CLASSIC FILMS

2008- 2009 Classic Film Season

All seats $7.00 (General Admission)
Box Office opens at 6:00 PM
Organ at 7:00 PM . Film at 7:30 PM
For more information, call (717) 534-3405

Sunday, September 7, 2008 - 42nd Street (free event; part of 75th Anniversary weekend) 1933, 89 minutes, black and white
Genre: Musical, Romance, Drama
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast Includes: Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent, Ruby Keeler, Ginger Rogers, Dick Powell
Nominated for Academy Awards for: Best Picture and Best Sound
National Film Preservation Board of Library of Congress chose this as iconic film in 1998
Also being shown: The News Parade of 1933, on loan from The UCLA Film and Television Archive
Hans Gartner, Organist

Tuesday, October 7, 2008 - The Maltese Falcon (done in conjunction with JumpStreet and The National Endowment for the Arts “The Big Read”) 1941, 101 minutes, black and white
Genre: Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
Director: John Huston
Cast Includes: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, Ward Bond
Nominated for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Sydney Greenstreet), Best Writing Screenplay
Jack Goodman, organist

Friday, October 31, 2008 @ 7:30 PM – Phantom of the Opera (1943)
1943, 92 minutes, color
Genre: Drama, Horror, Music, Thriller
Director: Arthur Lubin
Cast: Nelson Eddy, Susanna Foster, Claude Rains, Hume Cronyn
Won 2 Academy Awards: Best Color Cinematography, Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration; Nominated for Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture and Best Sound Recording
Jack Goodman, organist

Sunday, November 16, 2008 – A Christmas Story
1983, 94 minutes, color
Genre: Comedy, Family
Director: Bob Clark
Cast: Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin, Peter Billingsley

Saturday, December 6, 2008 – White Christmas
1954, 120 minutes, color
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Ellen, Dean Jagger, Mary Wickes
Nominated: Irving Berlin nominated for Best Song
Hans Gartner, organist

Sunday, January 11, 2009 – The Road to Singapore (Bing Crosby / Bob Hope Road movie)
1940, 85 minutes, black and white
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Director: Victor Schertzinger
Cast: Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, Bob Hope, Charles Coburn, Anthony Quinn, Jerry Colonna
This was the first of the famous “Road to…” movies
Hans Gartner, organist

Saturday, February 14, 2009 – The Princess Bride
1987, 98 minutes, color
Genre: Action/Adventure/Family Comedy/ Fantasy / Romance
Director: Rob Reiner
Cast: Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest, Wallace Shawn, Andre the Giant, Fred Savage, Robin Wright Penn, Peter Falk, Peter Cook, Carol Kane, Billy Crystal
Nominated for Best Music, Original Song
Jack Goodman, organist

Sunday, March 15, 2009 – Rear Window
1954, 112 minutes, color
Genre: Crime/Drama/Mystery/Romance/Thriller
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, Raymond Burr
Nominated for Best Cinematography, Best Director, Best Sound Recording, Best Writing (Screenplay)
Hans Gartner, organist

Saturday, April 4, 2009 – Dr. No
1962, 110 minutes, color
Genre: Action / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Terence Young; Written by Ian Fleming (novel) and Richard Maibaum (screenplay)
Cast: Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Jack Lord, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell, Peter Burton
Jack Goodman, organist