Chinatown East Horror Noir Film Night and Industry Pitch Fest Hosted By Producer Suzanne DeLaurentiis
Caitlyn Fletcher, Basil Kintanar, Suzanne DeLaurentiis/Photo Splash Magazine
The dream of every filmmaker/writer is to get their film made and that is exactly what veteran Hollywood film producer Suzanne DeLaurentiis has created with her ‘Horror Film Night Pitch Fest.’ On Tuesday, July 19th the event was held at the California Institute of Abnormal Arts with co-owner and founder Carl Crew treating the guests to a truly creepy delicious tour of his museum/night club. Carl regaled the guests with truly abnormal tales and experiences from folks who had visited the museum. You don’t have to believe all the paranormal stuff to enjoy spending an evening at the California Institute of Abnormal Arts.
The next pitch fist is scheduled for August 2nd, 2016; to reserve for spot RSVP to-sudela100@aol.com
ABOUT SUZANNE DELAURENTIIS
Suzanne DeLaurentiis is not only on outstanding filmmaker devoted to helping others, she is also the founder of Operation Hollywood a non profit organization. The Operation Hollywood program trains and employs returning veterans for careers in the entertainment business. In 2010, Suzanne received a Commendation Metal from the United States military in recognition of her services to veterans. Born in 1962 and raised in southern New Jersey, Suzanne DeLaurentiis was a singer, dancer and actress from an early age. She worked on and off Broadway, and studied Opera at Carnegie Hall with the famous Carlo Menotti. She established a successful singing career in her teens, following in the footsteps of her cousin and mentor, 50’s superstar, Frankie Avalon.In her early 20’s, Suzanne opened her own production company, writing, producing and directing feature films and television. Throughout her 30-plus years as a filmmaker, Suzanne has been involved with over one hundred productions, and has been honored with many prestigious awards. In 2002, the Marco Island Film Festival honored Ms. DeLaurentiis with their esteemed Terry Scarlett Award for Filmmaking, in 2003 the Palm Beach International Film Festival presented her with The Distinguished Founders Award for Excellence in Filmmaking, in 2007, Suzanne received the prestigious Opal Award from Women in Film and in 2008, The Hollywood Fame Awards honored her for her lifetime achievement for music in independent films. To learn about Suzanne visit- http://suzannedelaurentiisproduction.com/
ABOUT CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF ABNORMAL ARTS
The California Institute of Abnormalarts – also written as the California Institute of Abnormal Arts and abbreviated as CIA – is a nightclub and sideshowmuseum located in North Hollywood, California. Owned and operated by actor-screenwriter Carl Crew and Robert Ferguson, the venue primarily hosts underground musical groups, performance art, movie screenings and sideshow acts including burlesque and freak shows.
The CIA features an extensive collection of sideshow memorabilia that Crew and Ferguson, both avid fans and historians of the American sideshow, had collected over the years. The venue, painted with bright, garish circus colors, displays cryptotaxidermy, pickled punks and vintage banners for sideshow attractions and over the years has featured such oddities and hoaxes as a Fiji mermaid, the skull of “the world’s smallest Freemason“, the severed head of Sasquatch, the severed arm of Claude de Lorraine and a fairyskeleton. The CIA’s most notable attraction, however, may be the preserved corpse of Achile Chatouilleu, an American circus performer who died in 1912 and requested his body be put on display in the clown makeup and attire he had worn throughout his life. Although Crew leased the body for six months in 2002, he claims that the owners “forgot” to retrieve it and the corpse remains at the CIA to present day in a hermetically sealed glass coffin, the body itself embalmed with arsenic. Chatouilleu’s corpse is such a prominent fixture of the CIA that the LA Weekly newspaper ranked the venue in its “Best of LA 2006” list as “Best Place to Find a Dead Clown”.
