Time Travel Tuesdays | Retro Films Screenings
Presented in partnership with Aspen Film
Supported in part by U.S. Bank
Stream begins at 7 p.m. and is available for 36 hours
Suggested donation $10 per stream, or $60 for access to complete series (8 dates).
If you care to contribute more to support both Aspen Historical Society and Aspen Film, you will have an option at check-out.
A link for screening will be provided in your email confirmation after registration.
Enjoy the films!!!
Tuesday, March 9th
Film #1 – The Aspen Outrageous Ski School Movie (1975) (13 minutes) This film was written and produced by Jack Hanna and (possibly) narrated by Brian Suitor. It features Snowmass Ski School including many ski instructors such as Ken Oakes, Linda Harlan, Yvan Taché, and Ed Lucks.
Film #2 – Aspen Dream (1975) (10 minutes) This film was produced by the Weed Patch Camera Club, photographed by Robert Bagley, Sterling Johnson, and Bob Collins. Also listed on the credits are Tom Rowe, Don McKinnon, and Paul Ryan. It features Spider Sabich who also narrates. There is ski racing by Aspen Valley Ski Club kids, the Popcorn Wagon, Little Nell, many scenes from Snowmass, hang gliding, cycling, ice skating, Gelundesprung, and the ski splash.
Film #3 – The Many Faces of Aspen (1955) (12 minutes) 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, and Victor Wayne and Anderl Molterer, who demonstrates the double pole plant.
Film #4 – Aspen Summer Mood (1963) (14 minutes) Aspen Association filmed nearly all the summer activities to be experienced in Aspen, including the Maroon Bells/Snowmass Wilderness, Marble, Crystal, and Carbondale. Local personalities in the opening scenes include Roberta Waterson, Sammy Craig (who became a ski coach at the University of Utah), Vivian and Bill Goodnough, and Jim Hayes. There are several scenes of the Aspen Music Festival, and the vice president of the Aspen Ski Corporation is shown bicycling to Aspen Meadows.
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