MOVIES AL FRESCO IN PARK SLOPE’S JJ BYRNE PARK

Enough about what makes Park Slope annoying. What about some of the great stuff that goes on here?

Like Brooklyn Film Works in JJ Byrne Park, for instance, which is produced by Kim Maier and the Old Stone House and curated by Bill, whose last name I don’t know at the moment, but who has selected a great group of movies for this year. Last night’s show was so much fun.

What crazy chemistry: mid-life Mae West and a young Cary Grant. A little May-December magic. And it’s the film with the famous line "Beulah, peel me a grape."

"I’m No Angel," is chock full of fabulous one-liners, deep, gutteral sounds by Mae West and of course her famous, Why don’t you come up and see me sometime?"

That was last night at Brooklyn Film Works and a crowd of about 50 gathered on the lawn in JJ Byrne Park

As always, there was a fantastic short, a Betty Boop flick, that makes you want to watch all the Fleisher Brother’s cartoons.

The famous BFW’s screen, designed by Showman Fabricators, looked great leaning against the Greg’s Express truck. The state-of-the-art video projector, donated by Scharff Weissberg, makes a beautiful picture.

People brought lawn chairs, cloth to lie on, food, friends. There’s a hot dog concession by Willie’s Dawgs. Just two more Tuesday in July screenings left.

NEXT WEEK: "What’s Up Doc?" Peter Bogdonovich’s 1970’s screwball comedy with Barbara Streisand and Ryan O’neal is a funny one with an uproarious chase scene up and down the streets of San Francisco. The very 1970’s-ness of the film should be fun.

TUESDAY JULY 24 at 8:30. DON’T MISS IT. There are only two more. The last show, Duck Soup with the Marx Brothers is on TUESDAY JULY 31