Classic Movies and Great Chinese
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Thursday May 21st
Stephen King Story and The Crimson Ghost (continuation)
Join us for an evening of Great Shows and a Chinese Dinner - movies are FREE,
just pay for your dinner!!
EARLY FEATURE---------------------------------------------------------
6:00PM
The Crimson Ghost (1946) – Continuation of a few more episodes – approx. 1 hr
12 Episode Serial -runs 2 hrs 47 mins
The Crimson Ghost is a 1946 American film serial directed by Fred C. Brannon and William Witney and produced by the King of Serial Productions, Republic Pictures. It is divided into twelve chapters and stars a criminologist who attempts to thwart the efforts of the eponymous villain to steal a device (the Cyclotrode) that can render electrical devices powerless.
Starring - Charles Quigley, Linda Stirling, Clayton Moore (aka The Lone Ranger)
and I. Stanford Jolley.
The serial's titular villain, the Crimson Ghost, has become a pop-culture icon due to the punk rock band Misfits having adapted his skull-like visage into their iconography.
The action is constant with hilarious fight scenes, clever gadgets and a great villain. Definitely worth sampling a few episodes of this Saturday Matinee.
MAIN FEATURE -------------------------------------------
7:15 PM
Stand By Me (1986) - 1h 29m – Rated R
Coming-of-Age Drama
Director - Rob Reiner
Story by - Stephen King (Novella – The Body)
Screenplay - Rob Reiner, Raynold Gideon, Bruce A. Evans
Starring: Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Teddy Duchamp, Jerry O'Connell, Kiefer Sutherland, Richard Dreyfuss, John Cusack
Music – Iconic theme song by Ben E. King
After learning that a stranger has been accidentally killed near their rural homes, four Oregon boys decide to go see the body. On the way, Gordie, Vern, Chris and Teddy encounter daring obstacles, as they also learn more about one another and their very different home lives. The boys' adventure evolves into a defining event in their young lives.
*** It’s ironic that arguably the greatest horror writer in history has also created some of the most amazing non-horror stories of the human condition that have been adapted into movies. I consider these mandatory reading and viewing for movie buffs.
Such as –
The Dead Zone – 1983
Stand By Me - 1986
The Shawshank Redemption – 1994
The Green Mile – 1999
Hearts in Atlantis – 2001
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