Murder, mystery and comic adventure top the bill on Mount Pony this weekend with a trio of free classics on the big screen.
Hayley Mills breaks away from her wholesome “Parent Trap” persona in “Tiger Bay” (Independent Artists, 1959), a British crime drama screening Thursday night in the Packard Campus Theater. Mills plays a 12-year-old tomboy who witnesses a murder, but then bonds with the shooter (Horst Buchholz).
Friday night, factory worker Barry Kane (Robert Cummings) embarks on 3,000 miles of terror in Alfred Hitchcock’s “Saboteur” (Universal Pictures, 1942). Wrongfully accused of starting the fire that killed his best friend, Barry confronts the real firestarter atop the Statue of Liberty.
Saturday night, there’s another road trip in “Sullivan’s Travels” (Paramount, 1941), a comedy starring Joel McCrea and Veronica Lake. McCrea plays the title character, a pampered movie director who sets out to experience life on the other side of the tracks.
Those in the know say it’s a great and funny movie.
The weekend’s films screen at 7:30 in the Library of Congress Packard Campus Theater on Mount Pony inside the National Audio Visual Conservation Center at 19053 Mount Pony Road, east of town.
Make reservations at (540) 827-1079 ext. 79994.
Coming soon:
- June 17 – “The Thin Man” (MGM, 1934)
- June 18 – “Whistle Down the Wind” (Rank, 1961)
- June 19 – “Blackmail” (British International, 1929)
- June 24 – “Frenzy” (Universal, 1972)
- June 25 – “Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia” (United Artists, 1974)
- June 26 – “The Moon-Spinners” (Disney, 1964), 2 p.m.
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