Synopsis
Filmed on location at: The Orange Ell, Chestnut Hill Community Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Brethren Coffee House, Church of the Brethren, Glendale, California; Cholmondeley's, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts; The Pit, The Ship's Wheel, The Provincial Club, family basements in Racine, Wisconsin.
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Details
- Running time
- 27 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
- Internet Archive item
- 0197_Coffee_House_Rendezvous_16_21_22_00
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Finally Found It · OhGee528 · 2021-11-12
This film features the rock and roll band I played in during high school; Volume II. The Orange Ell had no church affiliation and was created by a student group from local high schools. We performed on opening night. Our segment was filmed in fall/winter of 1965 and this film was played as a short prior to the featured main film in theaters. While my classmates and friends told me they saw our band at the movies, finding this in 2021 is the first time I got to see it. A photo of our band taken at this event also appeared in one of the Spring 1966 issues of Seventeen Magazine. We were on the…
★★★★ · Can you dig it? · Spuzz · 2017-05-18
This VERY amazing film is one pip to a) sell more coffee and b) convert. Oops, I mean I'm sorry, as the coffeehouses proprietors shown here say they're not looking to convert people, that I believe. What's curious is that this film shows no effort to show that no other coffeehouses exist except christian themed ones. I mean, RIGHT. Interesting that noone was smoking and that nearly everyone was white as well. But nevertheless, this is a fine film with great great music, and a great 60's feel to it.