FynArts Booklet 2017
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Films - vintage<br />
Venue: Movie-Go-Round Vintage Theatre at Romantiques, 14 Aberdeen Street.<br />
Tickets: No charge, however a non-refundable booking fee of R35 per person will be requested.<br />
Booking essential: All films screened are, once again, likely to be sold out.<br />
The Philadelphia Story (1940) B&W, 1 hour 52 mins<br />
Comedy directed by George Cukor<br />
Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart<br />
Date: Friday 9 June Time: 15:00<br />
Tracy Lord (Katharine Hepburn), a Philadelphia heiress, is about to marry coal-company executive George Kittridge (John Howard).<br />
The wedding, a premier event, attracts the attention of magazine publisher Sidney Kidd (Henry Daniell) and Spy magazine’s Dexter<br />
Haven (Cary Grant), Lord’s ex-husband. The latter is enlisted to ‘gain access’ to the party, along with top scandal writer Macauley<br />
Connor (James Stewart). However, the reporter is quickly smitten by the bride’s charms - and he’s not the only one. Stewart shines<br />
in his offbeat, Academy Award-winning role.<br />
Curly Top (1935) B&W, 1 hour 15 mins<br />
Musical directed by Irving Cummings<br />
Shirley Temple, John Boles<br />
Date: Saturday 10 June Time: 13:00<br />
Shirley is the destitute little orphan girl who lives in an orphanage and plays cupid for her beautiful sister. The sisters are discovered<br />
by a bachelor millionaire who whisks them off to his Park Avenue abode and promptly falls in love with the older sister. Never one<br />
to abandon her roots, Temple returns to the orphanage for some rousing song and dance routines with her friends. Features the hit<br />
songs Curly Top, When I Grow Up and Animal Crackers in my Soup.<br />
Chicago (2002) Colour, 1 hour 53 mins<br />
Musical / Crime directed by Rob Marshall<br />
Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere<br />
Date: Saturday 10 June Time: 15:00<br />
8 0<br />
Velma Kelly (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and Roxie Hart (Renée Zellweger), two murderers, find themselves in jail together, awaiting<br />
trial in 1920’s Chicago. Velma, a vaudevillian and Roxie, a housewife, both represented by lawyer Billy Flynn (Richard Gere), fight<br />
for the fame that will keep them from the gallows. Winner of six Academy Awards, including Best Picture. The first musical to win<br />
Best Picture since Oliver! in 1968.
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