Each screening will be hosted and introduced by Country Gate troupe members, with a group discussion to follow.
July 10 (1941) "Meet John Doe" - an American comedy-drama film directed and produced by Frank Capra, written by Robert Riskin, and starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck. The film is about a "grassroots" political campaign created unwittingly by a newspaper columnist with the involvement of a hired homeless man and pursued by the paper's wealthy owner.
July 17 (1951) "Royal Wedding" - an American musical comedy film directed by Stanley Donen, and starring Fred Astaire and Jane Powell, with music by Burton Lane and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. Set in 1947 London at the time of the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten, the film follows an American brother-sister song and dance duo.
July 24 (1926) "The General" - an American silent film released by United Artists. It was inspired by the Great Locomotive Chase, a true story of an event that occurred during the American Civil War. The story was adapted from the 1889 memoir The Great Locomotive Chase by William Pittenger. The film stars Buster Keaton who co-directed it with Clyde Bruckman.
July 31 (1946) "The Stranger" - an American film noir starring Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young, and Orson Welles. Welles's third completed feature film as director and his first film noir is about a war crimes investigator tracking a high-ranking Nazi fugitive to a Connecticut town
Suggested donation: $10 per screening (to benefit Country Gate's pandemic recovery effort)
Groups welcome!
Country Gate Players
Nestled in the Town of Belvidere, this non-profit group presents musicals, dramas, comedies, murder mysteries, a holiday classic in December, and special events. An intimate theater - not a bad seat in the house!