Classic Tuesdays

Young Paula endures flickering lights and haunting sounds from a sealed-off attic, leading her to fear she’s losing her mind—a sinister scheme orchestrated by her husband, Gregory. Directed by George Cukor, this suspense classic stars Ingrid Bergman in her Oscar-winning role as the tormented Paula and Charles Boyer as the deceptively charming Gregory. The cast also includes Joseph Cotten, Dame May Whitty, and Angela Lansbury in her Oscar-nominated debut. The film’s atmospheric Victorian setting won the Academy Award for Best Interior Decoration, enhancing its gripping tension.

Joseph Cotton star as Uncle Charlie, a calculating and charming killer who hides out in his relatives' small hometown. There, he befriends his favorite niece and namesake, Young Charlie (Teresa Wright). But she begins to suspect he may be the famed Merry Widow murderer. A deadly game of cat and mouse ensues as the psychopathic killer plots the death of his young niece to protect his secret.

Based on a Rudyard Kipling story and packed with spectacle, humor, excitement and bold twists of fate, John Huston's film of The Man Who Would Be King earns its crown as "an epic like no other. One of the screen's great adventure yarns" (Danny Peary, Guide for the Film Fanatic). Sean Connery and Michael Caine - chins out, shoulders squared and with a sly wink - star as British sergeants Danny Dravot and Peachy Carnehan. The Empire was built by men like these two. Now they're out to build their own empire, venturing into remote Kafiristan to become rich as kings.

Two-time Best Actor Oscar winners Spencer Tracy and Fredric March go toe-to-toe in this thrilling re-creation of the most titanic courtroom battle of the twentieth century. The controversial subject of evolution versus creation causes two polar opposites to engage in one explosive battle of beliefs. Attorney Henry Drummond (Tracy) faces off against fundamentalist leader Matthew Harrison Brady (March) in a small Tennessee town where a teacher has been brought to trial for teaching Darwinism. Let the trial begin ... and watch the sparks fly!

Folks in Black Rock have their own way of welcoming mysterious, one-armed stranger John J. Macreedy. He's welcome to leave. Or they'll make sure he leaves in a pine box. Spencer Tracy plays World War II veteran Macreedy, who keeps his own counsel about why he's come to Black Rock and who keeps his wits about him when confronted with threats and violence. Director John Sturges ramps up the tension while revealing Macreedy's mission and the town's grim secret. "I'm half horse, half alligator," one says. They'll find Macreedy is even tougher stuff.

Arts patron Mrs. Claypool intends to pay pompous opera star Lasparri $1,000 per performance. Hey, maybe that's why they call it grand opera! This is grand comedy, too, as Groucho, Chico and Harpo cram a ship's stateroom and more with wall-to-wall gags, one-liners, musical riffs and two hard-boiled eggs - all while skewering Lasparri's schemes and helping two young hopefuls get a break. To save the opera, our heroes must first destroy it. They must also gain ocean passage as stowaways, pull the wool (if not the beards) over the eyes of city hall, shred legal mumbo-jumbo down to a sanity clause, pester dowager Claypool and unleash so much glee that many say this is the best Marx Brothers movie. Seeing is believing.