Trio of classics playing

Oscar-award winning director John Ford (The Quiet Man, The Grapes of Wrath) presents Oscar-award winning actor Henry Fonda (On Golden Pond) in “My Darling Clementine” (1946, 20th Century Fox) screening for free tonight at 7:30 in the Library of Congress Packard Campus Theater on Mount Pony.

Black and white 1 hour and 37 minutes.

Take a trip down under with the weekend’s Friday Night Foreign, “Walkabout” (1971, 20th Century Fox), showing Friday night at 7:30. In English with Australian accents, the movie tells the story of two children stranded in the Outback and their cultural meeting with an Aborigine on walkabout, that is, a periodic return to nomadic life, or something.

1 hour and 40 minutes.

Saturday on Mount Pony, “The Music Man” (Warner Bros, 1962) screens at 2 p.m. It’s a classic feel-good musical based on the Broadway show. Its songs are pretty famous: Gary, Indiana and 76 Trombones come to mind.

With Robert Preston, Shirley Jones of Partridge Family fame and Ronny (Ron) Howard, when he was just a wee boy. Yup, he’s the same Ron Howard who played Richie Cunningham on Happy Days a decade later.

2 hours and 31 minutes.

Free movies on Mount Pony play every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night at 7:30, unless otherwise noted, in the Packard Campus Theater at 19053 Mount Pony Rd., Culpeper.

Coming Soon
August 20 “Baby Face” (Warner Bros., 1933)

August 21 “Roman Holiday” (Paramount, 1953)

August 22, 2 p.m. “The Bargain” (Paramount, 1914), “The Great Train Robbery” (Biograph, 1903) and “Roping a Bride” (Sellig, 1915); silent and shorts with live music by Andrew Simpson

August 27 “The Shootist” (Paramount, 1976)

August 28 “The Last Picture Show” (Columbia, 1971, Rated R)

August 29 “Footlight Parade” (Warner Bros., 1933)

Reservations: Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. one week in advance at (540) 827-1079 ext. 79994.

— Allison Brophy Champion