Thursday Night at the Movies

RTVF Thursday night movies hosted by Dr. Joan McGettigan. Admission is free. Screenings begin at 7pm in 164 Moudy Building South on the TCU Campus (2805 S. University Drive). For directions or further information call the RTVF Department: 817-257-7630 or 817-257-6690.

1/31

A YANK IN THE R.A.F. (1941)
Arrogant American pilot Tyrone Power pursues Betty Grable in London during the early days of World War II.

2/7

SINGIN IN THE RAIN (1952)

Hollywood pokes fun at itself in this depiction of the chaos which the introduction of sound created in the film industry of the late 1920s.  Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, and Donald O’Connor star in what many consider the best musical ever made.

2/14

SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)

Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis play musicians who must skip town after witnessing a mob hit; masquerading as women, they take refuge in an all-girl band.  Complicating the situation are a very friendly Marilyn Monroe and a wealthy Joe E. Brown, who thinks that Jack Lemmon may be the perfect wife.

2/21

STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1951)

A chance encounter on a train draws a tennis star (Farley Granger) into a murderous pact with a charming but dangerous stranger (Robert Walker) in this Alfred Hitchcock thriller.

2/28

CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS (1937)
A spoiled rich boy (Freddie Bartholomew) is saved from drowning by a Portuguese fisherman (Spencer Tracy), and learns some serious life lessons about character and friendship.  The wonderful supporting cast includes John Carradine, Lionel Barrymore, Mickey Rooney, and Melvyn Douglas.

3/6

CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE (1936)
The Crimean War is the setting for this sweeping adventure featuring Errol Flynn and Patric Knowles as British officers going into battle against a powerful enemy—and competing with each other for the love of Olivia DeHavilland.

SPRING BREAK

3/20

FLYING DOWN TO RIO (1933)
Although this was the first film to team Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, they aren’t the stars.  Aviator and band-leader Gene Raymond pursues the already-engaged Dolores Del Rio—and stages an elaborate dance number on the wings of planes!
                                                                                                                       
3/27

GALLIPOLI (1981)

Two young men searching for adventure enlist during World War I, and become part of the great military disaster which was the Australian assault on Turkey at Gallipoli.  Mark Lee and Mel Gibson star. 

4/3

SHANE (1953)

A mysterious stranger (Alan Ladd) becomes involved in the contentious battle between farmers and ranchers in this classic Western.  The supporting cast includes Van Heflin, Jean Arthur, Brandon de Wilde, and Jack Palance.

4/10

THE MORE THE MERRIER (1943)

A working woman (Jean Arthur) finds herself sharing an apartment with two men (Charles Coburn and Joel McCrea)—a situation her fiancé simply doesn’t understand.

4/17

SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS (1954)

Jane Powell agrees to marry Howard Keel—and then discovers that he has six uncouth brothers she must civilize.  When they decide to pursue wives for themselves, their version of courtship is kidnapping!

4/24

HIGH SIERRA (1941)
Roy ‘Mad Dog’ Earle (Humphrey Bogart) has been sprung from prison to participate in a heist, but this is not an ordinary caper film.  Through his relationships with a disabled young woman and with the girlfriend of one of the other gang members, Earle begins to realize what he has missed in life—but it may be too late to alter his fate.

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