Young Audiences
Age recommendations and/or ratings are noted but please use your own best judgment — you know yourself and your children best. For relatively unbiased reviews of all types of media and help figuring out what’s appropriate for your kids check out Common Sense Media.
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The Young Audiences series was supported in part by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency; and by Target.
Looney Tunes
Age 5+. Running time: Approx. 70 min.
- Sat, Mar 13, 2:00 pm
Selected cartoons from the Warner Brothers catalog featuring Chuck Jones and Foghorn Leghorn. More »
Darby O’Gill and the Little People
Directed by Robert Stevenson. US. 1959. Age 6+. Running time: 93 min.
- Sat, Mar 20, 2:00 pm
“Albert Sharpe is an Irish caretaker whose tendency to spin the blarney causes no one to believe him when he becomes the guest of the Leprechauns in their underground home. Great special effects create a timeless atmosphere of charm and fantasy. Also starring Sean Connery.” (TLA Film & Video Guide)
Billy Kelly
Age 4+. Running time: Approx. 60 min.
- Sat, Mar 27, 2:00 pm
Billy Kelly is a guy with a guitar and shoes and a nose and a new CD called “Thank You for Joining the Happy Club” and a couch and other stuff. His songs are humorous as well as funny. Speaking of his songs, his song “People Really Like Milk” went to #1 on the SIRIUS/XM Satellite Radio channel “Kids Place Live”! (Please don’t mention this to his other songs.) National Public Radio said that Billy has “an endearingly oddball since of humor,” but sadly they did not say anything about his sense of smell, which is pretty good too. Billy Kelly’s live performances feature sing-alongs, dance-alongs, yell-alongs, and snowman-alongs, among other types of ‘alongs’ too numerous to enumerate here. More »
Charlotte’s Web
Directed by Charles Nichols. US. 1973. Ages 5+. Running time: 94 min.
- Sat, Apr 3, 2:00 pm
E.B. White’s children’s classic is given a Saturday morning cartoon treatment by the folks at Hanna-Barbera. The affecting and life-affirming tale gets songs, H-B animation and a cast that’s reminiscent of a 1970s Hollywood Squares episode, including Debbie Reynolds, Paul Lynde, Charles Nelson Reilly, Danny Bonaduce and Henry Gibson. (Dan Jardine, Apollo Movie Guide)
Eragon
Directed by Stefen Fangmeier. US. 2006. Ages 9+. Running time: 104 min.
- Sat, Apr 10, 2:00 pm
When Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the forest, he thinks it’s the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy. But when the stone brings a dragon hatchling, Eragon soon realizes he has stumbled upon a legacy nearly as old as the Empire itself. Can Eragon take up the mantle of the legendary Dragon Riders? The fate of the Empire may rest in his hands. (20th Century Fox) “Eragon may not be a big Oscar contender, but…it provides a much-needed afternoon of PG-rated family-friendly adventure.” (Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle)
The Princess Bride
Directed by Rob Reiner. US. 1987. 6+. Running time: 98 min.
Presented by Camphill Village Kimberton Hills
- Sat, Apr 17, 2:00 pm
Writer William Goldman’s love story of a farm boy-turned-swashbuckling hero, the princess he rescues from an arranged marriage, and the friendships and revenges the two encounter along the way recreates the high-flying milieu of a Fairbanks or Flynn adventure yarn, placing it within the narrative frame of a grandfather reading a storybook to his sick grandson. More »
The Wizard of Oz
Directed by Victor Fleming. US. 1939. Ages 6+. Running time: 101 min.
Sponsored by Feet First
- Sat, Apr 24, 2:00 pm
Winner of two Academy Awards, The Wizard of Oz is an American classic. Starring Judy Garland, Bert Lahr, Ray Bolger and Jack Haley. A perfect score by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg, highly imaginative sets and brilliant characterizations make this adaptation of the Frank Baum story a musical fantasy of the highest caliber. Audiences of all ages have been enchanted with The Wizard of Oz since it’s first release and, undoubtedly, always will be!
Back to the Future Marathon
Directed by Robert Zemekis. US. 1986, 1989, 1990. PG. Running time: 116, 108, 118 min.
- Sat, Jun 19, 12:00 pm
Last year the Colonial brought you all three Lord of the Rings films. This year make a date with Doc, Marty and 1955! To Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the original film the Colonial will bring you the entire trilogy in one day! All three films, back-to-back (well, with a half hour break for lunch) starting at noon. This could make for a cool thing to do with your dad on the day before Father’s Day! More »