Hollywood’s Egyptian Theatre will host a special screeningseries to celebrate the 10-year anniversaryof thepodcast“You Must Remember This,” created and hosted by Karina Longworth.
Longworth has now spent a decade examining the untold histories of show business — including watercooler seasons spent revisiting the Manson murders, the Star Wars franchise and the life and career of Joan Crawford. The Egyptian, owned by Netflix, has curateda three-day screening series featuring the films of Hollywood bombshell Kim Novak.
Novak was the subjectof the“lost” and first-ever recorded episode of “You Must Remember This.” Longworth has previously said a corrupted audio file and “large swaths” of copyrighted music led to the shelving of theepisode, which will finally be released [Editor’s note: In the TV series that launched and catapulted Ryan Murphy to stardom, “Popular,” a fictional girl’s room at a Southern California high school was named for Novak after a donation from the star. We love remembering her this way].
The screening series will kick off April 1 with showings of “Bell, Book and Candles” starring Novak and Jimmy Stewart, as well as a 35mm print of “Kiss Me Stupid” starring Novak and Dean Martin. All-day showings of Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” are set for April 2. The run will conclude with a showing of Novak’s 1955 film “Picnic” on April 4, followed by a conversation with Longworth and moderator Patton Oswalt. Tickets are currently on sale.
Netflix recently reopened the Egyptian after extensive renovations. Originally built in 1922 during the silent film era, the movie house was a fixture in Hollywood’s Golden Age and the site of the first Hollywood movie premiere. Netflix also recently reopened the Paris Theater, New York City’s longest-running arthouse cinema and the last remaining single-screen cinema in Manhattan, after technical upgrades.
