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Musical
Classic Film Wednesday Night, The Mikado (1939)
UK, USA | 1939 | 90 Minutes | Not Rated | Comedy, Musical, RomanceFilmmaker Victor Schertzinger
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Though it boasts an American director and star, this Technicolor cinemadaptation of Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic operetta The Mikado is a faithful record of what it must have been like to attend a performance of Britain’s D’Oyly Carte opera company. Radio tenor Kenny Baker stars as Nanki-Poo, the wand’ring minstrel who wanders…
THE SAPPHIRES
Australia | 2012 | 99 mins | Rated PG-13 | Comedy, MusicalFilmmaker Wayne Blair
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Inspired by a true story, THE SAPPHIRES follows four vivacious, young and talented Australian Aboriginal girls from a remote mission as they learn about love, friendship and war when their all girl group The Sapphires entertains the U.S. troops in Vietnam in 1968. Cynthia (Tapsell), Gail (Mailman), Julie (Mauboy) and Kay (Sebbens)…
Cabin in the Sky, Pre-show at 7 pm with The Spirituals Choir!
USA | 1943 | 98 min. | Rated PG | MusicalA Film by Vincente Minnelli
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Presented with pre-show at 7 pm, The Spirituals Choir! Mortally shot at a crap game, Eddie “Rochester” Anderson gets a six-month Heavenly reprieve thanks to prayers from wife and True Believer Ethel Waters, but Rex Ingram’s “Lucifer Jr.” has a secret weapon in the ensuing battle for Anderson’s soul: Lena Horne’s sultry…
Good Ol’ Freda with introduction by Ray Whitaker, mvyradio’s “Just Four Guys”
UK | 2013 | 86 min. | Not Rated | Documentary, MusicalDirected by Ryan White
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Special introduction by Ray Whitaker, mvyradio’s “Just Four Guys”. ‘Good Ol’ Freda’ tells the story of Freda Kelly, a shy Liverpudlian teenager asked to work for a young local band hoping to make it big: the Beatles. As the Beatles’ fame multiplies, Freda bears witness to music and cultural history but never exploits…
“This is Gary McFarland” with introduction by Dave Kish – mvyradio’s “All That Jazz”
USA | 2006 | Not Rated | MusicalKristian St. Clair
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Featuring candid interviews with some of the world’s hippest musicians, This is Gary McFarland explores the life and times of self-taught musician, composer, and producer Gary McFarland, who despite contributions and affilations with such notables as Gerry Mulligan, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Stan Getz, Bill Evans, Clark Terry, Gabor Szabo, and Cal Tjader,…
AKA Doc Pomus with Sharyn Felder (daughter of Doc Pomus)
USA | 2012 | 98 mins | Not Rated | MusicalPeter Miller and Will Hechter
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Discussion with Sharyn Felder, Doc’s daughter after the screening. Paralyzed with polio as a child, Brooklyn-born Jerome Felder reinvented himself first as a blues singer, renaming himself Doc Pomus, then emerged as a one of the most brilliant songwriters of the early rock and roll era, writing “Save the Last Dance for…
Classic Film Night — Dangerous When Wet
USA | 1953 | 95 min. | Rated PG | Comedy, Musical, RomanceMartha's Vineyard Film Center
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Join us for our final Classic Film Night before the summer season kicks off! The Classic Film Series will return in the fall. For our last hurrah we’re celebrating the late Esther Williams with the 1963 musical comedy classic Dangerous When Wet. Dangerous When Wet marks an important milestone in the life and career…