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Sunday Espresso Matinee
November 12, 2023 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
$2 – $10
Sunday Espresso Matinee: Claude Rains
Sundays from 11am-4pm
at The Little Theatre Auditorium
LTA and NL Roaming Cinema presents Sunday Espresso Matinees at Little Theatre Auditorium.
🎟 Tickets: $2-$10 Pay What You Can!
📽️ ☕ 🍸 Hang out, chat with friends, enjoy movies, espresso drinks and cocktails!
🎥🤩🍿 For Nov. 12th, the movies will celebrate versatile character actor Claude Rains (birthday Nov. 10th).
🎬 Film Titles (times are approximate):
11a ~ Battle of the Worlds (1961, Anthony Dawson)
Story and screenplay by Vassily Petrov. Claude plays Professor Benson in this sci-fi space film. The professor discovers that Earth only has 80 days to live; this Italian film had a multinational cast.
Runtime 1 hour 23 minutes
12:25p ~ Ceasar and Cleopatra (1945, Gabriel Pascal) Claude Rains, Vivian Leigh
Film based on George Bernard Shaw’s play about Caesar meeting with Cleopatra – he mentors her in becoming a leader; political intrigue. Runtime 2 hours 2 minutes
2:28p ~ They Made Me a Criminal (1939, Busby Berkeley) John Garfield, Claude Rains, the Dead End Kids
A boxer (John Garfield) is wrongly accused of a crime, so he hides at a farm for young folks. Will he be discovered, or redeem his life by helping the young teens in need? Runtime 1 hour 32 minutes
This activity is funded in part with grants from the Southwest Minnesota Arts Council made possible by the voters of Minnesota, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
