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Moviehouse 2018 Program Mondays at 10.30Am Throughout the Year Kingston Moviehouse Kingston Arts presents Moviehouse 2018 Program Mondays at 10.30am throughout the year kingston Moviehouse MOVIEHOUSE CONTINUES FOR 2018 ON MONDAYS AT 10.30AM THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. YOU CAN ENJOY CLASSIC FILMS AND A CUPPA IN THE COMPANY OF FELLOW FILM BUFFS FOR AN ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP COST OF ONLY $20. Sit back in our comfortable theatre and enjoy a cinematic journey from the golden years of the great movie studios. Drawn from many of the great classics, relive the excitement, adventure and romance from a bygone era, with each film personally introduced with summary and trivia details. Purchase a membership, which offers excellent value at one payment of $20 for access to all films. SINGLE SESSION TICKETS ARE UNAVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE. DON’T JOIN US AT 10AM FOR A CUPPA BEFORE THE MISS OUT! START OF THE SHOW Memberships AT 10.30AM SHARP. are limited Sorry, no latecomers admitted into the Theatre due to safety reasons so please arrive on time. kingston Moviehouse Kingston Arts Centre LEGEND 979 Nepean Hwy, (Col) Colour Moorabbin (B+W) Black & White Memberships: $20 (per person, per calendar year) GENRE CODES (A) Adventure book now: Membership forms and (B) Biography the screening calendar (C) Comedy are available online at kingstonarts.com.au (Cr) Crime or call 9556 4440. (D) Drama Memberships are essential. (F) Fantasy Screening on DVD and (M) Musical Blu-Ray to bring you a wider range of films in (R) Romance high quality picture. (S) Sci Fi Thriller Please Note: No movies will (T) be screened during the month (W) Western of October (WAR) War We have eight spaces dedicated to wheelchair users. Please inform Staff of your requirements when applying for your membership. February Monday 05 February (1962) Gypsy M | G | Col | 143min Based on the Broadway hit about the life and times of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee and her aggressive stage mother, Mama Rose. STARRING: Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden Monday 12 February (1994) Little Women D | G | Col | 115min Louisa May Alcott’s autobiographical account of her life with her three sisters in Concord, Massachusetts in the 1860s during the American Civil War. STARRING: Susan Sarandon, Winona Ryder, Kirsten Dunst Monday 19 February (1956) Reach For The Sky D | G | 136min The true story of airman Douglas Bader who overcame the loss of both legs in a 1931 flying accident to become a successful fighter pilot and wing leader during World War II. STARRING: Kenneth More, Muriel Pavlow, Lyndon Brook Monday 26 February (1933) King Kong D | PG | B+W | 99min A film crew goes to a tropical island for an exotic location shoot and discovers a colossal ape who takes a shine to their female blonde star. STARRING: Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot March Monday 05 March (1981) On Golden Pond D | PG | Col | 119min Norman is a curmudgeon with an estranged relationship with his daughter Chelsea. At Golden Pond, he and his wife nevertheless agree to care for Billy, the son of Chelsea’s new boyfriend, and a most unexpected relationship blooms. STARRING: Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda Monday 12 March Labour Day (No movie) Monday 19 March (1955) The Seven Year Itch C/R | A | Col | 115min When his family goes away for the summer, a so far faithful husband is tempted by a beautiful neighbour STARRING: Marilyn Monroe, Tom Ewell, Evelyn Keyes Monday 26 March (1948) Easter Parade M | G | Col | 107min A nightclub performer hires a naive chorus girl to become his new dance partner to make his former partner jealous and to prove he can make any partner a star. STARRING: Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Peter Lawford Monday 02 April Easter Monday (No movie) April Monday 09 APRIL (1940) The Grapes of Wrath D | PG | B+W | 130min A poor Midwest family is forced off their land. They travel to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression. STARRING: Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine Monday 16 APRIL (1954) Brigadoon M | G | Col | 118min Two Americans on a hunting trip in Scotland become lost. They encounter a small village, not on the map, called Brigadoon, in which people harbor a mysterious secret, and behave as if they were still living two hundred years in the past. STARRING: Gene Kelly, Van Johnson, Cyd Charisse Monday 23 APRIL (1979) Dawn B | PG | Col | 108min Biopic of Australian 3 Time Olympic Gold Medalist swimmer Dawn Fraser. STARRING: Bronwyn Mackay-Payne, Ron Haddrick, Bunney Brooke Monday 30 APRIL (1956) The Rainmaker W/R | G | Col | 128min Lizzie Curry is on the verge of becoming a hopeless old maid. Her wit and intelligence and skills as a homemaker can’t make up for the fact that she’s just plain plain! STARRING: Burt Lancaster, Katharine Hepburn, Wendell Corey May Monday 07 MAY (1964) The Unsinkable Molly Brown M/B | G | Col | 128min A poor, uneducated mountain girl leaves her cabin in search of respect, a wealthy husband, and a better life. STARRING: Debbie Reynolds, Harve Presnell, Ed Begley Monday 14 MAY (1939) Wuthering Heights D | PG | B+W | 104min A servant in the house of Wuthering Heights tells a traveller the unfortunate tale of lovers Cathy and Heathcliff. STARRING: Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, David Niven Monday 21 MAY The Secret Life (1947) of Walter Mitty C/F | PG | Col | 110min A clumsy daydreamer gets caught up in a sinister conspiracy. STARRING: Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Boris Karloff Monday 28 MAY (1960) Sink The Bismark WAR | G | B+W | 134min The World War II story of the British Navy’s effort to defeat Nazi Germany’s most powerful warship. STARRING: Kenneth More, Dana Wynter, Carl Mohner JuNE Monday 04 JUNE (1960) The Time Machine S | PG | 103min A man’s vision for a utopian society is disillusioned when travelling forward into time reveals a dark and dangerous society. STARRING: Rod Taylor, Alan Young, Yvette Mimieux Monday 11 JUNE Queens Birthday Holiday No movie. Monday 18 JUNE (1942) Mrs Miniver D/R/WAR | G | B+W | 134min A British family struggles to survive the first months of World War II. STARRING: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright Monday 25 JUNE (1950) D/R/WAR | G | The Miniver Story B+W | 104min The Second World War is over, and the Miniver family is trying to keep themselves together in post-War Britain, among continuing shortages and growing tensions within the family. STARRING: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, John Hodiak July Monday 02 JULY (1974) Mame M | G | Col | 132min Upon the death of wealthy Chicagoan Edward Dennis, his nine-year old son Patrick Dennis becomes the ward of their only living relative, Mame Dennis. STARRING: Lucille Ball, Robert Preston, Bea Arthur Monday 09 JULY (1967) To Sir With Love D | A | B+W | 105min The story of an idealistic engineer-trainee and his experiences in teaching a group of rambunctious white high school students from the slums of London’s East End. STARRING: Sidney Poitier, Judy Geeson, Christian Roberts Monday 16 JULY (1937) The Women C | G | B+W | 127min A study of the lives and romantic entanglements of various interconnected women. STARRING: Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell Monday 23 JULY (1946) The Strange Loves of Martha Ivers T | PG | B+W | 116min A ruthless, domineering woman is married to an alcoholic D.A., her childhood companion and the only living witness to her murder of her rich aunt seventeen years earlier. STARRING: Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott Monday 30 JULY (1945) The Corn is Green D | G | B+W | 115min A schoolteacher becomes the mentor of a talented young miner and seeks to get him into a university. STARRING: Bette Davis, John Dall, Nigel Bruce August Monday 06 AUGUST (1954) The Caine Mutiny D | PG | Col | 124min When a U.S. Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardizes the ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court martial for mutiny. STARRING: Humphrey Bogart, José Ferrer, Van Johnson Monday 13 AUGUST (1952) The Quiet Man D/C | PG | Col |129min A retired American boxer returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love. STARRING: John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara, Barry Fitzgerald Monday 20 AUGUST (1942) Random Harvest D | PG | B+W | 124min An amnesiac World War I veteran falls in love with a music hall star, only to suffer an accident which restores his original memories but erases his post-war life. STARRING: Ronald Colman, Greer Garson, Philip Dorn Monday 27 AUGUST (1943) Madame Curie D/B | PG | B+W | 124min Despite himself, accomplished physicist and avowed bachelor Pierre Curie falls for brilliant student Marie, and together they embark on the discovery of radium. STARRING: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Henry Travers September Monday 03 SEPTEMBER (1939) The Roaring Twenties CR | G | B+W | 106min Three men attempt to make a living in Prohibitionist America after returning home from fighting together in World War I. STARRING: James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Priscilla Lane Monday 10 SEPTEMBER (1940) Waterloo Bridge D/R | PG | B+W | 118min During World War I, believing her fiancé to be dead, a young ballerina loses her job and is forced to turn to prostitution. STARRING: Vivien Leigh, Robert Taylor, Lucile Watson Monday 17 SEPTEMBER (1958) Ice Cold In Alex A/WAR | PG | B+W | 130min During WW2 in North Africa, a medical field unit must cross the desert in their ambulance in order to reach the British lines in Alexandria. STARRING: John Mills, Anthony Quayle, Sylvia Syms Monday 24 SEPTEMBER (1946) Till The Clouds Roll By M/B | G | B+W | 132min Biography of songwriter, Broadway pioneer, Jerome Kern as he journeys to England where his dreams of success became real and he meets his future wife Eva.
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