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A Community Treasure Summer 2018 Dear Friends, Patrons & Members A Community Treasure Summer 2018 Dear Friends, Patrons & Members, Welcome to Summer 2018 at the Colonial! As usual our calendar is full of the balcony, we also launched our partnership with Point Entertainment to wonderful opportunities to get out of the sun and enjoy our healthfully air- add concerts and comedy to our popular film programming. conditioned theatres. By 2009 we had completed most of our strategic plan – but we soon realized Since this year marks the 60th anniversary of The Blob, we’ve prepared some that we ran out of space to continue our eclectic programming. Lucky for us wonderful surprises for Blobfest 2018, including great guests, fun films and the property at 225 Bridge Street became available and ACT purchased it in lots of shenanigans. Don’t miss out! 2011. And you know the rest of the story! It’s been a little over a year since we opened the new wing and we appreciate As the Colonial helped draw thousands of people to town with its unique pro- everyone’s enthusiasm and support for our campaign and expanded program- gramming many developers took note. Soon new restaurants and independent ming. As promised, there is more film, more live entertainment and more businesses opened their doors and invested in our business center. There’s no fun! We have also enjoyed hosting some of our favorite non-profits as they denying that the arts can be a major force in community revitalizations - and spread messages to the community through film and presentations. It is still ACT has proven that over the course of 20 years. not too late to support this expansion and all it has brought to the community through everything from donations to seat-naming opportunities! You continue to be a part of that resurgence every time you visit Phoenixville and enjoy the many great things it has to offer. On October 1, of 1999 the Association for the Colonial Theatre (ACT) re- opened the Colonial Theatre after much hard work, planning and fundraising. Many thanks from the board and staff of the Association for the Colonial As we approach our 20th year in business, we can all look back at the many Theatre! milestones and appreciate how far the Colonial – and Phoenixville - have come. Some of you may remember when the marquee was re-lit in 2002 or when those old seats were replaced in 2004. Around the time we reopened Blobfest 2017 Friday Night Run Out. Photo by BP Miller/ Chorus Photography. CLASSIC FILMS CINEMATIC TRENDSETTERS BAREFOOT IN THE PARK Jul 29 @ 1:30PM; Jul 30 @ 7:30PM FORBIDDEN PLANET Based on Neil Simon’s hit play, this lighthearted comedy finds Sun, Jul 1 @ 1:30PM; Mon, Jul 2 @ 7:30PM newlyweds Corie (Jane Fonda), a free spirit, and Paul Bratter (Robert When a crew of astronauts led by Com- Redford), an uptight lawyer, settling down in a rundown sixth-floor mander Adams (Leslie Nielsen) journeys to apartment in Greenwich Village. It doesn’t take long for their con- the planet Altair IV in search of the previ- trasting personalities to test their marriage – which may end before ous expedition, they encounter the three it’s really begun. Will they reconcile their differences in time? Find remaining inhabitants (Walter Pidgeon, out in this crowd-pleasing comedy! 1967. G. 106 min. Digital. Anne Francis and Robby the Robot) – and a mysterious invisible force that could EXOTIC LOCATIONS destroy them all! This groundbreaking sci-fi spectacle (inspired by Shakespeare’s The THUNDERBALL Tempest) is just as awe-inspiring and enter- Sun, Aug 5 @ 1:30PM; Mon, Aug 6 @ 7:30PM taining as any modern blockbuster. 1956. “Look out! Here comes the biggest Bond NR. 98 min. Digital. of all!” That’s what the poster proclaimed when Thunderball hit the screens. And there BULLITT was a lot of truth in that advertising! When Sun, Jul 8 @ 1:30PM; Mon, Jul 9 @ 7:30PM SPECTRE operative Emilio Largo steals 50th Anniversary Screening! two warheads from a NATO plane, it’s up to Steve McQueen dominates the screen in 007 (Sean Connery) to penetrate the villain’s the quintessential crime thriller. After a lair, retrieve the warheads and save the world mobster turned informant is murdered from destruction. Filled with exciting action before he can testify, San Francisco po- on land, sea and air, Thunderball – and its lice Lt. Frank Bullitt (McQueen) begins Tom Jones sung theme – is one of Bond’s best! 1965. NR. 130 min. to suspect that this particular mob hit Digital. may not be all that it seems. Forsaking studio sets for gritty locations, Bullitt NORTH BY NORTHWEST captures the realism of murder investi- Sun, Aug 12 @ 1:30PM; Mon, Aug 13 @ 7:30PM gations that was missing from previous police procedurals. And its Cary Grant’s fourth and final collaboration revolutionary car chase paved the way for all that followed! 1968. with Hitchcock is considered by many to PG. 113 min. Digital. be their absolute best. Filled with many memorable moments – most notably the crop-dusting sequence and the chase over GIGI the famous faces of Mount Rushmore – Sun, Jul 22 @ 1:30PM; Mon, Jul 23 @ 7:30PM this is a thrilling tale (and tongue-in-cheek 60th Anniversary Screening! Promiscuous spoof of spy movies), complete with Parisian playboy Gaston (Louis Jordan) mistaken identity, murder most foul, and dedicates his life to loving-and-leaving nick-of-time escapes. The terrific support- a string of mistresses while helping his ing cast includes Eva Marie Saint, James young friend Gigi (Leslie Caron) navi- Mason and Martin Landau. 1959. NR. 136 min. Digital. gate the world of high society. When the once platonic friends begin to experience NINOTCHKA the first pangs of romance, Gaston must Sun, Aug 19 @ 1:30PM; Mon, Aug 20 @ 7:30PM decide if he can ever choose commitment In her first big screen comedy, Greta Garbo portrays Nina Ivanovna over convenience. This marvelous Lerner "Ninotchka" Yakushov, a special envoy deployed by the Soviet Union to and Loewe musical is highlighted by such Paris to ensure the sale of royal jewels seized during the Russian Revolu- memorable numbers as The Night They Invented Champagne, Thank tion. Ninotchka’s mission is hampered by a charming Count (Melvyn Heaven for Little Girls and the title song. 1958. NR. 115 min. Digital. Douglas) who intends to intercept the jewels on behalf of their rightful owner, the Grand Duchess (Ina Claire). Will Ninotchka carry on with her mission? Or will the allure of the West and the Count change her mind? Except where noted, all classic films will screen on Sunday afternoons Find out in this hilarious romp from director Ernst Lubitsch (To Be or Not and Monday evenings from July until September. to Be) and Sunset Boulevard scribes Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder (Some Like It Hot). 1939. NR. 110 min. Digital. www.thecolonialtheatre.com | 610-917-1228 2 CLASSIC FILMS TO BE OR NOT TO BE SHANGHAI EXPRESS Sun, Aug 26 @ 1:30 PM - One Show Only! . Sun, Sep 30 @ 1:30PM When the Nazis invade Poland, the Mon, Oct 1 @ 7:30PM husband-and-wife founders (Jack Benny China. 1931. While the nation is and Caroler Lombard) of a Warsaw engulfed in civil war, a British Captain theatrical troupe find themselves cast in a (Donald Harvey) travelling to Shang- plot to prevent a list of resistance leaders hai discovers that a fellow passenger, from falling into enemy hands. Released the notorious courtesan Shanghai Lilly one month after Lombard’s tragic death, (Marlene Dietrich), is in fact his old this satirical farce caused quite a stir upon flame Magdalen. As the former lovers release but is now considered one of the reignite their spark, a real powder keg greatest comedies of all time. 1942. NR. is about to explode via the exploits of 99 min. 35mm. a cunning spy (Warner Oland) and his rebel forces. This pre-Code classic from director Josef von Sternberg was a huge (and controversial) hit that continues to pack a wallop with modern ALTER EGOS & ESPIONAGE audiences. 1932. NR. 80 min. Digital . THE GREAT DICTATOR Sun, Sep 2 @ 1:30PM; Mon, Sep 3 @ 7:30PM SUMMER SPECIALS Charlie Chaplin wrote, directed, produced, scored and starred in this revolutionary MEMBERS MYSTERY MOVIES! comedy/drama that follows the parallel Thu, Jun 28; Jul 26; Aug 23; Sep 27; Oct 18 stories of an amnesiac WWI hero/barber 8:00PM; Tickets: $5 (Chaplin) and a rising fascist dictator Take advantage of the wonderful weather Adenoid Hynkel (also Chaplin). After (and your membership) by joining fellow joining the rebellion, the barber, who bears members on the Colonial's rooftop deck for a a remarkable resemblance to the dictator, series of special outdoor screenings! What's soon finds himself in a position that could playing? That'll be a surpirse until showtime change the current state of affairs.1940. - but we can tell you that each title is a gem! NR.125 min. Digital. So bring your favorite camping chair and we'll supply the movies - and a few other THE LADY EVE treats! All Members-Only Tickets are $5. Sun, Sep 9 @ 1:30PM; Mon, Sep 10 @ 7:30PM Schedule and dates subject to change. Screwball comedy classic about a lovelorn millionaire (Henry Fonda), the con artist (Barbara Stanwyck) after his fortune, and the conflicting feelings that place both of FILM FESTIVAL them in a complicated scenario played out aboard a luxurious ocean liner. Selected for preservation in the United States National SUMMER SHORTS JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL Film Registry by the Library of Congress, Wed, Jul 11 thru Wed, Aug 29 @ 7:15 PM The Lady Eve is commonly listed as one of The Kehillah of Chester County presents Summer Shorts, an eight-session the greatest comedies – and films – of all film festival and discussion series of selected contemporary international time! 1941.
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