Thanks a Million

A quick pointer to an event of our own. On Thursday, September 25, at the Roxie Theater in San Francisco, GreenCine will present its first Eclection Film Screening, with a brand new print of Thanks A Million (1935). On the eve of our own wacky gubernatorial election, the film's story - which the All Movie Guide calls a "sharp satire of small town politics" - is suddenly relevant again.

Thanks a Million chronicles a troupe of entertainers who are hired to liven things up at a political event. When the candidate for governor is too drunk to make his speech, the lead crooner from the troupe (played by Dick Powell) steps in, and the crooked political backers decide they want the entertainer to run for governor instead. Doesn't sound so implausible these days, does it? Thanks A Million is an undeservedly obscure film that has long been out of print and unavailable on VHS or DVD – so this is truly a one-in-a-million opportunity.

The screening is free to the first 300 people (GC members and non-members alike) who go this Thanks a Million screening link and fill out the form. We'll send you a postcard good for admission for two to the screening (which, as with any free screening, is never guaranteed, so we advise getting there early to ensure admittance).

It'll be great fun, or at least, a lot more fun than a fairly nauseating recall race. Okay, enough advertising. Thanks (a million)!

Posted by cphillips at September 11, 2003 3:56 PM