Sponsor:
Gateway Chiropractic
Dr. Lauren Nappen
675 N. Easton Rd., Doylestown
215-348-1955
www.InPerfectAlignment.net

County Theater:  June 13 (Mon – 7:00)
Bryn Mawr Film Institute: June 15 (Wed - 7:00)
Ambler Theater: June 16 (Thurs - 7:00)

Cary Grant and Myrna Loy shine in this snappy comedy of a city couple attempting to build a house in the country. Mr. Blandings’ simple vision encounters the harsh reality of recalcitrant geology, feuding contractors, and exploding costs – all to amusing effect. Grant is at his peak.

North By Northwest
1959 - 2 hr 16 m - color - d: Alfred Hitchcock - w/Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint

County Theater:  June 20 (Mon – 7:00)
Bryn Mawr Film Institute: June 22(Wed - 7:00)
Ambler Theater: June 23 (Thurs - 7:00)

A quintessential Hitchcock thriller. Cary Grant is in superb form as a self-assured ad-exec who is inadvertently thrown into international intrigue. This classic contains one memorable sequence after another, including the United Nations scene, the Mt. Rushmore scene, and the legendary crop duster scene.

Sponsor:
Madam Butterfly Japanese Restaurant
34 W. State St., Doylestown
215-345-4488

Great early Hitchcock. A kindly old lady disappears from a fast-moving train and her young friend finds an imposter in her place. A spiraling mystery then enfolds. A model of the delicious mystery-comedies that Hitchcock perfected.

Sponsor:
Unique Kitchens & Baths
33 N. Main St., Doylestown
215-348-4646
www.ALLMILMO.com

An entertaining, and underrated, mystery about a man plotting his wife’s murder and the subsequent police investigation. Hitchcock works his magic at squeezing maximum tension and suspense from the plot.

Sponsored By:
David Kashoff, DDS
19 Donaldson St., Doylestown
215-348-4494   www.Kashoff.com

Vertigo
1958 - 2 hr 8 min - color - d: Alfred Hitchcock - w/ James Stewart, Kim Novak

County Theater:  July 11 (Mon – 7:00)
BMFI: July 13 (Wed - 7:00)
Ambler Theater: July 14 (Thurs - 7:00)

Perhaps the crowning achievement of Hitchcock’s artistry. James Stewart plays a detective with a fear of heights, who also has a powerful obsession with a young woman played by Kim Novak. Great cinematography, great action, great music, great filmmaking.

Sponsor:
L'atrice of Bryn Mawr
1038 Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr
610-525-1109

Psycho
1960 - 1 hr 49 min, b/w - d: Alfred Hitchcock - w/ Janet Leigh, Anthony Perkins

County Theater:  July 18 (Mon – 7:00)
BMFI: July 20 (Wed - 7:00)
Ambler Theater: July 21 (Thurs - 7:00)

Hitchcock’s most notorious film changed the Hollywood horror film forever. Janet Leigh makes a fateful decision to spend the night at the Bates Motel, run by a peculiar young man and his “mother.” Bernard Hermann’s legendary score adds a whole other dimension to this scary film.

Sponsor:
Laurence H. Stone, DDS
General and Cosmetic Dentistry
311 Hyde Park
Mechanicsville Rd., Doylestown
215-230-7667
www.DrLarryStone.com

Wait Until Dark
1967 - 1 hr 48 min - color - d: Terrence Young - w/ Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin

County Theater:  July 25 (Mon – 7:00)
BMFI: July 27 (Wed - 7:00)
Ambler Theater: July 28 (Thurs - 7:00)

A compelling thriller starring Audrey Hepburn as a blind woman terrorized by criminals who think that heroin has been hidden in her apartment. Alan Arkin is especially compelling as the psychotic killer. Based on the Broadway hit of Frederick Knott, who, incidentally, wrote last month’s Dial M for Murder.

Sponsor:
Ridge Auto
140 N. Ridge Ave., Ambler
215-646-2424

Born Yesterday
1950 - 1 hr 43 min - b/w - d: George Cukor - w/ Judy Holliday, William Holden

County Theater:  August 1 (Mon – 7:00)
BMFI: August 3 (Wed - 7:00)
Ambler Theater: August 4 (Thurs - 7:00)

A crass, self-made businessman played by Broderick Crawford wants his uneducated girlfriend, played by Judy Holliday, to get “culturefied.” William Holden plays the tutor hired to transform her. Holliday is marvelous as the quintessential dumb blonde, who’s not as dumb as she looks. The Garson Kanin script is particularly sharp and hilarious.

Sponsor:
Ambler Savings Bank
155 E. Butler Ave., Ambler
215-646-8400

Way Out West
1937 - 1 hr 5 m – b/w -  d: James W. Horne - w/ Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy

County:  Aug 8 (Mon–7:00 & 9:15 extra show!)
BMFI: August 10 (Wed - 7:00)
Ambler: Aug 11 (Thurs - 7:00 & 9:15 extra show)

Laurel and Hardy at their best. Stan and Ollie venture into the wild west to deliver a gold mine deed. Comedy follows them.  Presented with the local chapter of the Sons of the Desert, the official Laurel and Hardy fan club. Also screening - their Oscar-winning short The Music Box.

Sponsor:
John Fish and Son, Jewelers
1022 W. Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr
610-525-1612

Breakfast at Tiffany's
1961 - 1 hr 55 min - color - d: Blake Edwards - with Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard

County Theater:  August 15 (Mon – 7:00)
BMFI: August 17 (Wed - 7:00)
Ambler Theater: August 18 (Thurs - 7:00)

Truman Capote’s amusing novella is brought to the screen in this offbeat romance comedy about an endearingly eccentric New York City socialite and her shaky romance with a young writer. Audrey Hepburn’s Holly Golightly is just the right combination of naiveté and worldly wisdom. Score by Henry Mancini.

Sponsor:
Penn Color
400 Old Dublin Pike, Doylestown
215-345-6550
www.penncolor.com
 

Lawrence of Arabia
1962 - 3 hr 41 min - color - d: David Lean - w/ Peter O’Toole

County Theater:  August 22 (Mon – 7:00)
BMFI: August 24 (Wed - 7:00)
Ambler Theater: August 25 (Thurs - 7:00)

A sprawling blockbuster of an epic about an adventurer’s life in the Middle East. The film is exciting and spectacularly beautiful, and, needless to say, it was meant to be seen on the big screen. O’Toole is mesmerizing as Lawrence and Lean is totally in control of this vast canvas. A perennial favorite.

Sponsor:
Sloane
Toyota-Honda-Nissan
Glenside-NE Phila-Devon
1800-295-7700
www.SloaneAutos.com

2001:A Space Odyssey
1968 - 2 hr 19 min – color -  d: Stanley Kubrick - w/ Kier Dullea

County Theater:  Aug 29 (Mon – 7:00 & 9:45)
BMFI: August 31 (Wed - 7:00)
Ambler Theater: Sept 1 (Thurs - 7:00 & 9:30)

A seminal film is the history of movies and still stunning on the big screen. Kubrick depicts the history of man’s development and his contact with mysterious forces. It’s an amazing look at the future and an open-ended cinematic essay. A one-of-a-kind movie experience.

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