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Essential Art House |
For anyone looking to experience the cinema’s full potential for poetry and lyricism, you would be hard pressed to find a greater example than Jean Cocteau’s 1946 masterpiece – La Belle et la Bête, or Beauty and The Beast.The story ... read more |
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1946 | Not Rated | Fantasy, Romance | d. Jean Cocteau Jean Marais, Josette Day Philanthropy Theatre
Wednesday, Aug 12 at 03:30 PM
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When we hear the name Audrey Hepburn, we automatically think of the most fashionable film ever made, Breakfast at Tiffany’s! As visual beings, most of us can conjure up an image of Hepburn’s Holly Golightly in a stunning Givenchy ... read more |
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1961 | Not Rated | Comedy, Romance | d. Blake Edwards Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Monday, Aug 10 at 10:00 AM
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Signature Classic |
“Willkommen! Bienvenue! Welcome!”…to 1930’s Berlin, a time of political unrest and economic hardship. However, amidst the chaos and distress, there is one place people can go to forget their problems - the Kit Kat Club.
It is ... read more |
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With Special Guest Michael York Sponsored by 1972 | PG | Musical, Romance | d. Bob Fosse Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Helmut Griem, Joel Grey Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Saturday, Aug 15 at 07:00 PM
Archival 35mm
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Signature Classic |
Special 70th ANNIVERSARY presentation of one of the most popular films of all time. If not the greatest movie ever made (whom some would swear by!), it is certainly among the greatest examples of filmmaking – years in production, costing ... read more |
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Best Picture, Director, Actress, Supporting Actress, Screenplay 1939 1939 | G | Romance, Drama | d. Victor Fleming Vivien Leigh, George Reeves and Clark Gable Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Thursday, Aug 13 at 06:00 PM
Archival 35mm 70th Anniversary Screening
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The second filming of Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur’s play “The Front Page” is a fast and furious gender-bender turning original male reporter Hildy Johnson (Rosalind Russell) into a cunning, bawdy, aggressive female journalist. Howard Hawks has produced and directed ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1940 | Not Rated | Comedy, Romance | d. Howard Hawks Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Gene Lockhart Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Sunday, Aug 9 at 01:00 PM
Archival 35mm
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Frank Capra helms this charming tale of a cynical reporter (Clark Gable) who helps a spoiled heiress (Claudette Colbert) run away from her father and an arranged marriage in what many consider to have set the standard for romantic comedies ... read more |
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Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress 1934 Sponsored by Modern Iron Works 1934 | Not Rated | Comedy, Romance | d. Frank Capra Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Sunday, Aug 16 at 01:00 PM
Archival 35mm 75th Anniversary Screening
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Signature Classic |
The term masterpiece often frightens viewers away from important works of the cinema. No need to worry about Rio Bravo. Howard Hawks not only created a late masterpiece, but produced a film that gathered together many of the ... read more |
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Sponsor Appreciation Event / 50th Anniversary Screening Sponsored by Hunt Family Foundation 1959 | Not Rated | Western, Romance | d. Howard Hawks John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Thursday, Aug 6 at 07:00 PM
Archival 35mm Pass Holders / Invitation Only
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Take a quick trip to Italy in Roman Holiday, another Plaza Classic favorite starring Audrey Hepburn. This delightful film features Hepburn as a Princess who decides to take a break from her royal duties. While experiencing Rome on ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1953 | Not Rated | Romance, Drama | d. William Wyler Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn and Eddie Albert Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Monday, Aug 10 at 03:00 PM
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With its Simon and Garfunkel soundtrack, southern California locations, and counter-cultural message, Mike Nichol’s The Graduate both defines the rebellious mood of the late 1960s and endures as an American classic. Dustin Hoffman plays Ben Braddock, a recent college ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1967 | PG | Drama, Romance | d. Mike Nichols Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross Philanthropy Theatre
Friday, Aug 7 at 07:30 PM
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Paul Newman earned a Best Actor nomination for his gritty performance as Fast Eddie Felson, a brash young California pool shark trying to find redemption on the green felt in an epic game with “Minnesota Fats” in Robert Rossen’s stark ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1961 | Not Rated | Drama, Romance | d. Robert Rossen Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie, George C. Scott Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Sunday, Aug 16 at 03:30 PM
Restored 35mm
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Barbara Stanwyck is brilliant as the irresistible member of a father/daughter team of card sharps who set out to fleece an unsuspecting ophiologist (snake specialist) while on an ocean liner from South America to New York, in the fast-paced comedy, ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1941 | Not Rated | Comedy, Romance | d. Preston Sturges Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Monday, Aug 10 at 01:00 PM
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Signature Classic |
Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet gets an urban retelling in this stylish film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical about two lovers caught between rival street gangs on Manhattan’s west side in the 1950s. Natalie Wood plays Maria, the young ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1961 | Not Rated | Musical, Romance | d. Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Rita Moreno Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Monday, Aug 10 at 07:00 PM
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