In response to popular demand, the Dryden is bringing back daytime screenings! These repeat performances keep our audience connected to the programming during our nighttime screenings, while giving it a chance to see some of our most popular films during the day. Don’t forget to stop at Open Face for dinner after the show!
April 19 (2 p.m.): Easter Parade (Charles Walters, 1948, 103 min., 35mm)
May 10 (2 p.m.): Follow the Fleet (Mark Sandrich, US 1936, 110 min., 35mm)
May 24 (2 p.m.): M (M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder, Fritz Lang, Germany 1931, 99 min., 35mm, German with English subtitles)
June 7 (2 p.m.): The Red Shoes (Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, UK 1948, 135 min., 35mm)
June 21 (2 p.m.): The Philadelphia Story (George Cukor, US 1940, 112 min., 35mm)
June 28: (2 p.m.): The Letter (William Wyler, US 1940, 95 min., 35mm)
Events in this Series
Matinee: M (35mm)
Sight and Sound by Decade | Sight and Sound Club In director Fritz Lang’s first sound film, a series of child murders in an unnamed German city causes the police to mistakenly crack down on the criminal underworld.
Matinee: Follow the Fleet (35mm)
Happy Birthday, Fred Astaire! | Saturday Matinees! Against the non-exotic backdrop of the San Francisco harbor, sailor Bake Baker (Astaire) tries to win back his dancing partner’s love, while his buddy courts her sister.
Matinee: Easter Parade (35mm)
Make Mine Musicals | Saturday Matinees! When Fred Astaire is dumped by partner Ann Miller, he picks unsophisticated and uncoordinated Judy Garland out of a chorus as her replacement.
Matinee: The Pride of the Yankees (35mm)
Teresa Wright | From Rochester, With Love A moving biopic of legendary Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig — the left-handed player who rose to the top of the sport, only to be cut down at the peak of his career by an incurable illness.
Matinee: The Wrong Man (35mm)
Henry Fonda for President | Saturday Matinees! Hitchcock based this gripping, often overlooked thriller on the true story of an unassuming bass player whose life becomes a nightmare after he’s misidentified as a hold-up man.