Retro Films at the AF Isis Theatre
Tuesday, February 25, 5:30pm
Aspen Film Isis Theatre | 406 E Hopkins Ave, Aspen
FREE, Tickets Required
Event Details
Aspen Historical Society and Aspen Film welcome the community to an evening of films and nostalgia featuring a specially curated lineup of films from the AHS Archives, from irreverent retro ski footage to vintage resort promotional videos and more.
Attendees are welcome to a $10 popcorn and soda special and will also be entered to win a gear giveaway from Alps and Meters!
Guests are encouraged to come dressed in ski clothes—retro or current—in the spirit of winter fun.
The all-ages event is free, though tickets are required.
Film Program:
ASPEN BEFORE LIFTS (1945/46) A promotional film of early skiing with Friedl Pfeifer, Johnny Litchfield, and Percy Rideout, among others. The film shows Aspen Mountain, the early Roch Run, and some school children on the T-Bar at the Little Nell run.
1950 FIS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (1950) Filmed by Dick Durrance and narrated by Gary Cooper, this film features the men’s downhill race. It begins in town at the Hotel Jerome, shows Bingo the dog, then spans to Lift One. The remainder of the footage includes downhill racers going over the Dam, down Spar Gulch, over Niagara then through Schuss Gully to the finish, complete with several crashes.
THE MANY FACES OF ASPEN (1955) Filmed by Dick Barrymore, this film shows skiing and nightlife in Aspen and features scenes of Ruthie’s Run, Bell Mountain, Red Onion, Snowmass area cabin, Stromberg’s Restaurant, dancing, and music. Featured in the film are Ernst Hinterseer, Buzzy Bent, Ray Conrad, Darrell Williams, Fred Iselin, Freddie Fisher, Victor Wayne, and Anderl Molterer, who demonstrates the double pole plant.
ASPEN GLOW (1969) A film by Dick Barrymore featuring shots of Aspen in the summer and winter of 1969. The winter scenes include Lifts One and Two, and ski jumping. It also includes a Wintersköl parade, ice hockey, a torchlight descent down the mountain, Buttermilk Mountain, skiing on the Big Burn at Snowmass, skiing with wing suits, and cross-country skiing.
All images courtesy of the Aspen Historical Society
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