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.

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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.

The Manchurian Candidate, the story of a former Korean War POW who is brainwashed by Communists into becoming a political assassin, features a host of remarkable performances, several from actors cast cleverly against type. Frank Sinatra’s edgy, aggressive turn as Marco may be the finest dramatic work of his career; Laurence Harvey’s chilly onscreen demeanor was rarely used to better advantage than as Raymond Shaw; and Angela Lansbury’s performance as the ultimate bad mom is stellar. George Axelrod’s screenplay (based on Richard Condon’s novel) is by turns compelling, witty, and horrifying in its implications, and John Frankenheimer’s direction milks it for all the tension it can muster. Entertaining yet unsettling, the film indicates that things in the ’60s were not what they seemed, with a resonance that still echoes uncomfortably in the present.

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The showing is on Thursday, September 13, 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.

It’s time to celebrate the incandescent Marilyn Monroe, who left us exactly fifty years ago—far too early.

She has lived on through the movie magic that she created in many immortal roles.

August is the perfect time to see her in her totally steamy yet innocent role as “The Girl” –she’s the Marilyn who we know as the blond bombshell—the very one who delightedly stood over a cool air vent that blows her white dress high in the air.  And who is on the scene but her nerdy neighbor, white-collar worker, played by Tom Ewell.  He’s a family man, but his family is away at the seashore…and the weather…and Marilyn…is hot, hot, hot.

Director Billy Wilder knew exactly how to capture Monroe’s complicated charms, as we saw in another superb movie a few years later, “Some Like it Hot.”  Hot, indeed.

Now, Cerrito Classics presents “Seven Year Itch” in all its glory and hilarity on the big screen.  Don’t miss it!

The showing is on Thursday, August 9, 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.