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Friday, July 26th at 8:00PM
16mm poolside screening
Danny Kaye shows off his keen musical sense in the lead role of The Five Pennies, the life story of coronet player Red Nichols. The movie gets off to a joyful start as Nichols joins a big-city band, meets his future wife (Barbara Bel Geddes), and sits in on a speakeasy session with Louis Armstrong. There are smaller roles for other musicians such as Bob Crosby and Ray Anthony. The tunes include many standards but also new songs written by Sylvia Fine, Danny Kaye's wife and the creator of his signature wordplay routines. Drama strikes when Nichols sacrifices his career to care for his sick daughter. Whether you're a Danny Kaye fan or not, this film emphasizes his very real musical "touch”. However, Red Nichols dubbed the horn himself. It also proved Kaye could handle melodrama at least as easily as frantic comedy, and yet this 1959 film was near the end of his run as a movie actor. Director Melville Shavelson, most associated with comedy, does an atmospheric job of staging the jazz numbers, especially in the colorful clubs.
Standard Academy Ratio Monaural Optical Sound 117 minutes
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Please note that this schedule is an attempt to accommodate requests, but is by no means cast in stone and may, at our discretion, undergo changes .
2024
July 26 The Five Pennies (1959) IB Technicolor FRIDAY POOLSIDE
August 2 The Big Easy (1987)
August 9 Scaramouch (1952) IB Technicolor FRIDAY POOLSIDE
August 16 Poor Things
August 17 Elephant Walk IB Tech (70th anniversary) SATURDAY POOLSIDE POTLUCK
August 23 My Six Loves (1963) IB Technicolor FRIDAY POOLSIDE
August 30 Anatomy of a Fall
September 6 Clash by Night (1952) FRIDAY POOLSIDE
September 13 Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
September 14 Cyrano de Bergerac (1950) SATURDAY POOLSIDE POTLUCK
September 20 Gilda (1946) FRIDAY POOLSIDE
September 27 Wish
October 4 Hold Back the Dawn (1941) FRIDAY POOLSIDE
October 11 Cabrini (2023)
October 12 An American in Paris (1951) SATURDAY POOLSIDE POTLUCK
October 18 Pulp Fiction (30th anniversary)
October 25 Nightmare Alley (1947) FRIDAY POOLSIDE
November 1 Giant ( Conse's Birthday pick)
November 8 Rome Adventure FRIDAY POOLSIDE
November 15 True Lies 4K (30th anniversary)
November 16 The Barefoot Contessa (70th anniversary) SATURDAY POOLSIDE POTLUCK
November 22 Ferrari (2023)
November 29 Oliver (1968) IB Technicolor Scope FRIDAY POOLSIDE
December 6 TBA
December 13 No screening
December 14 No screening
December 20 Christmas in Connecticut FRIDAY POOLSIDE
December 27 Dune Part 2 (2023) 4K
December 28 War and Peace (1956) IB Technicolor SATURDAY POOLSIDE POTLUCK