Coronado Times

Film Screening of "The Dragon Painter"
2022-04-13 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Village Theatre, 820 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
Tickets Now Available!
The Coronado Historical Association, in partnership with the Coronado Island Film Festival, present The Dragon Painter (1919). This much-celebrated film was inducted into the prestigious National Film Registry in 2014 and stars silent-era heartthrob Sessue Hayakawa. In this romance drama, Hayakawa plays an artist desperate to find a sought-after princess muse, played by Hayakawa’s wife Tsuru Aoki. This black-and-white film features the exquisite Coronado Japanese Tea Garden as a lush backdrop for the couple’s happy moments with many scenes also filmed in Yosemite National Park.
Despite being filmed here in Coronado’s Japanese Tea Garden over 103 years ago, this film will be screened for the first time in Coronado at the historic Village Theatre. This silent film is accompanied by a complete score by Japanese-American composer Mark Izu. Run-time is 53 minutes. The screening of this film is in collaboration with the Coronado Historical Association exhibit Uprooted: The Story of Japanese Americans in Coronado.
VIP Ticket $50.00
VIP for Members of CHA | CIFF $40.00
General Admission $15.00
VIP tickets include reception at CHA.
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Historic Film Screening at Village Theatre April 13
