Moviehouse 2021 Program
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2021 PROGRAM Mondays at 10.30am throughout the year Join us in 2021 to enjoy classic films in the company of friendly fellow film buffs as Moviehouse continues its great tradition of showing films every Monday morning at 10.30am, March to December. These movies will take you on a cinematic journey through the golden years of the great movie studios. Relive the excitement, adventure and romance of a bygone era, plus a few more recent gems for variety. The important points Kingston Arts is complying with all DHHS recommendations in relation to COVID-19 and is adhering to Council’s COVID Safe Plan. The health and safety of all patrons, staff and volunteers is a priority and as such this program may change, at which time all patrons will be notified. • The cost of an annual • The kettle will be on so join us subscription is $25 per person from 10am for a cuppa before – a one-off payment which the start of the movie. covers all the films programmed for the year. • Films are introduced each week with interesting facts • Single Session Tickets are not and a touch of film trivia thrown available for purchase, only an in for fun! annual subscription. • Movies will always start at • You will be issued with a 10.30am sharp. membership card which you must produce each week. • Sorry, latecomers cannot be admitted into the theatre due • Carers attend free. Please to safety reasons, so please advise the box office when you arrive in plenty of time. book your membership if you have a Companion Card. • Only long movies will have an intermission, and this will be • We have a limited number of announced at the beginning Accessible Seats for those of the movie. members who cannot use the stairs to access their seat. • Moviehouse Members will be Please advise the box office of issued with a Parking Pass for your requirements at the time use on a Monday morning only, of booking your membership as however please note that this you will be issued with a Priority does not guarantee a parking Card. Please note these seats spot as the car park fills quickly. are limited. Location Legend Kingston Arts Centre (Col) Colour 979 Nepean Hwy, Moorabbin (B+W) Black & White Memberships Genre codes $25 (per person, (A) Adventure per calendar year) (B) Biography Book now (C) Comedy Memberships are essential. (Cr) Crime Membership forms and the screening calendar (D) Drama are available online at (F) Fantasy kingstonarts.com.au Musical or call 9556 4440. (M) (My) Mystery (R) Romance Screening on DVD and Blu-Ray (S) Sci Fi to bring you a wider range of films (T) Thriller in high-quality resolution. (W) Western Please note: (Wr) War No movies will be screened during the month of October. We have a limited number of Accessible Seating. Please inform staff of your requirements when applying for your membership. March Monday 8 March No movie – Labour Day Public Holiday Monday 15 March 1956 • 133 min • D/M/R • PG • Col The King and I STARRING: Yul Brynner, Deborah Kerr, Rita Moreno. DIRECTOR: Walter Lang. English woman Anna Leonwens comes to Siam as a school teacher to the Royal Court in the 1860’s. Though she soon finds herself at odds with the stubborn monarch, over time, Anna & The King stop trying to change each other and begin to understand one another. Monday 22 March 1952 • 103min • M • G • Col Singin’ in the Rain STARRING: Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds. DIRECTORS: Stanley Dolan, Gene Kelly. A silent movie production company makes the difficult transition to sound. Monday 29 March 1946 • 132min • D/M • G • B+W Gilda STARRING: Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford. DIRECTOR: Charles Vidor. A small time gambler hired to work in a Buenos Aires casino discovers his employer’s new wife is his former lover. April Monday 5 April No movie – Easter Monday Public Holiday Monday 12 April 1961 • 133min • C/M • G • Col Flower Drum Song STARRING: Nancy Kwan, James Shigeta. DIRECTOR: Henry Koster. A Chinese stowaway arrives in San Francisco to meet her finance, a wealthy nightclub owner for an arranged marriage. But the groom has his eye on his star singer. Monday 19 April 1960 • 146min • D • PG • Col Elmer Gantry STARRING: Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons. DIRECTOR: Richard Brooks. A fast-talking, hard-drinking travelling salesman is taken with a beautiful, young lay-preacher, but his past soon catches up with him. Monday 26 April 1935 • 91min • D • PG • B+W Bordertown STARRING: Bette Davis, Paul Muni. DIRECTOR: Archie L. Mayo. An embittered, once-idealistic lawyer leaves L.A. for Mexico, where he is employed by the casino owner and desired by the owner’s wife. May Monday 3 May 1962 • 112min • D/C • G • B+W Period of Adjustment STARRING: Jane Fonda, Anthony Franciosa. DIRECTOR: George Roy Hill. A newly-wed couple on their honeymoon visit friends who are having marital problems of their own. Monday 10 May 1945 • 100min • C/M • G • Col State Fair STARRING: Jeanne Crain, Dana Andrew, Dick Haymes. DIRECTOR: Walter Lang. The Frake family attends the Iowa State Fair – and each member of the clan has their own reason for being there. Monday 17 May 1947 • 124min • C/D • PG • B+W Monsieur Verdoux STARRING: Charles Chaplin, Mady Correll. DIRECTOR: Charles Chaplin. A suave but cynical man supports his family by marrying and murdering rich women, but the job has its occupational hazards. Monday 24 May 1965 • 108min • C • M • Col What’s New Pussycat STARRING: Peter Sellers, Peter O’Toole, Romy Schneider. DIRECTOR: Clive Donner. A playboy who refuses to give up his hedonistic lifestyle to settle down and marry his true love seeks help from a demented psychoanalyst who is having romantic problems of his own. Monday 31 May 1952 • 91min • W • PG • Col Bend of the River STARRING: James Stewart, Rock Hudson. DIRECTOR: Anthony Mann. When a town boss confiscates homesteaders’ supplies after gold is discovered nearby, a tough cowboy risks his life to recover and return them. June Monday 7 June 1942 • 97min • C/M • G • B+W You Were Never Lovelier STARRING: Rita Hayworth, Fred Astaire. DIRECTOR: William A. Seiter. In Buenos Aires, a man who has decreed that his daughters must marry in order of age allows an American dancer to perform at his club on the condition that he play suitor to his second-oldest daughter. Monday 14 June No movie – Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday Monday 21 June 1995 • 107min • C • G • Col Dad & Dave: On Our Selection STARRING: Leo McKern, Joan Sutherland, Geoffrey Rush. DIRECTOR: George Whaley. Tired of local corruption and the harshness of his life, a bushman decides to run for parliament. Monday 28 June 1953 • 90min • D/C • PG • B+W The Actress STARRING: Jean Simmons, Spencer Tracy. DIRECTOR: George Cukor. The daughter of a former sailor heads for New York City to become an actress. j u ly Monday 5 July 1940 • 70min • M/R • G • B+W Music in My Heart STARRING: Rita Hayworth, Tony Martin. DIRECTOR: Joseph Santley. Two singers meet and fall for each other, but will lose their chance at happiness unless destiny calls. Monday 12 July 1946 • 101min • D/T • M • B+W Suspense STARRING: Belita, Barry Sullivan, Bonita Granville. DIRECTOR: Frank Tuttle. The owner of an ice-skating rink promotes a peanut-vendor to a management position, but soon starts to wonder if his new manager is a little too interested in his wife. Then someone from the new manager’s past shows up with some interesting information. Monday 19 July 1946 • 115min • D/R • PG • B+W The Heiress STARRING: Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift. DIRECTOR: William Wyler. A naïve young woman falls for a handsome young man who her emotionally abusive father suspects is a fortune hunter. Monday 26 July 1956 • 105min • D/R • PG • Col Trapeze STARRING: Burt Lancaster, Gina Lollabrigida, Tony Curtis. DIRECTOR: Carol Reed. A crippled circus acrobat is emotionally torn between two ambitious trapeze artists. August Monday 2 August 1951 • 108min • D/M • G • Col Golden Girl STARRING: Mitzi Gaynor, Dale Robertston. DIRECTOR: Lloyd Bacon. Against the background of the Civil War, a 16-year-old song-and-dance artist works her way across America. Monday 9 August 1964 • 133min • Cr/T • M • B+W Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte STARRING: Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Joseph Cotton. DIRECTOR: Robert Aldrich. An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative. Monday 16 August 1951 • 84min • Cr/T • PG • B+W The Man with a Cloak STARRING: Joseph Cotten, Barbara Stanwyck. DIRECTOR: Fletcher Markle. In New York City in 1848, a Frenchwoman visits a French former Marshal to ask for his financial help on behalf of his grandson, but his house staff scheme to take his fortune. Monday 23 August 1957 • 107min • C/R • G • Col Don’t Go Near the Water STARRING: Glenn Ford, Gia Scala, Earl Holliman. DIRECTOR: Charles Walters. On a small south Pacific island during WW2, US Navy PR personnel pass the time romancing nurses and the native girls, while trying to avoid frontline duty. Monday 30 August 1934 • 84min • D/M • G • B+W Wonder Bar STARRING: Al Jolson, Kay Frances, Delores Del Rio. DIRECTOR: Lloyd Bacon. Love is complicated at the Wonder Bar. SEPTEMBER Monday 6 September 1950 • 112min • D/R • PG • B+W Young Man with a Horn STARRING: Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day. DIRECTOR: Michael Curtiz. A young trumpeter enjoys the highs and lows of his career. Monday 13 September 1962 • 107min • W • PG • B+W Lonely are the Brave STARRING: Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands.