Historic Warner Cascade Theatre Museum

08/29/2026

Get you gun on, your boots shined and your attitude ready for the Western Series Jay French has curated for your enjoyment. Yes, the Museum remains closed; no tours, no visitors, no field trips - sorry. But we do have the use of the Cascade Theatre for this series. See you there pardner!

08/29/2026

08/29/2026

This Day in Film History:
August 29
1920:
Jazz great and subject of the Clint Eastwood directed biopic Bird Charlie Parker is born in Kansas City, Missouri.
1923:
Sir Richard Attenborough, Academy Award-winning director and sometime actor, is born in Cambridge, England.
1939:
Oscar winner William Friedkin (The French Connection) is born in Chicago.

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08/28/2026

This Day in Film History:
August 28
1898:
Preston Sturges enters the world in Chicago, Illinois
1930:
"Hooray for Captain Spaulding, the African explorer!" Animal Crackers, considered by many to be the Marx Brothers' best film (they're wrong, by the way), opens.
1940:
Laurence Olivier and Vivian Leigh marry.

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08/27/2026

This Day in Film History:
August 27
1927:
Eventually winning the first Best Picture Oscar (Actually, Best Picture, Production), Wings is released.
1943:
Universal debuts its version of The Phantom of the Opera, starring Nelson Eddy and Claude Rains.
1964:
Per un pugno di dollari (Fistful of Dollars) premieres in Florence, marking the first screen collaboration between Spaghetti western-director Sergio Leone and star Clint Eastwood.
1988:
Thieves steal a print of The Last Temptation of Christ from the Cineplex Odeon Center Theatre in Salt Lake City.
Source: Forbidden Films

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08/27/2026

This Day in Film History:
August 26
1930:
Universal's first choice for the title role in Dracula, Lon Chaney, Sr., dies of lung cancer in Hollywood, California. The part went to Bela Lugosi, who had originated the role on Broadway.
Source: Universal Horrors

08/26/2026

We are saddened to report the loss of Tom Ewen, husband of board member Sylvia. Tom was a long time supporter of our Museum and a good friend to one and all. We will miss his visits, his conversations and his warm presence.
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