
What we’re about
People often ask me, "What IS a Classic Movie?". Well, one thing for sure is that it doesn't HAVE to be made before you were born AND it doesn't HAVE to be in B&W. It MAY be both but, on the contrary, it may have come out in 2023 at Christmastime, like Alexander Payne's The Holdovers. A Classic Movie is a GREAT *movie that stands the test of time but may not be truly appreciated in its own time, like **Frank Capra's *It's a Wonderful Life (1946).
MISSION STATEMENT: Let's get together and watch GREAT movies of ALL eras & genres on The Big Screen AND at small events at members’ homes!
Our goal is not JUST seeing the best movies of both the past AND today, but making time afterward to talk about them and perhaps even becoming Film Friends.
There will also occasionally be events related to other areas of the Arts and local culture.
And each year we have an Oscars Party!
Although based in Fenton, MO, we will host events throughout the Metropolitan area, on BOTH sides of the Mississippi AND Missouri Rivers, including both St. Charles County and Edwardsville, IL!
We are looking for an ACTIVE membership, which for us means you'll attend at least ONE event each year.
Please submit a recent "selfie" profile photo when you join so we can easily recognize you at our doorsteps and in public places. Profile photos are most effective when they include only one human being and when that human being is not wearing sunglasses =OR= a hat.
I hope you'll also consider supporting my wife, Shirley's, plant-based eating group: https://www.meetup.com/plant-based-stl/
Established Monday, 11/19/2018!
Upcoming events (1)
See all- Wheeler & Woolsey/Dorothy Lee in HIPS, HIPS, HOORAY! (1934) @ The ARKADIN/$7Arkadin Cinema & Bar, St. Louis, MO
General Admission - $7
5228 Gravois Avenue | St. Louis, MO 63116
Microcinema in the Heart of Bevo!
https://arkadincinema.com/events/
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PLENTY of Public Parking a block closer to the Bevo Mill @ Walsh/Duke & Gravois!
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Forbidden Hollywood is a monthly series hosted by STL film critic Katie Carter celebrating the Pre-Code films of the early 1930s, when movies were wild, racy, transgressive, and tons of fun.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-Code_Hollywood
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After the movie, we will gather for lively, provocative, and insightful conversation--OR as close as we can come to that, anyway--HA!
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One thing the 1934 pre-Code musical comedy Hips, Hips, Hooray! can’t be accused of is not delivering on its title: there are hips galore, as evidenced by the bevy of scantily-clad female cast members who saunter across the screen, and plenty of hooray in the film’s zany plot turns (it’s about rival cosmetics companies, sort of), borderline deranged song-and-dance numbers, and cornball sense of humor. Directed for RKO by Mark Sandrich (who went on to helm several of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers’ most famous vehicles) and starring Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey — a wildly popular comedy team in the early 1930s whose short-lived career means they haven’t sustained the legacy of some of their contemporaries — Hips, Hips, Hooray! showcases the duo’s brand of sexual comedy at its peak, with comedienne Thelma Todd, torch singer Ruth Etting, and Wheeler and Woolsey regular Dorothy Lee providing ample support.NOTE: On Rotten Tomatoes, this movie has 43% on the Popcornmeter.
https://arkadincinema.com/event/hips-hips-hooray-1934-presented-by-forbidden-hollywood/ [Includes Trailer]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hips,_Hips,_Hooray!