Swing Time
Lucky is tricked into missing his own wedding to Margaret and has to make $25,000 so her father will allow him to marry her. He and business partner Pop go to New York where they run into dancing instructor Penny. She and Lucky form a successful dance partnership, but romance is blighted by his old attachment to Margaret and hers for Ricky. Musical films started almost as soon as sync sound was introduced in Hollywood in 1929. Starting as an outgrowth of vaudeville, Hollywood and the rest of the world quickly developed a universal language of singing and dancing in films that continues to this day. From Fred Astaire in “Top Hat” and Gene Kelly in “Singin’ in the Rain,” to “Wicked” to the latest from Bollywood, musicals have entranced audiences for a hundred years and show no sign of losing their appeal any time soon. Join us as we take a tour through the history of musicals on film from Hollywood to the rest of the world. January 21 – Swing Time (George Stevens, 1936) January 28 – Cabaret (Bob Fosse, 1972) February 4 – The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Jacques Demy, 1964) February 11 – La La Land (Damian Chazelle, 2016) February 18 – Purple Rain (Albert Magnoli, 1984) February 25 – Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (Aditya Chopra, 1995) March 4 – Grease (Randal Kleiser, 1978) March 11 – Meet Me in St Louis (Vincente Minelli, 1944) March 18 – A Star is Born (George Cukor, 1952) March 25 – Wicked (Jon Chu, 2024)RomancePT1H43MNR2026-01-21Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers
Victor Moore
George Stevens
Pandro S. Berman
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January 21, 7:00 pm
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