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Images Cinema and The Adams Theater are thrilled to co-present this series, the first of multiple collaborations for Images Cinema around the Northern Berkshires. These six selections from the 1930s-1960s represent some of the greatest achievements when the original Hollywood studio system was at the height of its power. This period was also when The Adams Theater was originally operating as movie theater, and we are celebrating that history with these classic films. Support for this series comes from an Arts Build Community grant, awarded by the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation..
Modern Times
(1936)
Thursday, September 12 at 7pm
Modern Times, Charlie Chaplin’s last outing as the Little Tramp, puts the iconic character to work as a giddily inept factory employee who becomes smitten with a gorgeous gamine (Paulette Goddard). With its barrage of unforgettable gags and sly commentary on class struggle during the Great Depression, Modern Times—though made almost a decade into the talkie era and containing moments of sound (even song!)—is a timeless showcase of Chaplin’s untouchable genius as a director of silent comedy.
The Wizard of Oz
(1939)
Thursday, September 19 at 7pm
A young farm girl and her little dog are magically transported into the enchanted land of Oz via a Kansas tornado. As they travel down Oz's Yellow Brick Road to find the Wizard and ask him to send them home, they encounter a wonderful, funny, terrifying and, ultimately, enlightening group of characters, human and otherwise. This 1939 award-winning film classic (Best Score and Best Song Academy Awards) is a perennial favorite that has recently been meticulously restored.
Casablanca
(1942)
Friday, September 20 at 7pm
Academy Award winners Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman light up the screen in one of the most enduring romances in movie history--Casablanca. Rick Blaine (Bogart--The African Queen, The Caine Mutiny) owns a nightclub in Vichy-controlled Casablanca, frequented by refugees desperate to escape German domination. Despite the ever-present human misery, Rick manages to remain uninvolved in World War II now raging across Europe and Northern Africa. But all that changes when Ilsa Lund (Bergman--Gaslight, Notorious) walks through the front door of Rick's club--Rick must now choose between a life with the woman he loves and becoming the hero that both she and the world need.
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Rebel Without a Cause
(1955)
Thursday, September 26 at 7pm
James Dean stars in a movie that shocked the United States with a performance that still electrifies the screen twenty-five years after his untimely death prior to the film's release. In this archetypal drama of teenage angst and rebellion, three high school students who should lead idyllic lives in their stable, comfortable suburban families explode with a violence and sexuality that their parents cannot understand. This film--which ripped the façade from the post-war American dream to expose the rage of the country's youth--resonates with an energy that has made it a modern classic and a powerful coming-of-age story.
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Vertigo
(1958)
Thursday, October 3 at 7pm
Alfred Hitchcock's romantic story of obsession, manipulation and fear. A detective is forced to retire after his fear of heights causes the death of a fellow officer and the girl he was hired to follow. He sees a double of the girl, causing him to transform her image onto the dead girl's body. This leads into a cycle of madness and lies.
The Graduate
(1967)
Thursday, October 10 at 7pm
Benjamin, a recent college graduate very worried about his future, finds himself in a love triangle with an older woman and her daughter. Based on the novella by Charles Webb, written shortly after he graduated from Williams College.
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