What we’re about
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 (4+)
See all- Clint Eastwood in DIRTY HARRY (1971) @ The Hi-Pointe!The Hi-Pointe Theatre, St. Louis, MO
General Admission - $11
Student/Senior - $8
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If you're NOT a Student/Senior, you can save at least $3/movie by becoming a Cinema St. Louis member.
MORE INFO: https://cinemastlouis.org/membership
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Coming SOON!
https://hipointetheatre.org/coming-soon/May 2025
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l3NGzhoL0yFVawjL4_h2EQ-E7Fc9h5a6/view***
ADVANCE TICKETS:
This process does NOT get you a specific seat in the theater. If you believe an event like this might sell out though, have at it. It does allow you to make a convenient additional donation to Cinema St. Louis, if you're so inclined.
https://hipointetheatre.org/purchase/149474/
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PARKING:
The Hi-Pointe has its own parking in various places behind the theater, but in 45 years of going there, I have never used it.
After 6PM M-F, after 12PM Saturday, and ALL DAY SUNDAY, there’s plenty of FREE parking right next door HERE:
Lindell Bank
6900 Clayton Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63139
314-645-7700***
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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When a madman dubbed ‘Scorpio’ terrorizes San Francisco, hard-nosed cop, Harry Callahan – famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law enforcement – is tasked with hunting down the psychopath.NOTE: On Rotten Tomatoes, this movie has a 89% on the Tomatometer and a 90% on the Popcornmeter.
https://hipointetheatre.org/movies/dirty-harry/ [Includes Trailer]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_Harry
https://www.scripts.com/script/dirty_harry_6957 - Thursday Night Movies | Stanley Donen's CHARADE (1963_New-To-Me)Jerry & Shirley's House, Fenton, MO
Welcome to Thursday Night Movies @ Jerry & Shirley's!
This movie fits into the "worthwhile, new-to-me movies from ALL eras & genres" category, 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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This movie was recommended by longtime member ROBERT BLANTON, who characterized it as "the best Hitchcock film Alfred didn't make"!
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Wikipedia
Charade is a 1963 American romantic screwball comedy mystery film produced and directed by Stanley Donen, written by Peter Stone and Marc Behm, and starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn. The cast also features Walter Matthau, James Coburn, George Kennedy, Dominique Minot, Ned Glass, and Jacques Marin. It spans three genres: suspense thriller, romance, and comedy.NOTE: This movie has a 94% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
https://www.allmovie.com/movie/charade-am8972 [Includes Trailer]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charade_(1963_film)
https://www.scripts.com/script/charade_833 - Barbara Stanwyck & Lillian Roth LADIES THEY TALK ABOUT (1933) @ The ARKADIN/$7Arkadin Cinema & Bar, St. Louis, MO
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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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.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-Code_Hollywood
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After the movie, we will gather for lively, provocative, and insightful conversation--OR as close as we can come to that, anyway--HA!
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Considered one of the first— if not the first— women in prison movies, 1933’s Ladies They Talk About stars a perfectly cast Barbara Stanwyck as Nan Taylor, the hardboiled member of a gang of bank robbers who ends up taking the rap for a job and ending up serving time in San Quentin. While her will they/won’t they romance with radio evangelist David Slade (Preston Foster) is contrived, the interactions between the female inmates provide a wildly entertaining and illuminating glimpse at clashing feminine emotions. Based on a play by Dorothy Mackaye, inspired by her own stint in San Quentin for conspiring to coverup the death of her husband, Ladies They Talk About contains all the ingredients to make it a prototype of what would become a popular exploitation subgenre once the Production Code disintegrated in the 1960s, from cat fights and queer overtones to offbeat musical interludes and frank discussions of sex and the inmates’ misdemeanors.NOTE: On Rotten Tomatoes, this movie has 60% on the Popcornmeter.
https://arkadincinema.com/event/ladies-they-talk-about-1933-presented-by-forbidden-hollywood/ [Includes Trailer]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladies_They_Talk_About
https://www.scripts.com/script/ladies_they_talk_about_12133 - Rodgers & Hammerstein's OKLAHOMA! (1955) @ The Wildey Theatre! | $3@!Wildey Theatre, Edwardsville, IL
YOU MUST HAVE CA$H FOR YOUR TICKETS
(charge/debit cards accepted for concessions)Join us at the beautifully restored Wildey Theatre in Edwardsville, IL!
http://www.wildeytheatre.com/?nav=events&event_type=movieIf you're like me, you don't feel you've REALLY seen a movie unless you've experienced it on THE BIG SCREEN...Please join me in accomplishing this goal!
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Oklahoma! is a 1955 American musical film based on the 1943 musical of the same name by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, which in turn was based on the 1931 play Green Grow the Lilacs written by Lynn Riggs. It stars Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones (in her film debut), Rod Steiger, Charlotte Greenwood, Gloria Grahame, Gene Nelson, James Whitmore, and Eddie Albert. The production was the only musical directed by Fred Zinnemann.[5] Oklahoma! was the first feature film photographed in the Todd-AO 70 mm widescreen process (and was simultaneously filmed in CinemaScope 35mm).
NOTE: On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a rating of 87% on the
Tomatometer and 75% on the Popcornmeter.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma!_(film)
https://www.cityofedwardsville.com/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=585
https://www.scripts.com/script/oklahoma!_15139 [Includes a trailer]
