About us
People often ask me, "What IS a Classic Movie?". Well, one thing for sure is that it doesn't HAVE to be made before you were born AND it doesn't HAVE to be in B&W. It MAY be both but, on the contrary, it may have come out in 2023 at Christmastime, like Alexander Payne's The Holdovers. A Classic Movie is a GREAT *movie that stands the test of time but may not be truly appreciated in its own time, like **Frank Capra's *It's a Wonderful Life (1946).
MISSION STATEMENT: Let's get together and watch GREAT movies of ALL eras & genres on The Big Screen AND at small events at members’ homes!
Our goal is not JUST seeing the best movies of both the past AND today, but making time afterward to talk about them and perhaps even becoming Film Friends.
There will also occasionally be events related to other areas of the Arts and local culture.
And each year we have an Oscars Party!
Although based in Fenton, MO, we will host events throughout the Metropolitan area, on BOTH sides of the Mississippi AND Missouri Rivers, including both St. Charles County and Edwardsville, IL!
We are looking for an ACTIVE membership, which for us means you'll attend at least ONE event each year.
Please submit a recent "selfie" profile photo when you join so we can easily recognize you at our doorsteps and in public places. Profile photos are most effective when they include only one human being and when that human being is not wearing sunglasses =OR= a hat.
I hope you'll also consider supporting my wife, Shirley's, plant-based eating group: https://www.meetup.com/plant-based-stl/
Established Monday, 11/19/2018!
Upcoming events
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Thursday Night Movies | Frank Capra's ARSENIC & OLD LACE (1944_New-To-Me)
Jerry & Shirley's House, 63026 - Exact address will be sent to attendees 24 hours before the event, Fenton, MO, USWelcome to Thursday Night Movies @ Jerry & Shirley's!
This movie fits into the "worthwhile, new-to-me movies from ALL eras & genres", but some of these movies will be Pre-Code, some will be NEW Classic, some will be Film Noir, and some will be 3D.
GENERALLY, this will be a regularly occurring Event on the LAST Thursday every other month.
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This Event will take place at our home near GRAVOIS BLUFFS in Fenton, MO. Our address and directions to it will be e-mailed to each attendee via MeetUp 24 hours ahead of the event. We'd prefer to have a home e-mail address and/or cell# (that we will keep confidential) for each person who attends one of our Home Events, so please consider providing one asap--THANKS!SCHEDULE
6:30PM: Show-up/Mingle
7PM: Movie begins - No one admitted after the movie starts
9PM: Discuss/Mingle
10PM: Jerry & Shirley go to bed!Jerry & Shirley will provide some air-popped popcorn, a variety of sodas [Coke, Sprite, Diet Pepsi, etc.], Hot Chocolate (with/without Irish Cream), and maybe more! If you're of a mind to and haven't done so already, please post your Movie Food/Beverage Contribution To Share in the Comments section below.
Contributions are NOT required.
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JERRY SAYS: Watching this around Halloween was a family tradition for Organizer TOM PATTON's family, and I've never seen the whole movie, so I decided to make it MY Halloween movie this year. ALSO: I've never seen a CARY GRANT movie that wasn't worthwhile AND Frank Capra has a wonderful track record, too! It's too bad BORIS KARLOFF didn't get the Jonathan Brewster role he originated on Broadway, BUT you can see him in the role on a DVD of the February 5, 1962 (Season 11, Episode 3) edition of the Hallmark Hall of Fame TV show, available on Amazon AND hear him in the role in a half-hour radio play from the November 25, 1946 broadcast of *The Screen Guild Theater *HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYgdtmIn3XY
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Based on the Broadway play Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenic_and_Old_Lace_(play)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kesselring
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Rotten Tomatoes
Writer and notorious marriage detractor Mortimer Brewster (Cary Grant) falls for girl-next-door Elaine Harper (Priscilla Lane), and they tie the knot on Halloween. When the newlyweds return to their respective family homes to deliver the news, Brewster finds a corpse hidden in a window seat. With his eccentric aunts (Josephine Hull, Jean Adair), disturbed uncle (John Alexander), and homicidal brother (Raymond Massey), he starts to realize that his family is even crazier than he thought.
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/arsenic_and_old_laceNOTE: On Rotten Tomatoes, this movie has an 86% on the Tomatometer and a 91% on the Popcornmeter.
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/arsenic-and-old-lace [Includes Trailer]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenic_and_Old_Lace_(film)
https://www.scripts.com/script/arsenic_and_old_lace_31217 attendees
F. W. Murnau's SILENT Classic NOSFERATU (1922) @ Chase Park Plaza Cinema | $7.00
Chase Park Plaza Theater, 212 Kingshighway Blvd., St. Louis, MO, USPark in the Park Plaza Parking Garage, 46 Maryland Plaza, St. Louis, MO 63108, bring your parking ticket in, get it validated by the theater staff, and PARK FREE!
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Chase Park Plaza Cinemas ARE EXCLUSIVELY RESERVED SEATING!Here's what's CURRENTLY available:
https://booking.chaseparkplazacinema.com/seats/7/136803000065
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The Chase charges $2/ticket fee to purchase seats online, and I'm too frugal (CHEAP!) to pay those, so I'll be buying my ticket the day of the Event.
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After the movie, we will gather in the lobby/food court for food and/or drinks & lively, provocative, and insightful conversation--OR as close as we can come to that, anyway--HA!
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Based on Dracula by Bram Stoker.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bram_Stoker
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Originally released in 1922 as "Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror", this chilling and eerie adaptation of Bram Stoker's "Dracula" is a SILENT masterpiece of terror which to this day is a striking and frightening portrayal of the legend.NOTE: On Rotten Tomatoes, this movie has a 97% on the Tomatometer and an 87% on the Popcornmeter.
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/nosferatu [Includes trailer]
https://www.chaseparkplazacinema.com/movies/2342-nosferatu-1922/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosferatu7 attendees
GREAT Movie @ Ken & Sophia's! | The Coen Brothers' HAIL, CAESAR! (2016)
Chesterfield, MO TBD, TBD, Chesterfield, MO, USGREAT Movie @ Ken & Sophia's Home in Chesterfield, MO, featuring Ken's NEW 100" Screen! Continuing in the tradition of the 2nd Saturday of the month!
Their address will be group e-mailed to NEW attendees 24 hours ahead of the event.
SCHEDULE
6:30PM: Show-up/Mingle
7PM: Movie - No one admitted after the movie starts
9PM: Discuss/MinglePlease post your Movie Food/Beverage Contribution To Share in the Comments section below.
Contributions are NOT required.
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NOVEMBER's movie was selected by Organizers JERRY DURRWACHTER, TEAH SLOAN, & KEN CLUCK!
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JERRY SAYS: The emphasis of our series of curated films is the MANY Great Movies I have yet to see. Ken said it was time for the group to watch one of the 5 by the Coen Brothers I still haven't seen yet, and we collectively picked this one, their final theatrically released movie. In the not-too-distant future, we will screen the original of a film the Coen Brothers remade, THE LADYKILLERS (1955).
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In the early 1950s, Eddie Mannix is busy at work trying to solve all the problems of the actors and filmmakers at Capitol Pictures. His latest assignments involve a disgruntled director, a singing cowboy, a beautiful swimmer and a handsome dancer. As if all this wasn't enough, Mannix faces his biggest challenge when Baird Whitlock gets kidnapped while in costume for the swords-and-sandals epic "Hail, Caesar!" If the studio doesn't pay $100,000, it's the end of the line for the movie star.NOTE: On Rotten Tomatoes, this movie has an 86% on the Tomatometer and a 44% on the Popcornmeter.
Check out The Coen Brothers MANY other worthwhile films!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coen_brothers#Filmographyhttps://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/hail-caesar [Includes Trailer!]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hail,_Caesar!
https://www.scripts.com/script/hail,_caesar!_13027 attendees
Past events
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