The More the Merrier (1942)

more-the-merrierApril 17, 2010 at 7:30 pm  (Series II)

During the WWII housing shortage in Washington, two men and a woman share a single apartment and the older man plays Cupid to the other two.  Starring Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea and Charles Coburn.

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Harvey (1950)

harveyApril 24, 2010 at 7:30 pm  (Saturday Night Walk-in Movie)

The Pulitzer Prize winning play becomes a film starring James Stewart as Elwood P. Dowd, a mild-mannered, pleasant man, who just happens (he says) to have an invisible friend resembling a 6-foot rabbit.

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Charade (1963)

CharadeMay 1, 2010 at 7:30 pm (Series I)

Romance and suspense in Paris, as Audrey Hepburn is pursued by several men who want a fortune her murdered husband had stolen. Who can she trust?  With Cary Grant, Walter Matthau and James Coburn.

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Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Saturday – May 8th - 3PM

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is a 1971 American film based on the 1964 Roald Dahl novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It stars Gene Wilder in the title role, and was directed by Mel Stuart. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score.

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Guys and Dolls (1955)

guys-and-dollsMay 8, 2010 at 7:30 pm  (Saturday Night Walk-in Movie)

Joseph Mankewicz takes this stage musical to the big screen with Marlon Brando, Fank Sinatra, Jean Simmons and Vivian Blaine starring.  In New York, a gambler (Brando)  is challenged to take a cold female missionary to Havana, but they fall for each other, and the bet has a hidden motive to finance a crap game.

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Casablanca (1941) + One Week

casablancaMay 15, 2010 at 7:30 pm  (Series I)

The silent film, “One Week”, opens for the Michael Curtiz classic, “Casablanca.”   Humprey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman star with Claude Rains, Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet.  Set in unoccupied Africa during the early days of World War II, an American expatriate (Bogart) meets a former lover (Bergman), with unforeseen complications.

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The Third Man (1949)

third_manMay 22, 2010 at 7:30 pm  (Series II)

An American pulp writer arrives in post-WWII Vienna only to find that the friend who waited for him is killed under mysterious circumstances. The ensuing mystery entangles him in his friend’s involvement in the black market, with the multinational police, and with his Czech girlfriend.  Starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli and Orson Welles.  Directed by Carol Reed.

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Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Saturday – May 29 – 7:30PM

Raiders of the Lost Ark (also known as Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark) is a 1981 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg, produced by George Lucas, and starring Harrison Ford. It is the first film in the Indiana Jones franchise, and pits Indiana Jones (played by Ford) against the Nazis, who search for the Ark of the Covenant, in an attempt to make their army invincible. The film co-starred Karen Allen as Indiana’s former lover Marion Ravenwood; Paul Freeman as Indiana’s nemesis, French archaeologist René Belloq; John Rhys-Davies as Indiana’s sidekick, Sallah; and Denholm Elliott as Indiana’s colleague, Marcus Brody. [wikipedia]

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Some Like It Hot (1959)+ Easy Street

some-like-it-hotJune 5, 2010 at 7:30 pm  (Series II)

The Charlie Chaplin classic short, “Easy Street”, along with the legendary Billy Wilder comedy, “Some Like It Hot”.  Tony Curtis and Jack Lemon star as two struggling musicians who witness the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre and try to find a way out of the city before they are found and killed by the mob. The only job that will pay their way is an all girl band so the two dress up as women. In addition to hiding, each has his own problems; One falls for another band member but can’t tell her his gender, and the other has a rich suitor who will not take “No,” for an answer.

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