Classic Films
Our Classics on Sundays Series runs year-round at 2pm on Sunday afternoons. Each month is programmed around a theme. Our upcoming themes are: July - -Filmed in Phoenixville; August - Clark Gable & Jean Harlow; and Sept - Better on the Big Screen. Tickets to Classics on Sundays films are $6 for adults and $4 for members and children under 12.
4-D Man
Directed by Shorty Yeaworth. US. 1959. NR. Running time: 85 min.
- Sun, Jul 5, 2:00 pm
“Two brothers, scientists Scott and Tony Nelson, develop an amplifier which enables a person to enter a 4th dimensional state, allowing them to pass through any object.” More »
The Blob
Directed by Shorty Yeaworth. US. 1958. NR. Running time: 82 min.
- Sun, Jul 12, 2:00 pm
“Whatever its flaws as a film, a none-too-scary monster chief among them, The Blob is a uniquely compelling monster movie. More »
Beware the BlobFest
Directed by Bill Creed. US. 2009. Running time: 24 min.
- Sun, Jul 12, 2:00 pm
Beware the BlobFest is a 24 minute documentary about the celebration of the 50th anniversary of The Blob’s release at BlobFest 2008. Produced and edited by Bill Creed of Duet Communications, LLC in association with the AARP. Featuring Shane Stone, Jack Harris, Maryann Decarlo and Dave Lentz. Beware the BlobFest was shown at Cannes 2009 as part of the Short Film Corner and was an official selection at the 2nd Annual Philadelphia Independant Film Festival in June, 2009.
Our scheduled 2pm screening of The Blob will follow immediately.
Bright Victory
Directed by Mark Robson. US. 1951. NR. Running time: 96 min.
Sponsored by The Historical Society of the Phoenixville Area
- Sun, Jul 19, 2:00 pm
“Arthur Kennedy stars as a blinded war veteran struggling to adjust to his affliction in peacetime. He must overcome his pugnacious attitude towards any problem he can’t think his way out of–and he must learn to temper his inbred racial prejudices. More »
From the Terrace
Directed by Mark Robson. US. 1960. NR. Running time: 149 min.
- Sun, Jul 26, 2:00 pm
“This cinema adaptation of John O’Hara’s From the Terrace stars Paul Newman as Alfred Eaton, an unhappily married financial adviser, while his real-life wife Joanne Woodward portrays Mary St. John, his promiscuous screen spouse. More »
Red Dust
Directed by Victor Fleming. US. 1932. NR. Running time: 83 min.
- Sun, Aug 2, 2:00 pm
This second pairing of Clark Gable and Jean Harlow showed both of these cinema icons at top form, and its steamy, exotic atmosphere and spicy dialog give ample evidence of why the infamous “Production Code” of self-censorship came into play not long after. More »
China Seas
Directed by Tay Garnett. US. 1935. NR. Running time: 88 min.
- Sun, Aug 9, 2:00 pm
In this rousing tale of adventure on the high seas, Gable plays the intrepid captain of a tramp steamer, sailing from Singapore to Hong Kong with a load of gold, and dealing with romance and drama on the high seas. Harlow, his spicy, insolent ex-mistress, is on board, and is not too happy with Rosalind Russell (in one of her earliest roles), who also has eyes for Clark. More »
Wife vs. Secretary
Directed by Clarence Brown. US. 1936. NR. Running time: 88 min.
- Sun, Aug 16, 2:00 pm
Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Myrna Loy and James Stewart - what a cast! And what a movie, as Gable deals with his much-loved wife, Loy, who has been made jealous of his devoted secretary (Harlow) by his mother, the brilliant character actress, May Robson. With a young Jimmie Stewart as Jean Harlow’s befuddled boyfriend, this intelligently written and performed drama is filled with witty dialogue and tense situations. More »
Into the Wild
Directed by Sean Penn. US. 2007. R. Running time: 148 min.
Sponsored by Wellsprings Congregation
- Sun, Aug 23, 2:00 pm
Based upon the nonfiction bestseller by Jon Krakauer, and directed by film star/bad boy Sean Penn, this is one of the most fascinating and emotionally evocative films made in many years. More »
Madagasgar
Directed by Eric Darnell. US. 2005. PG. Running time: 86 min.
Sponsored by Wellsprings Congregation
- Sun, Aug 30, 2:00 pm
Sit back and enjoy this spirited bit of animated whimsy, as four escapees from New York’s “luxurious” Central Park Zoo head into the wilds of Madagascar. More »
The Searchers
Directed by John Ford. US. 1956. NR. Running time: 119 min.
Sponsored by Halladay Florist
- Sun, Sep 6, 2:00 pm
Considered by many to be (along with the seminal Stagecoach) the greatest of all the many great westerns created by John Ford, The Searchers is an epic saga of a fanatical hero (played, of course, by John Wayne) and his relentless search for his niece (Natalie Wood), who was kidnapped by the renegade Indians that had slaughtered her family. More »
Lawrence of Arabia
Directed by David Lean. UK. 1962. G. Running time: 227 min.
- Sun, Sep 13, 2:00 pm
One of the greatest adventure-biographies ever filmed, it is no wonder that Lawrence of Arabia was nominated for ten Academy Awards and carried off seven of them, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Cinematography. More »
2001: A Space Odyssey
Directed by Stanley Kubrick. UK. 1968. G. Running time: 141 min.
Sponsored by Sphere College
- Sun, Sep 20, 2:00 pm
This one-of-a-kind masterpiece has, in many ways, greatly influenced all science-fiction films that have arrived in its wake. More »