Cerrito Classics is showing an extra classic in December (see also “Come celebrate Cerrito Theater’s 75th anniversary on Dec 13th.”)

A heart-warming story set in small-town America in the 1940’s, “A Christmas Story” tells how 9-year-old Ralphie has to convince his parents, teacher, and Santa that a Red Ryder BB-gun is the perfect Christmas gift for him.  The stars are Peter Billingsley, Melinda Dillon, and Darren McGavin. Based on the memoir by Jean Shepherd, ” In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash.”

Ralphie’s visit to Santa may be the most surprising and original Santa scene of any movie.  It’s Christmas, with a twist.  Don’t miss it!

Pick up your tickets now–at the box office–or order online.  All seats are $8.00.

Did the “Battle of the Sexes” exist in 1949? One wouldn’t think so, given the rosy image of family togetherness that prevailed in the 1950’s. Yet “Adam’s Rib” dives right into those shark-infested waters.

Was there chemistry between Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn? The real-life couple here portrays husband-and-wife lawyers, battling over a case in which a jealous but seemingly incompetent woman is accused of trying to murder her husband.

Tracy is the prosecutor, Hepburn the defense lawyer, and they bring their courtroom battles back home with them, dramatically but comically disrupting their idyllic home life. Judy Holliday (“Born Yesterday”) plays the accused woman on trial, bringing hilarious poignancy as only she could.

The Oscar-winning script, written by husband-and-wife team Garson Kanin and Ruth Gordon, crackles with wit but never lets us forget that this isn’t just a battle over equality but also a love story.

Tracy and Hepburn were never better, and this is a film not to be missed.

The showing is on Thursday, November 8, at 7pm. All seats are $8. Getting to the theater early is always a good idea-for a choice of seating and to order freshly-made food and drinks. You are strongly advised to buy tickets in advance at the box office or online.

This greatest of all Frankenstein movies begins during a raging thunderstorm. Warm and cozy inside their palatial villa, Lord Byron (Gavin Gordon), Percy Shelley (Douglas Walton), and Shelley’s wife Mary (Elsa Lanchester) engage in morbidly sparkling conversation. The wicked Byron mockingly chastises Mary for frightening the literary world with her recent novel Frankenstein, but Mary insists that her horror tale preached a valuable moral, that man was not meant to dabble in the works of God. Moreover, Mary adds that her story did not end with the death of Frankenstein’s monster, whereupon she tells the enthralled Byron and Shelley what happened next. Surviving the windmill fire that brought the original 1931 Frankenstein to a close, the Monster (Boris Karloff) quickly revives and goes on another rampage of death and destruction. Meanwhile, his ailing creator Henry Frankenstein (Colin Clive) discovers that his former mentor, the demented Doctor Praetorius (Ernst Thesiger), plans to create another life-sized monster — this time a woman! After a wild and wooly “creation” sequence, the bandages are unwrapped, and the Bride of the Monster (Elsa Lanchester again) emerges. Alas, the Monster’s tender efforts to connect with his new Mate are rewarded only by her revulsion and hoarse screams. “She hate me,” he growls, “Just like others!” Wonderfully acted and directed, The Bride of Frankenstein is further enhanced by the vivid Franz Waxman musical score.

Source: YAHOO! MOVIE INFO  

The showing is on Thursday, October 11, at 7pm. All seats are $8. Getting to the theater early is always a good idea–for a choice of seating and to order freshly-made food and drinks. You are strongly advised to buy tickets in advance at the box office or online.