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Around Town: Snow White, Casablanca at Oscars Outdoors

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences introduces its ‘Oscars Outdoors’ screening series Friday evening with the 1942 Oscar-winning romantic classic ‘Casablanca,’ followed by Walt Disney’s seminal 1937 animated feature, ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,’’ Saturday evening.

The screenings take place at the academy’s new open-air theater on its Hollywood campus. All of the June screenings are sold out, but there will be a standby line the day of the event. http://www.oscars.org

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Cinespia’s outdoor screening series at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery is in full swing this summer with Cheech and Chong’s highly combustible 1978 comedy, ‘Up in Smoke,’ scheduled for Saturday evening. http://www.cinespia.org

New Beverly Cinema kicks off the weekend with the antic 1944 Frank Capra comedy ‘Arsenic and Old Lace,’ based on the long-running Broadway hit. The film, which stars Cary Grant, screens Friday and Saturday.

With Woody Allen’s latest, ‘To Rome with Love,’ opening next week, the New Bev presents two of the his ‘early funny ones’ Sunday and Monday: 1975’s ‘Love and Death’ and 1972’s ‘Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (But Were Afraid to Ask).’ http://www.newbevcinema.com

The UCLA Film & Television Archive’s celebration of Universal’s 100-year anniversary presents the granddaddy of all-star disaster films, 1970’s ‘Airport,’ on Friday evening at the Billy Wilder Theater. George Seaton wrote and directed this Oscar-best-film nominee based on the novel by Arthur Hailey about a suicidal bomber (Van Heflin) aboard a transatlantic flight. Dean Martin, Burt Lancaster, Jean Seberg and Helen Hayes, who won the supporting actress Oscar as a stowaway, are among the many stars. http://www.cinema.ucla.edu

Veronica Gelakoksa, author of ‘Pig ‘n Whistle,’ and Los Angeles Magazine columnist/preservation and vintage culture expert Chris Nichols will talk about the famed L.A restaurants of the 1920s-’40s after a screening Saturday afternoon of the 1945 film noir classic ‘Mildred Pierce’ at the American Cinematheque’s Egyptian Theatre. Joan Crawford won her Academy Award for her role.

The 1945 theme continues early Sunday evening at the Egyptian with the Art Directors Guild Film Society’s screening of MGM’s lavish all-star musical ‘Ziegfeld Follies,’ which was directed by several of the studio’s directors, including Vincente Minnelli. Guests include Oscar-nominated costume designer Bob Mackie and cinematographer Michael Lonzo.

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The Cinematheque’s Aero Theatre’s latest installment in its ‘Grit and Whimsy III: The Best of Recent Belgian Cinema’ continues Wednesday with the 2009 drama ‘Altiplano.’ http://www.americancinematheque.com

Oscar-winning composer and sometimes actor Paul Williams will be on hand Friday evening at the Cinefamily at the Silent Movie Theatre’s tribute, which features two films for which he composed the scores: 1979’s ‘The Muppet Movie,’ which includes the tune ‘The Rainbow Connection,’ and 1974’s ‘The Phantom of Paradise.’

Cinefamily also celebrates the 45th anniversary of the milestone Monterey International Pop Music Festival with a screening Sunday evening of D.A. Pennebaker’s 1968 classic documentary ‘Monterey Pop.’ The film’s producer, Lou Adler, and Michelle Phillips of the Mamas and Papas (who appear in the film) will be on hand. http://www.cinefamily.org

Los Angeles Filmforum presents Peter Greenaway’s 2007 drama ‘Nightwatching,’ starring Martin Freeman as Rembrant, Sunday at the Egyptian Theatre. http://www.lafilmforum.org

The Los Angeles Conservancy’s Last Remaining Seats present a 1942 Mexican comedy ‘Los Tres Mosqueteros,’ starring the legendary Mario Moreno — best known to the world as Cantinflas — Wednesday evening at the Million Dollar Theatre in downtown Los Angeles. There will also be a pre-show panel. http://www.laconservancy.org

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--Susan King

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