Classic Movies, Old AND New

IF something comes up and you can't make it, simply email arkadincinema@gmail.com for a prompt refund.
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January 2026 Schedule
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General Admission - $5

5228 Gravois Avenue | St. Louis, MO 63116
Microcinema in the Heart of Bevo!
https://arkadincinema.com/events/
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PLENTY of Public Parking a block closer to the Bevo Mill @ Walsh/Duke & Gravois!
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After the movie, we will gather in the lobby for lively, provocative, and insightful conversation--OR as close as we can come to that, anyway--HA!
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Each week in February, Arkadin presents SCREWBALL SUNDAYS, $5 matinee screenings of some of the zaniest comedies from Hollywood’s Golden Age.
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Based on The Front Page 1928 play by Ben Hecht & Charles MacArthur.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Front_Page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Hecht
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_MacArthur

“Fast, funny and vastly entertaining, HIS GIRL FRIDAY is, if anything, brighter and breezier than THE FRONT PAGE of which it is a brilliant remake.” – Philadelphia Inquirer

An inspired bit of cinematic alchemy, HIS GIRL FRIDAY took Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur’s hit play “The Front Page” (already a successful film in 1931), recast one of its lead roles from male to female, and created the fastest, funniest screwball romance Hollywood’s ever seen. Rosalind Russell plays dogged reporter Hildy Johnson, whose love-hate relationship with hard-driving editor Walter Burns (Cary Grant) is complicated by the little fact that the two used to be married. Russell and Grant deliver career-defining roles amid an ensemble of crackerjack character actors in this deliciously cynical tale of media bloodlust. Master director Howard Hawks never pace flag while a flurry of quips fly by a mile a minute courtesy of Charles Lederer’s sidesplitting script (as well as a few cheeky ad libs from Grant).

The Arkadin does not generally provide advisories about subject matter or potentially triggering content in films, as sensitivities vary from person to person. However, we encourage researching titles to determine if a screening may contain content that could be upsetting to you. Please feel free to contact us for guidance on specific films. Information about content can also be found on Common Sense Media, IMDB and DoesTheDogDie.com, as well as through general internet searches.
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NOTE: On Rotten Tomatoes, this movie has a 99% on the Tomatometer and a 90% on the Popcornmeter.

https://arkadincinema.com/event/his-girl-friday-1940/ [Includes Trailer]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/His_Girl_Friday
https://www.scripts.com/script/his_girl_friday_475

IF something comes up and you can't make it, simply email arkadincinema@gmail.com for a prompt refund.
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January 2026 Schedule
https://arkadincinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/January-2026-768x593.webp

General Admission - $7

5228 Gravois Avenue | St. Louis, MO 63116
Microcinema in the Heart of Bevo!
https://arkadincinema.com/events/
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PLENTY of Public Parking a block closer to the Bevo Mill @ Walsh/Duke & Gravois!
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After the movie, we will gather in the lobby for lively, provocative, and insightful conversation--OR as close as we can come to that, anyway--HA!
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Forbidden Hollywood is a monthly series hosted by STL film critic Katie Carter celebrating the Pre-Code films of the early 1930s, when movies were wild, racy, transgressive, and tons of fun.
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Screen gangster James Cagney trades in Gatling guns for tap shoes in Lloyd Bacon’s star-studded 1933 backstage musical FOOTLIGHT PARADE. He plays Chester Kent, a theatrical producer whose job is on the line thanks to the popularity of new talking pictures— until he devises an assembly line method of creating and staging live musical prologues to be performed before a movie. The film’s elaborate finale is comprised of three numbers that represent the pinnacle of choreographer Busby Berkeley’s work: the innuendo-laced “Honeymoon Hotel,” the patriotic “Shanghai Lil,” and the erotic “By a Waterfall,” featuring Berkeley’s iconic human waterfall. But FOOTLIGHT PARADE is also a zippy comedy beyond its song-and-dance numbers, bolstered by the talents of Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Claire Dodd, Guy Kibbee, and Frank McHugh and brimming with more risqué dialogue and saucy situations than you can shake a chorus girl’s leg at, making it a true pre-Code essential.

The Arkadin does not generally provide advisories about subject matter or potentially triggering content in films, as sensitivities vary from person to person. However, we encourage researching titles to determine if a screening may contain content that could be upsetting to you. Please feel free to contact us for guidance on specific films. Information about content can also be found on Common Sense Media, IMDB and DoesTheDogDie.com, as well as through general internet searches.
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NOTE: On Rotten Tomatoes, this movie has a 100% on the Tomatometer and an 83% on the Popcornmeter.

https://arkadincinema.com/event/busby-berkeleys-footlight-parade-1933-presented-by-forbidden-hollywood/ [Includes Trailer]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Footlight_Parade
https://www.scripts.com/script/footlight_parade_8391

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Please purchase your tickets ASAP!
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To make it easier to connect, once I buy my ticket(s), I will post the location(s) in the Comments below and I encourage all other participants to do the same.
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You can also download the Marcus App on your phone and order tickets there. You can get refunds up until 60 minutes ahead of showtime.
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VALUE Pricing
https://www.marcustheatres.com/marcus-specials/value-pricing
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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 Song Sung Blue by Greg Kohs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_Sung_Blue_(2008_film)
Watch it FREE! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDukMQIz1Sc

Release date: 12/25/2025
Genre: Drama
Rating: PG13, for thematic material, some strong language, some sexual material and brief drug use.
Runtime: 2 hours, 12 minutes
Director: Craig Brewer
Starring: Kate Hudson, Ella Anderson, King Princess, Hudson Hilbert, Hensley, Hugh Jackman, Fisher Stevens, Michael Imperioli, Jim Belushi, Mustafa Shakir

Based on a true story, two down-on-their-luck musicians (Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson) form a joyous Neil Diamond tribute band, proving it's never too late to find love and follow your dreams.

Best Actress in a Leading Role

• Kate Hudson – Song Sung Blue as Claire Sardina

NOTE: On Rotten Tomatoes, this movie has a 78% on the Tomatometer and an 97% on the Popcornmeter.

https://www.marcustheatres.com/movies/song-sung-blue [Includes a trailer]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_Sung_Blue_(film)

There is NO FEE for this service.
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PLENTY of Public Parking a block closer to the Bevo Mill @ Walsh/Duke & Gravois!
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After the movie, we will gather in the lobby for lively, provocative, and insightful conversation--OR as close as we can come to that, anyway--HA!
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This film is screening as part of Arkadin’s February 2026 series, OFFBEAT ROMANCE, featuring quirky tales of oddballs in love.
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“One of the strangest and most beguiling romantic comedies ever made.” – Philadelphia Inquirer

Chaos lurks in every corner of this giddily off-kilter foray into romantic comedy by Paul Thomas Anderson. Struggling to cope with his erratic temper, novelty-toilet-plunger salesman Barry Egan (Adam Sandler, demonstrating remarkable versatility in his first dramatic role) spends his days collecting frequent-flier-mile coupons and dodging the insults of his seven sisters. The promise of a new life emerges when Barry inadvertently attracts the affection of a mysterious woman named Lena (Emily Watson), but their budding relationship is threatened when he falls prey to the swindling operator of a phone sex line and her deranged boss (played with maniacal brio by Philip Seymour Hoffman, in a role you may recognize from Arkadin’s “Shut Up” intro). Fueled by the careening momentum of a baroque-futurist score by Jon Brion, the Cannes-award-winning Punch-Drunk Love channels the spirit of classic Hollywood and the whimsy of Jacques Tati into an idiosyncratic ode to the delirium of new romance.
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The Arkadin does not generally provide advisories about subject matter or potentially triggering content in films, as sensitivities vary from person to person. However, we encourage researching titles to determine if a screening may contain content that could be upsetting to you. Please feel free to contact us for guidance on specific films. Information about content can also be found on Common Sense Media, IMDB and DoesTheDogDie.com, as well as through general internet searches.
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NOTE: On Rotten Tomatoes, this movie has a 79% on the Tomatometer and a 78% on the Popcornmeter.

https://arkadincinema.com/event/punch-drunk-love-2002-w-adam-sandler-pre-show-6-pm/ [Includes Trailer]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punch-Drunk_Love
https://www.scripts.com/script/punch-drunk_love_960