SATURDAY MORNING CLASSICS, Cinema 21
SATURDAY MORNING CLASSICS
Programmed Exclusively for Cinema 21 by Elliot Lavine
THE FORTIES!
FIVE FABULOUSLY FAMOUS FILMS FROM THE FORTIES!
NOVEMBER 23 - CASABLANCA (1942)
Perhaps one of the most beloved films from the 1940s, this wartime classic remains high on the list of perennial favorites. A hard-bitten, disillusioned American ex-patriot now runs a popular nightclub in Casablanca, a way station for those seeking asylum to the United States and freedom from the Nazis. When his former lover arrives on the arm of a hunted underground leader, a crisis of conscience arises, setting off a chain of events that could possibly change the shape of the world. An unforgettable movie experience each and every time. Starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Peter Lorre, Conrad Veidt, and Dooley Wilson as Sam. Cinematography by Arthur Edeson. Screenplay by Julius J. Epstein and Howard Koch. Directed by Michael Curtiz. In Black & White. 102 mins.
NOVEMBER 30 - MIRACLE ON 34 th STREET (1947)
Just in time for the holidays! This seasonal classic can be enjoyed any time of the year. A precocious eight-year-old girl and her young widowed mother find a renewed purpose in life at Christmastime when a strange and wonderful old man who claims to be Santa Claus enters their lives. What could have been a pretty sloppy story instead becomes a charming love story about connections being made when least expected. The beautiful sentiment of this remarkably unsentimental film is felt vividly in each and every frame. Starring Edmund Gwenn, Maureen O’Hara, John Payne, Natalie Wood, William Frawley. Cinematography by Lloyd Ahern. Written and directed by George Seaton. In Black & White. 96 mins.