015 -
7:15pm to 9:00pm

Join us for a Gala Night at the Cinema, 1920s-style! This once-in-a-lifetime event will open the festival with singing, dancing, burlesque, and amusement, before we get on to the serious business of news from the 1920s, a short presentation of the silent film, "The Old Man and The Goblins," and a special 10th Anniversary screening of the H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society's "The Call of Cthulhu."

Dress to impress, find your seat with the help of one of our ushers, and get yourself a bottle of Bub-L-Pep or a pack of (candy) Fleur-de-Lis cigarettes from the candy girl. This is going to be a night to remember!

The Call of Cthulhu
Directed by
Andrew Leman
47 mins
 | 2005
 | US
The Old Man and The Goblins
Directed by
Mark Caballero, Seamus Walsh
4 mins
 | 1998
 | US
Andrew Leman

Andrew Leman is one of the founding members of the H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society, and has produced a number of literary, film, theatrical, music, prop and gaming projects there over the decades with his longtime friend and collaborator Sean Branney. He has written and produced more than 20 live-action Lovecraftian role-playing games. He wrote and directed the first HPLHS film, "The Testimony of Randolph Carter", directed "The Call of Cthulhu", and co-wrote and co-produced The Whisperer in Darkness.

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Sean Branney

Sean is a producer, actor, director and writer with the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society which he runs with his nefarious colleague, Andrew Leman. He was intimately involved in the creation of the motion pictures The Call of Cthulhu and The Whisperer in Darkness, nineteen episodes of Dark Adventure Radio Theatre, and many other Lovecraftian projects. With his work at the HPLHS, he's created many other Lovecraftian entertainments. Sean also produces and directs live theatre in Los Angeles. He plays ice hockey and has four chinchillas.

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Kelly Ward (performer)

Kelly Ward is the founder and Artistic Director of Cirque Macabre, a Seattle based performance troupe specialized in bring dark tales to life through the art of circus. Kelly has been studying circus arts for the past 5 years and performs regularly all around Seattle.

Kelly will be performing Saturday night during the Lovecraftian Variety Show!

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K.L. Young

K.L. Young is a writer and the Editor of Strange Aeons Magazine. He is also the screenwriter of several short and feature films.

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Part of this event: 
20th Annual H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival - Portland, OR