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Silver screen classics Film series devoted to the Golden Age of Hollywood

Films are something that Larry Kopp, Arts Center executive director, said he has always enjoyed. To help celebrate movies, Kopp has developed the Classics of the Silver Screen series at the Arts Center, including the films "Casablanca," "Philadel...

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“Lawrence of Arabia” is the next film in the Arts Center’s Classics of the Silver Screen series. The film will be shown at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 27.

Films are something that Larry Kopp, Arts Center executive director, said he has always enjoyed.

To help celebrate movies, Kopp has developed the Classics of the Silver Screen series at the Arts Center, including the films “Casablanca,” “Philadelphia Story” and “On the Waterfront,” which were shown during the fall.

The series is continuing this winter. At 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 27, there will be a showing of “Lawrence of Arabia,” the film that tells the story of Thomas Edward Lawrence, a British soldier and archeologist who helped the British government establish relationships with the Arab tribes in the early 20th century.

The winter series wraps up with a showing of “Gone with the Wind” at 2 p.m. on Feb. 10.

Kopp said the winter series was supposed to start with “Dr. Zhivago” on Jan. 13. The showing was canceled due to a conflict with an evening performance of The 2nd ACT community theater group the same day.

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Kopp said the films being shown during the winter series are all longer classic films.

“These films are perfect for watching on a cold winter’s day,” he said.

The classic film series will continue into spring, but with a change in theme. Kopp said he wants to bring in more young people to the Arts Center, so the spring films are all rock ‘n’ roll movies. The first will be shown at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 3, and is “This is Spinal Tap,” the rock ‘n’ roll “mockumentary” directed by Rob Reiner.

The second movie in the rock series is the Beatles’ “Hard Day’s Night,” which Kopp said is considered one of the best rock movies ever made. Kopp will also show “The Monterey Pop Festival,” a movie about the popular music festival held in Monterey, Calif., in 1967. Kopp said he thought about showing the film “Woodstock,” which is about another famous 1960s musical festival, but he thought the movie was too long.

“‘The Monterey Pop Festival’ basically has a lot of the same music groups from the ’60s,” he said.

The final movie in the rock series is “Rock ‘n’ Roll High School,” a film featuring the punk rock band The Ramones.

“It’s a hysterical movie,” he said, “a classic B movie.”

Kopp said his goal with the classic films series is to bring more people into the Arts Center.

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“We did get people here for the fall series, I think we’ll do the same for the winter and spring series,” he said.

There is no charge for admission to these movies.

colson@jamestownsun.com

(701) 952-8454

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