This Sunday!  I am hopefully going to see “Flying Down to Rio” at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood.

From the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles:

“In the 1930s, in the age of Art Deco streamline design, people were traveling farther and faster than any humans had ever traveled before. Fast cars, streamlined trains, luxury steamships, swift airliners, giant seaplanes and majestic Zeppelins opened up new horizons to those with the money to spend.

Walter Nelson will present a program of film, poster art, photographs and music that will bring to life the experience and romance of travel in the years just before the Second World War. This will be followed by the classic musical Flying Down to Rio, with Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Dolores Del Rio and a host of other stars and marvelous music.

This is a Co-Presentation with the American Cinematheque.

Lecture: 4 PM

Screening of Flying Down to Rio at 5 PM

Tickets are $7 for members of ADSLA and American Cinematheque. Regular American Cinematheque prices apply for the general public ($11) and students/seniors ($9) and are available via Fandango, or can be purchased on the day of the event at the door. Please bring your ADSLA membership card with you to the box office.

Parking: $2 per hour metered parking available near the theatre. $2 for four hours validated parking available at Hollywood and Highland. There are also pay parking lots on Las Palmas and Cherokee that cost approximately $10. Why not take the metro? The Egyptian is a very short walk east from the Hollywood and Highland METRO station.”