Kick off the Wintersköl™ weekend with the opening night of Aspen Historical Society’s winter retro film series! Featuring a wide range of vintage films from the Aspen Historical Society Collection, the series will open with a Wintersköl™ twist to bring retro skiing and Aspen’s hot doggin’ past to life on the big screen! Afterward, make it a night of film and head to the Isis Theatre later on to get pumped for the season with the iconic 1993 classic ski film, Aspen Extreme.
Come in your ski gear or get out your retro fits and come in costume to get in the winter spirit!
These special partnership events are offered for free to the community in the spirit of Wintersköl™ to celebrate the season ahead.
Film selections:
Wintersköl (1955)
Produced by Miller High Life beer company, this film features local personalities and scenes around town. It begins with a tractor ride to Lift One, passing numerous empty lots between the Hotel Jerome and the mountain, where a ski school class is underway and and the the Uhl family skis together. There are shots of the Hotel Jerome pool in winter, a Wintersköl parade, a costume race, dancing at the Golden Horn, and the t-bar on Little Nell. Ski personalities Dick Wright, Klaus Obermeyer, Sandy Sabbatini, Morrie Shepard and John Litchfield make cameo appearances, as well as well-known community members including Bob Murri, Fred Iselin, Herbert Bayer, and Ralph Jackson.
Little Skiers Big Day (1955)
A film by Fred Iselin featuring 5-year-old local resident Susie Wirth as she skis to school from Aspen Mountain. The film also includes a costume ski race and a ski ballet sequence. It was later re-shot by Disney and called “Fantasy on Skis.”
“Bo Bedford’s Dogs of Aspen” (1970)
A film by CMC student Bo Bedford in 1970 featuring street scenes of downtown Aspen during the winter with people, cars, buildings, businesses and lots of dogs!
