concerts and special events

A Community Treasure
Summer 2013
CONCERTS AND SPECIAL EVENTS
GOLD TONES PRODUCTION
PRESENTS
EDDIE HOLMAN
Point Entertainment Presents
TOMMY EMMANUEL
Tickets: $29.50 - $45
Thu & Fri, Jun 27 & 28, 8PM
We’re excited to welcome Tommy
back to Colonial Theatre for two
nights! Two-time Grammy nominee
Tommy Emmanuel has a professional
career that spans over four decades and
continues to intersect with some of the
finest musicians throughout the world.
A household name in his native Australia, Tommy has garnered hundreds
of thousands of loyal fans worldwide.
Tommy’s unique style – he calls it simply “finger style” – is akin to playing
guitar the way a pianist plays piano, using all ten fingers. Don’t miss this
incredible night of Tommy’s guitar genius and keen sense of humor!
Ticket prices for Point Entertainment concerts do not include the
$2 per ticket Restoration Fee or the $1.50 per ticket Service fee.
Special Events
BLOBFEST
Tickets: $7 - $11
Fri, Jul 12 – Sat, Jul 14
The theme for this year is Bug Out Blobfest! We’ll celebrate and screen
some of the best buggy, sci-fi B movies of the 1950s. This year’s fest is
sponsored by Staybridge Suites in Royersford, the official hotel of Blobfest. See the complete schedule on page 7.
TEDXPHOENIXVILLE SALON
Tickets: $8
Thu, Jul 25, 6:30PM & Thu, Aug 22, 6:30PM
As we gear up for our fourth annual live TEDxPhoenixville event on
Oct 5 we’d like to introduce the community to the TED format and share
some of our favorite TEDTalks with you. Join members of the local
TEDx community for a different program of compelling and inspiring
talks each month. Each evening’s program will consist of pre-recorded
TEDTalks plus one live performance. The salons will take place on the
fourth Thursday of the month, April thru August.
Tickets: $30 - $35
Sat, Aug 24, 7:30 pm
Gold Tones Productions presents the
Philadelphia sounds of the legendary
Eddie Holman at the Colonial. Holman,
the “King of the Falsetto Voice,” sings
such hits as “Hey There Lonely Girl,”
“I Love You,” “I’ll Be Forever Loving
You” and many more. Opening for
Holman are Michael Russo & the Gold
Tones, doing tributes to famous groups
like The Duprees, The Temptations, The Stylistics, and many more. Russo
is an original from South Philly who sang on the corners of his hometown. He formed his own band, singing and entertaining in many South
Jersey nightclubs in the early 70s.
SUMMER PIPE ORGAN CONCERT
Tickets: $5 - $10
Sun, Sep 22, 3PM
“LOOK! UP IN THE SKY! IT’S A BIRD! IT’S A PLANE! IT’S SUPERMAN! Well, it could be. But it’s not that caped and masked crusader
who arrives at the Colonial on Sep 22. IT’S ZORRO! Travel back in
time with the Theatre Organ Society of the Delaware Valley to the early
southwest when tyranny, fear, cruelty and oppression ruled the settlers and
the native Indians. See what happens when our fearless caped and masked
avenger appears in order to right the wrong! See Douglas Fairbanks Sr. as
he runs, leaps, rides and duels in the fabulous 1920 swashbuckling epic
The Mask of Zorro. You’ll also see Noah Beery Sr., brother of the wellknown actor Wallace Beery, as the pompous Sergeant Gonzales as he
struts around and boasts about how he’ll take care of Zorro! Hmm…you
think?! With such a hero as Zorro on the scene there MUST of course be a
member of the fair sex. Does our hero eventually get the girl? Hmm...you
think?! Added to the excitement on the screen, you will hear the fabulous live musical accompaniment by the very talented Chris Elliott, who
comes to us from California for this special event. Chris will be playing TOSDV’s 3/24 Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ, an instrument from the
same era as the movie. For additional information visit the Theatre Organ
Society of the Delaware Valley online at TOSDV.org; email tosdvinfo@
verizon.net; or call 215-780-0831.
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this episode features such stars as Brian Donlevy and Mickey Rooney, as
well as the cult rock group, The Kingsmen, all doing what they do best making you enjoy the fun in the sun. And, as if that weren’t enough, we
have four - Count ‘em, four! - real live Playboy Playmates. How about
that, bikini fans! (Watch closely for an appearance by Brian Wilson of the
Beach Boys as, what else, one of the boys on the beach.)
annette funicello & the secret cinema
BEACH BLANKET BINGO
William Asher. US. 1965. NR. 98. Park
Circus. 35mm.
Sun, Jul 7, 2PM
To start off a month that includes our internationally-acclaimed Blobfest and the always
amazing Secret Cinema, we are providing the
first of two special tributes to the recently-departed Annette Funicello. Annette, who helped
usher millions of baby boomers into puberty
as a Mouseketeer and co-star of ‘Spin and Marty’ on the original Mickey
Mouse Club, attained her greatest popularity in a series of ‘Beach Party’
films during the 1960s. Co-starring Philly’s own Frankie Avalon, and
filled with surfers, bikinis, madcap escapades and forgettable songs, these
films served as ‘bubble-gum for the mind’ and often featured veteran
screen stars in their final screen appearances. This, the fifth in the series,
is considered by many to be the best. In addition to Annette and Frankie
(and Harvey Lembeck as the always inept biker gang leader, Erich von
Zipper), watch for fun- filled appearances by Buster Keaton, Don Rickles,
Paul Lynde, and even a pre-Dynasty Linda Evans. So get out your surfboard wax, your ho-daddy haircut, and your ‘woody’ station wagon and
come on a surfin’ safari with us.
THE SECRET CINEMA
Sun, Jul 28, 2PM
Trailer Trash is a non-stop orgy of rare, original preview “trailers” advertising some of the Secret Cinema’s favorite films of the 1960s and 70s
-- exploitation, sexploitation, science-fiction, bikers, horror, rock musicals,
beach movies, bloated big budget bombs and possibly some films that no
longer survive in feature form. All will be shown from archival 35mm
prints (with several in true, IB Technicolor). Trailer Trash stars Elvis
Presley, Sean Connery, Nancy Sinatra, Roy Orbison, Sonny & Cher, Jerry
Lewis, Frank Sinatra, Linda Blair, Dean Martin, Cherie Currie, Tony
Curtis, The Village People, The Yardbirds, and a cast of unknowns. It
was directed by a team that includes Stanley Kubrick, Charlie Chaplin,
William Friedkin, John Boorman, John Cassavetes and several forgotten
hacks. Its budget (adjusted for inflation) was in the hundreds of millions
of dollars, it’s in black and white and color, and it has laughs, screams,
spies, monsters, sex, drugs, rock n’ roll and bikinis. As if this weren’t
enough, additional graphic eye candy will be provided in the form of
vintage drive-in messages, theater commercials and date strips.
THE BLOB
AT THE MOVIES
Shorty Yeaworth. US. 1958. NR. 82. Sony. 35mm.
Double Feature with The Deadly Mantis (1957)
Sun, Jul 14, 2PM, Part of Blobfest!
8.5
Whatever its flaws as a film, a none-too-scary monster chief among them,
The Blob is a uniquely compelling monster movie. The decision to shoot
in Technicolor, largely on real locations, invests it with a high-’50s feel
money couldn’t buy. The remarkable seriousness the actors, particularly
method disciple McQueen, bring to the material makes the film difficult
to dismiss as mere camp. So does a finale that unites the entire town,
teens and grown-ups alike, in an all-metaphors-aside fight against an alien
threat, a moment that seems to confirm historian Bruce Eder’s description
of The Blob as ‘like watching some kind of collective home movie of who
we were and who we thought we were.’ Or maybe it’s simply the best
film ever to pit hot-rodding teens against a mass of silicone. It delivers the
goods any way you look at it.’ (Keith Phipps, The Onion A.V. Club)
Federico Fellini. Italy. 1963. NR.
138. Corinth. 35mm.
Sun, Aug 4, 2PM
As one way of honoring the great film
critic, Roger Ebert, a man who truly
loved the movies, this month we are
featuring classic films about one of
his favorite subjects - the making of films. First up is Frederico Fellini’s
personal voyage into his own creative process, 8 1/2, a film that Ebert
singled out as ‘the best film ever made about filmmaking.’ Marcello
Mastroianni stars as a film director who, much like Fellini, is coming off a
big hit film and struggles with the artistic and emotional process of bring
forth a worthy follow-up while dealing with a creative block and enduring
the expectations and pressures, both professional and personal, applied
by others. Fellini takes this simple plot and, from it, builds a fascinating,
complex and often beautiful series of insights and images, as the director
‘weaves in and out of reality and fantasy.’ The winner of 1964’s Oscar
for Best Foreign Language Film and with a cast that includes Claudia
Cardinale, Anouk Aimee and Sandra Milo, 8 1/2 truly is, as Ebert termed
it, ‘A tribute to the art of film-making.’
HOW TO STUFF A WILD BIKINI
William Asher. US. 1965. NR. 93. Park
Circus. 35mm.
Sun, Jul 21, 2PM
As the second tribute to the lovely Annette Funicello, we are providing the sixth film in her
fondly remembered Beach Party series. This
one has Frankie (Avalon, of course) hiring the
great Buster Keaton (as ‘Bwana,’ a witch doctor) to help keep an eye on Annette while he is
on naval reserve duty. So Keaton conjures up a
floating bikini (don’t ask!) and ‘stuffs’ it with lovely Beverly Adams, as a
means of distracting Dwayne Hickman (of TV’s Dobie Gillis fame) from
hitting on Annette. In addition to series regulars, like Harvey Lembeck as
‘Erich von Zipper’ and Jody McCrea (Joel McCrea’s son) as ‘Bonehead,’
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DAY FOR NIGHT
Francois Truffaut. France. 1973. PG. 115. Warner. 35mm.
Sun, Aug 11, 2PM
Francois Truffaut’s Day for Night, another film about film-making that
Ebert loved (and another that won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language
Film), is a different kind of personal voyage into the creative process.
As Ebert so aptly stated in his review of the film, it is ‘about people for
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whom the end product - the film itself - is only the necessary byproduct
of their real reason to be in the movie business, which is to be on the set,
to be making a movie.’ Ebert noted that, as we watch the process under
way and witness the relationships that develop (and sometimes dissolve)
between the creative talent on the set, ‘we also learn in an off-hand way
some of the trade secrets of moviemaking, such as how they make it
snow in the summertime, how a third-floor balcony can have no building
beneath it, and how scenes are shot ‘day for night’ (a filter is used to give
the effect of night while shooting in daylight.)’ So if you love movies, and
are fascinated by the creative process, then you will agree with Ebert’s
observation that Day for Night is ‘a poem in praise of making movies.’
PLAYING AGAINST TYPE
A FACE IN THE CROWD
Elia Kazan. US. 1957. NR. 125. Warner. 35mm.
Sun, Sep 1, 2PM
When you think of actors like Andy Griffith, Fred MacMurray and Henry
Fonda, what do you picture? Really nice, sometimes heroic, caring, brave
and friendly guys you would like to know? Well, this month the Colonial
is giving you the chance to see them, and other stars, playing some of the
nastiest characters you could imagine, and doing it very well. In our first
film, Andy Griffith (in the first and best dramatic role of his career) plays
Lonesome Rhodes, a seemingly nice, good ole’ country boy and cornpone
ALL THAT JAZZ
philosopher who gets his big break in the early days of live television.
Bob Fosse. US. 1979. R. 123. Criterion.
However, what you see is not always what you get. Watch Griffith gradu35mm.
ally unveil his character’s true nature as he becomes increasingly popular
Sun, Aug 18, 2PM
and powerful, a nature that would surely be quite a shock to Aunt Bee
In this ‘tragi-comic musical’ that, like Fellini’s and Opie! Co-starring Patricia Neal and Walter Matthau as Lonesome’s
8 1/2, is also semi-autobiographical, the famed friends and supporters, this is an exceptionally powerful and perceptive
Broadway choreographer and film director
film, and one with even more resonance today than when it was first
Bob Fosse provides an often phantasmagorireleased. (Watch closely for such future stars as Lee Remick, in her first
cal vision of a director (Roy Scheider) who
screen role, as well as Rip Torn and Lois Nettleton.)
is literally working (and playing) himself to
death. Scheider’s character not only smokes,
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drinks and pops pills, he also frenetically works his staff, his dancers, his
Delmer Daves. US. 1957. NR. 92. Sony.
lovers, and himself into a frenzied state of agitation and exhaustion. Thus
35mm.
it is no surprise to anyone when he has a heart attack, leading to cardiac
Sun, Sep 8, 2PM
surgery and to an hallucinogenic series of musical numbers that are mindThis fascinating movie, written by the great
boggling, to say the least. From the incredible opening dance number to
Elmore Leonard, has a relatively simple
the hypnotically rhythmic tune of George Benson’s version of ‘On BroadWestern plot: an outlaw is captured in a small
way,’ to the final scenes, this is a unique inside view of creative obsession.
town and a good, law-abiding rancher in need
No wonder it was nominated for 11 Academy Awards, and won 3 (Best
of money agrees to guard him until he departs
Editing, Best Score, and Best Costume Design).
for jail on the afternoon train. However, rather
than play his customary role as the stoic hero,
S.O.B.
Glenn Ford chose to leave that role for Van
Blake Edwards. US. 1981. R. 122. Warner. Heflin and, instead, take on the part of the crafty, murderous outlaw. Of
35mm.
course, just like in High Noon, the hero is abandoned by the town ofSun, Aug 25, 2PM
ficials, and has to deal with Ford’s sly, psychological manipulations, while
For the final film in this month’s look at the
at the same time having to stand off an outlaw gang desperate to spring
creative process of film-making, we have
their boss before the train arrives. As the tension mounts and the relationchosen a full-blown satire from the creative
ship between Ford and Heflin becomes more complex, this great western
comic mind of Blake Edwards (The Great
builds to an explosive and satisfying climax. (Though 3:10 to Yuma was
Race, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, the Pink Panther
re-made 50 years later with Russell Crowe and Christian Bale in, respecfilms). In this mordant and often hilarious look tively, the Ford and Heflin roles, it never quite reaches the same level of
at the movie biz, Edwards tells the tale of a
tension and suspense found in this classic.
frustrated producer’s efforts to turn his potential major flop into a hit by
changing it into a soft-core porn flick and having his wholesome leading
THE APARTMENT
lady/wife (Julie Andrews, Blake’s real-life wife) bare her breasts for the
Billy Wilder. US. 1960. PG. 125. Park
camera. With a cast that includes William Holden, Robert Preston, Larry
Circus. 35mm.
Hagman, Shelley Winters and many other familiar faces, this is an often
Sun, Sep 15, 2PM
brutally funny inside look at tinsel-town. Robert Preston’s performance,
Remember Fred MacMurray who, over a
as a cynical doctor who’s never caught off-guard, deservedly received
more than fifty year career, carved out a niche
Best Supporting Actor honors from the National Society of Film Critics.
for himself as an affable, easy-going, unasSee this film and find out how much Julie Andrews loved her hubby. (Afsuming hero type in romantic comedies of the
ter watching S.O.B., you may never be able to see dear, sweet Julie in The
thirties and forties (Alice Adams, No Time for
Sound of Music or Mary Poppins in quite the same way again. (Bill Roth)
Love, The Egg and I), Disney farces of the
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YOUNG AUDIENCES SUMMER SERIES
SHORT FILMS FOR KIDS
ELSKA
Tue, Jul 9, 10:30AM, Ages 4+
Tue, Aug 13, 10:30AM , Ages 4+
A selection of animated and live action short films just for kids.
Hiddi hiddi! That’s how to say hello
on the Island of Elska, the imaginary volcanic island off the coast of
Iceland that is home to the singer
Elska and a cast of quirky characters, including her two-foot-tall best
friend the Goobler, an Arctic Fox and
a vast colony of Lost Socks. Her award-winning debut album, Middle
of Nowhere, is packed with kid-friendly modern pop songs rendered in
a spell-binding blend of vibraphones, chimes, bells, twinkling analog
synthesizers and one of the most endearing and lovely voices in family
entertainment. Live on stage, Elska combines theatre, storytelling, and
musical performance in order to whisk away children and families on a
musical tour of her Arctic home.
ROLIE POLIE
GUACAMOLE
Tue, Jul 16 , 10:30AM, Ages 4+
Brooklyn-based Rolie Polie Guacamole is coming to the Colonial
for a morning of funk, rock and
folk music mashed into original
tunes about natural living, eating
healthy and staying active. The band’s latest album Houses of the Moly is
a 2012 Parent’s Choice silver award winner and a 2012 Nappa Honor’s
award winner. Their interactive shows and high energy sound turn in to
the finest dance party you won’t want to miss!
CRAIG COLLIS
SEGAL PUPPET THEATRE PRESENTS
ROPENOSE
Tue, Aug 20, 10:30AM, Ages 2+
Tue, Jul 23, 10:30AM, Ages 4+
If you are looking for entertainment that is different, something that you
haven’t seen before, Craig’s Magic-Comedy Show is it! His show is
fast-paced, filled with original magic, music, audience participation and
comedy. Craig’s show is professional, wholesome and has been enjoyed
by people of all ages. From the smallest performing space to the largest
stage, Craig creates an unforgettable entertainment experience.
Originally based on an East European folktale
about an unloved ogre, this 40 minute interactive puppet show has gone through another
generation of change thanks to the “love” given
to its title character by audiences ages 2-5.
Against the backdrop of getting ready for a
celebration party, Rodney, Monroe, Sweeper,
and other puppet friends find Ropenose - a
character originally thought to be made up by a storytelling uncle - to be
a real character that is in need of being loved and included. Once we find
out love can conquer all, thanks to the help of the children, all are invited
to share in the big celebration.
THE PLANTS
Tue, Jul 30, 10:30AM, Ages 4+
The Plants are a four piece Philadelphia based band for kids with
an eclectic style that traverses
musical genres while exploring
the potential of the imagination.
Formed in November 2009, The
Plants are your favorite kids band you haven’t heard yet. Mixing funk,
folk, motown, do-wop, rock and more, The Plants offer everyone a truly
great musical experience! Each song is specifically written to spark new
ideas, evoke different emotions, and encourage creativity. From a snake
wearing flip-flops to intergalactic insects, the lighthearted music of The
Plants is catchy, often times silly, and fun for children and adults alike.
Young audiences summer programs are on Tuesdays at 10:30 am.
Tickets to live shows are $8.50 per person and tickets to films are $5.
Children 2 and under are free.
SPECIAL FAMILY EVENT
FIREBIRD THEATRE: THE LITTLE MERMAID Jr.
BALLOON FREAK
JOHN CASSIDY
Tickets: $8 - $15
Fri, Aug 2, 7PM & Sat, Aug 3, 1PM
Firebird Theatre presents The Little Mermaid Jr. a live musical production of the classic tale. These performances are the culmination of a three
John Cassidy, our most popular young
week summer drama workshop held at the Colonial. This is a perfect
audiences performer at the Colonial, is an
family event! General Admission seating. Doors open 30 minutes before
eccentric comedian whose bizarre antics
curtain. Ticket price includes all ticketing and restoration fees. Music by
have earned him widespread acclaim as
Alan Menken. Lyrics by Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater. Book by
one of the most original and unique performers today. He has also made numerous Doug Wright. Based on the Hand Christian Andersen story and the Disney film. Music adapted and arranged by David Weinstein. Disney’s Little
television appearances having appeared
Mermaid Jr. is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre
on such popular shows as Live with Regis
and Kelly, NBC’s Today Show and Martha International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI, 421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019. Phone: (212)
Stewart Living and regularly plays Los Angeles, Las Vegas, New York
City and his native Philadelphia. John also holds several Guinness World 541-4684. Fax: (212) 397-4684.
Records for speed in balloon sculpting.
Tue, Aug 6, 10:30AM, Ages 4+
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sixties (The Absent-Minded Professor, The Shaggy Dog) and TV’s My
Three Sons? Well, in this beautifully rendered comedy-drama by Billy
Wilder, you get to see him as the ultimate big business heel - a user and a
sexist manipulator to the Nth degree. Starring Jack Lemmon, as a young
man misguidedly trying to climb the corporate ladder by lending his
apartment to bosses to use for illicit trysts, and Shirley MacLaine as an elevator operator who is victimized and callously cast aside by MacMurray,
The Apartment garnered an incredible ten Academy Award nominations,
and won for Best Director, Best Film, Best Original Story, Best Editing,
and Best Art Direction. Although MacMurray did not get nominated for
his chilling role in this film (Lemmon and MacLaine did), it remains one
of his most remarkable roles. (Really, it’s the one time that you will want
to hiss him, every time he appears in the film.)
TEDxPhoenixville
Tickets: $18 - $40
Sat, Oct 5, 10AM - 4PM
WHAT IS TED?
TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started in 1984
as a conference bringing together people from three worlds:Technology,
Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader.
WHAT IS TEDx?
The TEDx program gives communities, organizations and individuals the
opportunity to stimulate dialogue through TED-like experiences at the
local level. TEDx events are planned and coordinated independently.
ONCE UPON A TIME
IN THE WEST
WHAT IS TEDxPhoenixville?
TEDxPhoenixville celebrates the creative, innovative and inspiring happening right here and all around the world. Our objective is to present
thought-provoking ideas via an annual day-long event featuring compelling speakers, artists and performers. We precede the live event with
monthly salons that educate people about our platform, create opportunities for spontaneous, intelligent discussion among speakers and attendees,
and point us all toward a more engaged and purposeful future.
Sergio Leone. Italy. 1968. PG. 175.
Academy Archive. 35mm.
Sun, Sep 29, 2PM
Henry Fonda was one of the most beloved
leading men of the mid-twentieth century. He
was especially well-regarded as the hero in
such westerns as My Darling Clementine, The
Ox-Bow Incident, The Return of Frank James,
and others. But when Italian director Sergio
Leone wanted to cast a major player to play
a heartless, sadistic killer in what many feel was his greatest masterpiece,
he did one of the best jobs of casting against type in the history of films
- he chose Fonda. Despite a cast that includes Charles Bronson, Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards, and Woody Strode, and a story of nearly
operatic proportions, the one thing you are sure to walk away with from
this film with is the memory of Fonda’s cold- blooded, baby-blue-eyed
uber-villain. And thanks to Ennio Morricone’s stunning musical score,
particularly when it high-lights the scenes involving a harmonica, you
will be hard-pressed to ever forget Once Upon a Time In The West. This
film not only plays against type, it totally re-invents your perception of
an exceptional actor and erstwhile western hero. Restored by Paramount
Pictures and Sergio Leone Productions with the Academy Film Archive.
Restoration funding provided by Cinema per Roma Foundation and The
Film Foundation.
Classic films are on Sundays at 2pm. Tickets are $8 for adults, $6 for
seniors and students, and $5 for members and children.
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time capsules. Nicolas Cage and Deborah Foreman have so much hot
chemistry, I think it blew up my Beta player. Coolidge brilliantly explores
social pressure and how all-consuming first loves can be. Valley Girl has
one of the greatest soundtracks of all time and helps to define the decade.
Whether you watch it for the music, the great performances, or for the
“that’s exactly how I felt when I first fell in love” feeling, you will for sure
have a, like, totally tubular time every time you pop in your copy of this
treasure.” (Ryan Danner, The Scarecrow Video Movie Guide)
First Friday Fright Night
THE BLOB (1988 REMAKE)
Chuck Russell. US. 1988. R. 95. Sony.
35mm.
Fri, Jul 5, 9:45PM
“This remake of the 1958 camp classic
preserves the tongue-in-cheek flavor of the
original, yet uses superb special effects to
bring a little more flare to the man-eating
blob. As opposed to the slow, oozing menace
of the first film, the blob in this film is one
mean protoplasm capable of great strength,
speed, and jolts of electricity. Kevin Dillon plays a young man who tries
saving himself and his family from the slippery creature that he comes
to learn is all part of some government conspiracy. If someone were to
compile a list of the best sci-fi remakes, The Blob would surely deserve a
place near the top, for it takes the themes and tones from the original film
and enhances them with great effect.” (Nathan Jensen, The Scarecrow
Video Movie Guide)
“...How does a film like Summer School look 20 years later, when its
arrested-adolescent-teacher bit has been co-opted and surpassed by films
like School of Rock? Surprisingly enough, the answer is “not too bad,”
because it remains so easily digestible. A classic underachiever, Summer
School gives little but demands even less in return.. With his tenure threatened, Mark Harmon gives up his summer vacation to teach English to a
group of Sweathog-types, but he’s just as unmotivated to educate as they
are to learn. Summer School offers up a gallery of goofballs—a dumb
jock, a dweeb, a jailbait surfer, a big-breasted Italian exchange student,
Kirstie Alley—but most of the comedy comes from Dean Cameron as
“Chainsaw,” a second-rate Spicoli whose worship of The Texas Chain
Saw Massacre manifests itself in the film’s funniest scene. But Summer
School isn’t about having a good laugh; it’s about passing the time.”
(Scott Tobias, The Onion A.V. Club)
FRIGHT NIGHT
Tom Holland. US. 1985. R. 106. Sony. 35mm.
Fri, Aug 9, 9:45PM
CARNIVAL OF SOULS
“This is a clever 1980’s vampire story about a group of teenagers who
slowly come to believe that one of their neighbors is a vampire. Unwittingly, the host of the late night television horror program Fright Night
(Roddy McDowall) offers his help as a vampire hunter in hopes of
convincing them it’s all in their heads. Chris Sarandon does well trying
to conceal his identity as the bloodsucker, yet McDowall finally comes to
believe the teens, leading to the suspenseful climax. Good performances
mixed with humorous cliches make this an enjoyable a vampire film.”
(Nathan Jensen, The Scarecrow Video Movie Guide).
Herk Harvey. US. 1962. NR. 78. 35mm.
Fri, Aug 16, 9:45PM
Here we have a genuine low-budget cult oddity, an‘other-worldly’ classic that has become
increasingly well-respected over the years.
The plot is a simple one: a church organist
narrowly escapes drowning in an auto accident, only to find herself in a strange limbo,
pursued by an odd phantom-like character
and plagued by a series of weird dreams (or
are they?) in which her soul hovers between reality and the supernatural.
Made on a very low budget and imbued with an atmosphere of pervasive melancholy, this is probably the greatest film to ever come out of
Lawrence, Kansas. (George Romero credits this as having been his major
inspiration for the original Night of The Living Dead.)
ITALIAN ALL NIGHT SPLATTERFEST II
Sat, Aug 31, 7PM
What’s better than showing one awesome Italian horror film at the Colonial? Making it an all night affair to test the splatter limits of your horror
fan existence! We’re pulling out all the stop to bring you a line up filled
with incredibly strange, ridiculously bloody, rarely screened Italian horror
cinema. All shown on 35mm, the likes of this show might never make the
silver screen again. If that isn’t enough, we’ll also be running retro 35mm
trailers between the films. Join us and see if you can survive the madness!
Check our website for the complete line up of films.
MST3K: MASTER NINJA i
Robert Clouse. US. 1984. NR. 90. DVD.
Fri, Sep 20, 9:45PM
In this action packed episode of movie riffing
super show Mystery Science Theatre 3000,
Joel and the bots survive a double dose of
The Master, a failed television show detailing
the exploits of white ninja Lee Van Cleef and
his oafish van-driving companion Timothy
Van Patten. Repurposed as the “film” Master
Ninja I and inflicted upon our intrepid hosts,
the laughs come faster than ninja stars in this season three fan favorite
episode!
CULT AND MST3K
VALLEY GIRL &
SUMMER SCHOOL
Martha Coolidge. US. 1983. R. 99. Park
Circus. 35mm.
Carl Reiner. US. 1987. PG-13. 97.
Paramount. 35mm.
Fri, Jul 19, 9:45PM
FFFN and Cult films generally start at 9:45pm but please check our
website or call 610-917-1228 to confirm. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8
for seniors and students, and $6 for members and children.
“Valley Girl is many things. It’s both an
electrifying love story and one of the best 80s
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BUG OUT BLOBFEST - July 12-14, 2013
Friday...............7:00pm
July 12
7:30pm
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Doors Open
Friday Night Stage Show & Run Out (Sold Out)
Hosted by Dr. Frank N. Stone with special guests Mr. Lobo, Ghoul-A-Go-G0, Wes Shank & the
Original Blob, Keith Almoney (Danny), and The Patient Creatures. Music by Sid Cada and the
Exterminators. Shorty Award Winners Annouced & Screened.
No ticket for the runout? Come to Phoenixville anyway! Enjoy our Friday Summer Music series and
the Tin Foil Hat parade on the stage at Main and Bridge Streets, then head back to the Colonial
before 9PM to watch the Runout!
We will be filming this event. Your purchase of a ticket acknowledges your permission to be filmed.
The footage and/or its audio may be used by ACT in any future videos/films/audio recordings/still
photos, etc. in all media, in perpetuity.
Saturday...11am-5pm
July 13
Streetfair
Hosted by Hotrod Scott & Professor Ouch of The Roots Rockabilly Roadhouse on WPRB 103.3FM. Music
by The Buzzards. Guests: The Violators Motor Club, Olde City Side Show, and The Patient Creatures.
11am-5pm Special Guests Inside the Colonial
Wes Shank and the Original Blob, Kris Yeaworth (son of The Blob director Shorty Yeaworth), Keith
Almoney (Danny) and Karen Verderame with the Traveling Bug Exhibit from the Natural History
Museum will be special guests on the third floor of the theatre. With your purchase of a ticket you
can meet these folks, get autographs and tour the theatre!
11:00am Double Feature: The Blob & Them!
12:00pm Streetfair: Fire Extinguisher Parade
1:00pm Streetfair: Costume Contest
Register across street from the theatre at 12pm.
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1:40pm Streetfair: 1950s Makeover Contest
Win a 50s haircut by John’s Old School New Skool Barbershop
2:00pm Streetfair: Patient Creatures Storytelling at 252 Bridge St. FREE!
2:30pm Streetfair: Olde City Side Show
3:00pm Streetfair: Patient Creatures Storytelling at 252 Bridge St. FREE!
3:15pm Double Feature: The Blob & Them!
7:30pm Doors Open for the Evening Double Feature
8:00pm Double Feature: The Blob & Tarantula
Sunday............ 2:00pm
July 14
Double Feature: The Blob & The Deadly Mantis
Around Town............................
Tin Foil Hat Contest at the Phoenix Village Art Center
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Plus: Q&A with Keith Almoney (Danny) and a trailer reel by our First Friday Fright Night friends!
Don’t miss the Tin Foil Hat Parade across the stage at Bridge & Main Streets on Friday at 8pm. Vote for your
favorite hat at the Phoenix Village Art Center (207 Bridge Sreet).
Merchant Facade Contest
This year YOU get to vote! Ballots can be cast at the pinball machine in front of the theatre.
Great Food and Libations Please support our generous advertisers!
Ticket Information................
Double Features: $11 adults / $9 seniors / $7 members & kids
Thanks to our Sponsor........
Staybridge Suites Royersford - The Official Hotel of Blobfest
Tickets available online at www.TheColonialTheatre.com or call 610-917-1228. Advance purchase tickets for
Saturday’s shows must be exchanged for wristbands. You must have a wristband to enter the theatre (Saturday).
88 Anchor Parkway, Royersford. 1-877-834-3613.
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Association for the Colonial Theatre
Association for the Colonial Theatre Board of Directors
Kenneth B. Mumma, President
Trish Hartline, First Vice President
William M. Andersen, Second Vice President
Stephen H. Kalis, Secretary
Anthony J. Folino III, CPA, Treasurer
Rebecca H. Bradbeer
Jocelyn S. Harris
Richard A. Kunsch
Sean Maher
Pauline Monson
Marian D. Moskowitz
Suzanne V. Norris
MaryLouise Sterge
Staff
Mary Foote, Executive Director
Kirsten Van Vlandren, Assistant Director
Scott Bauman, House Manager
Ryan Wilson, Assistant House Manager
LuAnn Roth, Patron Services Manager
Jennifer Moszczynski, Development Associate
Newsletter Volunteers
Bill Roth, Classic Film Notes and Chuck Francisco, MST3K Notes
Classic Film Committee
Ted Wilby, Bill Roth, Lee Berger, Stephen Dabrowski, John Piljer, Joel Rickenbach,
Brendan Carr, Chuck Francisco, Bob Trate and Jim Sakal
Fright Night and Cult Film Committee
Chuck Francisco, Joel Rickenbach, Nick Lombardo, Brendan Carr and Bob Trate
227 Bridge Street, Phoenixville, PA 19460
610/917-0223 Movie Info Line
610/917-1228 Theatre Offices
www.TheColonialTheatre.com
[email protected]
Programming
Art and independent films seven nights a week
Classic Films on Sundays at 2:00pm
Documentaries on Sundays at 4:30pm
Baby Night on Mondays at 6:30pm
Matinees on Wednesdays at 2:00pm
First Friday Fright Night at 9:45pm
Cult Cinema on Third Fridays at 9:45pm
Young Audiences Series on Saturdays (Oct - April) at 2:00pm
Live concerts presented by Point Entertainment
Mission
The mission of the Association for the Colonial Theatre is to enhance the collective
wellbeing of our region by restoring the landmark Colonial Theatre and promoting cultural, economic and civic life. To that end, ACT presents film, live theatre, music, dance
and other community events in the heart of Phoenixville’s historic business district.
Support the Colonial
Become a member
Frequent the theatre
Buy a seat
Advertise on-screen
Sponsor a programs
Volunteer your time and talents
Make an unrestricted tax-deductible gift
Remember the Colonial Theatre in your will
And many volunteers who sell tickets and popcorn, plan our special events and
fundraise for the theatre!
Off the Beaten Path
227 Bridge Street
P.O. Box 712
Phoenixville, PA 19460