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The Glenn Miller Story 1954

Colour Rated G 115 mins

A Vibrant tribute to one of America’s legendary bandleaders, charting Glenn Millers rise from obscurity and poverty to fame and wealth in the early 1940’s.

Starring: James Stewart June Allyson

Director: Anthony Mann Musical

The Good Die Young 1954

B&W Rated PG 100 mins

In London, three otherwise lawabiding good men and their unscrupulous leader are about to commit a serious crime, but for different reasons.

Starring: Laurence Harvey, Gloria Grahame, Richard Basehart

Director: Lewis Gilbert Crime Drama Thriller

Footlight Parade 1933

Colour Rated G 104 mins

Chester Kent struggles against time, romance, and a rival’s spy to produce spectacular live “prologues” for movie houses.

Starring: James Cagney Ruby Keeler Joan Blondell

Director: Lloyd Bacon Comedy Musical Romance

Bus Stop 1956

Colour Rated PG 96 mins

A naive but stubborn cowboy falls in love with a saloon singer and tries to take her away against her will to get married and live on his ranch in Montana.

Starring: Marilyn Monroe Don Murray Arthur O’Connell

Director: Joshua Logan Comedy Drama Romance

Did you know? Marilyn Monroe played Cherie, a role that Kim Stanley originated on Broadway. Some critics pointed out that Monroe’s performance was an inflection-forinflection recreation of Stanley’s. Two years later, Stanley played a thinly-veiled version of Monroe in The Goddess (1958).

On The Beach 1959

B&W Rated PG 134 mins

After a global nuclear war, the residents of Australia must come to terms with the fact that all life will be destroyed in a matter of months.

Starring: Gregory Peck Ava Gardner Fred Astaire

Director: Stanley Kramer Drama Romance Sci Fi

Trivia

Did you know?

The movie was shot in part in Berwick, a (then) small town in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. Some streets which were being established during this time were named after people involved in the film. Some examples are: Gardner Street (Ava Gardner), Shute Avenue (Nevil Shute), and Kramer Drive (Stanley Kramer).

It’s a Wonderful Life 1946

B&W Rated G 130 mins

An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.

Starring: James Stewart Donna Reed Lionel Barrymore

Director: Frank Capra Family Christmas

Trivia

Did you know?

For the scene that required Donna Reed to throw a rock through the window of the Granville house, director Frank Capra hired a marksman to shoot it out on cue. To everyone’s amazement, Reed broke the window by herself. She had played baseball in high school and had a strong throwing arm.