TUESDAY AUG 31 DOUBLE FEATURE THE PUBLIC ENEMY 3:25, 7:00
James Cagney bursts off the screen in this fictionalized account tracing the rise and fall of a prohibition-era mobster. Director William Wellman’s low-budget, high-body count gangster saga launched Cagney on the road to stardom; Jean Harlow is his main squeeze. 1931 | 83 min | 35mm
+ THE BURGLAR 1:35, 5:05, 8:45
Small timers Jane Mansfield and Dan Duryea, with the aid of some unpredictable accomplices, set their sights on ripping off a phony spiritualist who has inherited a fortune. Shot on location in Philadelphia and Atlantic City, Paul Wendkos directed this oddball, extravagantly stylized film noir. 1957 | 90 min | 35mm
WEDNESDAY SEPT 1DOUBLE FEATURE WRITTEN ON THE WIND 2:55, 7:00
Rock Hudson and Lauren Bacall star in Douglas Sirk’s supercharged melodrama examining the sexual problems of a doomed family of the oil aristocracy. Dorothy Malone deservedly won the Oscar as the nymphomaniac sister of playboy-millionaire Robert Stack. 1956 | 99 min | 35mm
MADAME X 4:55, 9:00
Lana Turner gives a pivotal performance in the seventh film version of Alexandre Bisson's perennial soaper about a woman accused of murder, the young lawyer who defends her, and the fact they do not know of their maternal bond. John Forsythe, Ricardo Montalban, Constance Bennett and Keir Dullea co-star. 1966 | 100 min | 35mm
THURSDAY SEPT 2DOUBLE FEATURE WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER? 3:45, 7:30
Jayne Mansfield flamboyantly re-created her Broadway role as the glamorous client to whom beleaguered ad man Tony Randall plays lapdog to in this cartoon-like farce. Director Frank Tashlin has ample opportunities to take satirical potshots at everything from TV commercials to the unwieldiness of CinemaScope. 1957 | 94 min | 35mm ‘Scope
THREE FOR THE SHOW 2:00, 5:35, 9:20
A mad whirlwind of music and comedy ensues when Broadway star Betty Grable marries the best friend of her MIA in WWII husband – and the husband comes home. Grower Champion and newcomer Jack Lemmon co-star along with some choice standards by the Gershwin brothers, Gene Austin and Hoagy Carmichael. Directed by H.C. Potter | 1955 | 93 min | 35mm ‘Scope
FRIDAY SEPT 3DOUBLE FEATURE SOME LIKE IT HOT 2:45, 7:00
After witnessing a gangland rubout, musicians Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon run from the mob and into the scrumptious arms of Marilyn Monroe, a member of an all-girl band. Billy Wilder’s immortal, riotous sex farce is dazzling from beginning to end, with a particularly memorable turn by Monroe as Sugar Kane. 1959 | 119 min | 35mm
MY MAN GODFREY 1:00, 5:00, 9:20
One of the landmark screwball comedies of the 1930s offers the radiant Carole Lombard in her definitive performance as flighty young heiress who on a society scavenger hunt stumbles on erudite hobo William Powell and hires him as the family butler. Directed by Gregory La Cava | 1936 | 95 min | 35mm
SATURDAY SEPT 4DOUBLE FEATURE DINNER AT EIGHT 2:55, 7:00
MGM’s brightest stars, including Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Wallace Berry, Jean Harlow and Lionel Barrymore, are invited to dine and shine portraying various strata of NYC society. Seamless direction from George Cukor, the screenplay’s virtual encyclopedia of witty lines and scenes, and an ensemble cast to die for (including Harlow as a social-climbing minx) made this film one for the ages. 1933 | 113 min | 35mm
LIBELED LADY 1:00, 5:00, 9:10
Crackling pre-code screwball comedy about the attempts to convince heiress Jean Harlow to turn her legitimate lawsuit for libel into truth. Featuring witty dialog and hilarious performances by MGM’s top stars of the time - William Powell, Myrna Loy and Spencer Tracy. Directed by Jack Conway | 1936 | 98 min | 35mm
SUNDAY SEPT 5 DOUBLE FEATURE THE MISFITS 2:30, 6:45
Engrossing, melancholy parable written by Arthur Miller about a disillusioned divorcee Marilyn Monroe and the brooding cowboys Clark Gable, Montgomery Clift and Eli Wallach she befriends out on the range in Reno. John Huston directed this final film for both Monroe and Gable with diamond-like clarity. 1961 | 124 min | 35mm
+ PLATINUM BLONDE 4:55, 9:05
Frank Capra’s snappy Depression era screwballer stars Jean Harlow as an upper-crust socialite who bullies her reporter husband Robert Williams into conforming to her highfalutin ways. When his confining life amongst the wealthy leads to the urge of seeking a creative outlet with fellow reporter Loretta Young, feathers are ruffled! 1931 | 90 min | 35mm
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 6 TOMMY(2:00), 4:30, 7:00, 9:15
Celebrating its 35th anniversary, Ken Russell's pure-cinematic-sensory-overload-plus adaptation of The Who’s rock opera has been digitally restored. A who’s-who of rock and movie stars - including Ann-Margret, Oliver Reed, Jack Nicholson, Elton John and Tina Turner - energize the screen as they transform the deaf, dumb & blind Roger Daltrey from traumatized youth to pinball messiah. The 2K restoration of Tommy is a digital tour de force, looking virtually brand new and featuring the stunning 5-track 'Quintophonic' soundtrack. 1975 | 111 min | Digital
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 7 THEATRE CLOSED
PATRICIA NEAL
1926-2010
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 8 HUD (2:00), 4:30, 7:00, 9:15
Paul Newman takes a marvelously nasty turn as a self-centered cowboy who tarnishes everyone and everything in his life. Neal won the Oscar for her portrayal as the housekeeper who doesn’t want to get involved with the ne’er-do-well. As the father, Melvyn Douglas won the Oscar, as did James Wong Howe’s indelible cinematography. Directed by Martin Ritt | 1963 | 112 min | 35mm ‘Scope
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 9 DOUBLE FEATURE A FACE IN THE CROWD 2:30, 7:00
Andy Griffith made a spectacular film debut in Elia Kazan's searing political melodrama exploring the dangerous manipulative power of pop culture. Promoted to national fame as a folksy TV idol by radio producer Patricia Neal, Griffith's homespun hobo reveals himself to be a megalomaniacal menace. Maximizing the energy level, Walter Matthau and Lee Remick lead the extraordinary supporting cast. 1957 | 126 min | 35mm
+ THE SUBJECT WAS ROSES 4:50, 9:20
Three years after a debilitating stroke, Neal returned to the screen and was Oscar-nominated for this domestic drama about a WWII veteran who returns home to find his parents at odds with each other. Martin Sheen and Jack Albertson (who won the Oscar) co-star. Directed by Ulu Grosbard; Frank D. Gilroy adapted his Pulitzer Prize-winning play. 1968 | 107 min | 35mm
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 10-THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 16 THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI All New Digital Restoration Nightly 7:30; early shows Sat, Sun, Wed (1:00), 4:15
In David Lean’s mammoth WWII drama, a battle of wills rages in a Japanese POW camp between its commander and highly principled British colonel Alec Guinness, who becomes obsessed with leading a band of POWs to build a bridge at their enemy’s behest. Meanwhile, American POW escapee William Holden agrees to lead a mission back to the camp to destroy the bridge and finds on returning that the colonel's mania to complete his project has driven him mad. Both a definitive character study and a savage indictment of the futility of war, this winner of seven Academy Awards - including Best Picture, Director and Actor (Guinness) - has been digitally restored from the original negatives to create this stunning new 2k DCP. Jack Hawkins and Sessue Hayakawa co-star. 1957 | 161 min | Digital ‘Scope
FRI SEPTEMBER 17
“MiDNiTES FOR MANiACS” presents "REiNVENTiNG PROM" Triple Feature (For Only $12)
PEGGY SUE GOT MARRiED (1986) 7:30 Kicking off our extravaganza of reinventing Prom Nite in 2010 via the 1980s via the 1960s is Francis Ford Coppola's most under appreciated film. Not only does this Back to the Future knockoff showcase a 21-year-old Nicolas Cage singing and looking sincerely dashing but Kathleen Turner's nostalgic performance will twist your heart up and make you wanna shout! Preceded by trailers of your favorite Nicolas Cage films! 104min. 35mm Print courtesy of Sony.
BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985) 9:45 25th Anniversary Screening!
Come celebrate the 25th Anniversary for one of Hollywood's greatest achievements of the 1980s, yet is still dismissed by way too many film snobs! Michael J. Fox is rivaled only by Christopher Lloyd who is rivaled only by Crispin Glover in creating characters that are 100% pure inspiration! This Rock N' Roll classic needs to be seen in the best movie theatre of the country! Preceded by trailers for upcoming MiDNiTES FOR MANiACS events! 116min. 35mm print courtesy of Universal.
ZAPPED! (1982) 11:59
You won't find a more adolescent T&A comedy than this Scott Baio/WIllie Aames vehicle. As wiz-kid Barney (Baio) accidentally acquires telekinetic powers (who said mixing beer and pot is wrong?!), he and Peyton (Aames) dive headfirst onto an insane path that includes such wacky antics as OOC radio controlled airplanes, a Bun-Hur inspired chariot race including Scatman Crothers and a Carrie inspired Prom Nite that flashes more boobies than the entire Porky’s trilogy combined! Preceded by gaggle of breast-filled 80s trailers! 96min. RARE original 35mm print!
SEPTEMBER 18-22
Janus Films Presents
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
Once dubbed “the most famous man in the world,” Charlie Chaplin has long been recognized as one of the preeminent icons of both comedy and cinema. From 1914 until 1967, Chaplin wrote, directed, produced, and starred in over 80 films, quickly advancing from basic slapstick to a unique comic style - immaculately constructed, deeply human, and always hilarious. In cooperation with MK2 and the Chaplin estate, Janus Films is proud to present a touring retrospective of Chaplin's films from 1918 to 1957, including such masterpieces as The Kid, The Circus, City Lights, and Modern Times, all in new 35mm prints.
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 18 THE CIRCUS
Complete shows at (2:00), 4:30, 7:00, 9:20
When we first meet Chaplin’s Tramp in this comic gem, he’s in typical straits: broke, hungry, destined to fall in love and just as sure to lose the girl. Mistaken for a pickpocket and pursued by a peace officer into a circus tent, the Tramp becomes a star when delighted patrons think his escape from John Law is an act. 1931 | 72 min | 35mm Preceded by these shorts: THE IDLE CLASS
Charlie is the spitting image of a rich woman’s drunk husband. At a masked ball, her inability to distinguish one from the other leads to much confusion. 1921 | 32 min | 35mm
A DAY’S PLEASURE
Charlie decides to take his wife and children on a boat trip, but the family car proves somewhat recalcitrant. 1919 | 19 min | 35mm
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 19CITY LIGHTS
Complete shows at (2:00), 5:00, 8:00 Talkies were well entrenched when Charles Chaplin swam against the filmmaking tide with this classic that is silent except for music and sound effects. The story, involving the Tramp’s attempts to get money for an operation that will restore sight to a blind flower girl, provides the star with an ideal framework for sentiment and laughs. The Tramp is variously a street sweeper, a boxer, a rich poseur, and a rescuer of a suicidal millionaire. His message is unspoken, but universally understood: love is blind. 1931 | 87 min | 35mm
Preceded by these shorts:
A DOG’S LIFE
Thanks to a dog he finds, Charlie ends up in possession of some stolen loot. But the wrongdoers want their ill-gotten gains back. 1918 | 33 min | 35mm SUNNYSIDE
Charlie is a farm laborer who’ll try anything to win over his pretty neighbor, but ends up spending a lot of time in dreamland. 1919 | 30 min | 35mm
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 20MODERN TIMES
Complete shows at (2:30), 4:45, 7:00, 9:15
The Little Tramp punches in and wigs out inside a factory where gizmos like an employee-feeding machine may someday make the lunch hour last just 15 minutes. Bounced into the ranks of the unemployed, he teams with a street waif (Paulette Goddard) to pursue bliss and a paycheck, finding misadventures as a roller-skating night watchman, a singing waiter whose hilarious song is gibberish, a jailbird and more. In the end, as Tramp and waif walk arm and arm into an insecure future, we know they’ve found neither bliss nor a paycheck but, more importantly, each other. 1936 | 87 min | 35mm
Preceded by the short: PAY DAY
Charlie is a bricklayer who sets off to celebrate pay day with his pals. But his wife is waiting with the rolling pin. 1922 | 22 min | 35mm
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 21 DOUBLE FEATURE
THE GREAT DICTATOR
3:30, 7:00
The U.S. was not yet in World War II when Chaplin leveled his comedy arsenal at Der Führer by playing the dual roles of Hitler-like Adenoid Hynkel and a Jewish barber who is a dead-ringer for der Nutsie. Puns, sight gags and slapstick abound as Chaplin skewers fascism, balancing his attack with poignant scenes of a ghetto in the clutches of storm-trooping terror. 1940 | 124 min | 35mm
+ THE KID 5:50, 9:20
For the first time as a filmmaker, Chaplin stepped into feature-length storytelling with this tale of the down-but-never-out Tramp (Chaplin) and the adorable ragamuffin (6-year-old Jackie Coogan) who, rescued as a foundling and raised in the School of Hard Knocks by the Tramp, is his inseparable sidekick. 1921 | 54 min | 35mm
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 22 LIMELIGHT
Complete shows at (1:30), 4:45, 8:00
Limelight is a glimmering homage to what was, a proud look at a bygone entertainment era and a bittersweet tale of an artist passing the torch to a new generation. Chaplin portrays Calvero (the “Tramp Comedian” per an old theatrical poster in his room), who rescues a distraught ballerina (Claire Bloom) from suicide and mentors her to success. Among the film’s comedy highlights is a musical routine that’s anything but routine in the hands of legends Chaplin and stone-faced Buster Keaton. The extraordinary score by Chaplin, Raymond Rasch and Larry Russell earned the screen legend his only competitive Oscar®. 1952 | 137 min | 35mm
Preceded by the short:
SHOULDER ARMS
Enlisted during the First World War, Charlie discovers the hard life of the trenches and the dangers of combat. 1918 | 37 min | 35mm
- notes courtesy MK2 & Warner Bros.
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 23 GOOD VIBRATIONS FIFTH ANNUAL INDIE EROTIC FILM FESTIVAL Premiere of the 2010 IXFF Independent Erotic Film competition at the Castro Theatre! Time: $10 PRE-PARTY 7:00 - 8:00 pm, $10 SCREENING: 8:00pm
Turn up the heat and kick of the party in the mezzanine at the Castro theatre, where margaritas, mariachis, and hot dancers welcome you to a night of decadence. Then head downstairs to see what’s hot as international IXFF finalists compete for the audience choice award and $1,500. The screening will be hosted by Indie film queen and drag celebrity extraordinaire, Peaches Christ, along with the fabulous Dr. Carol Queen, Ph.D. Whatever your flavor - Gay, Straight, Queer, Arty, edgy, or funny - it’s all there! Come see what’s hot in 7 minutes or less!
Info: (415) 345-0400 or www.gv-ixff.org
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 242010 GAYVN AWARDS7:00 Known as the “Oscars of gay adult entertainment” the GAYVN Awards Show features the hottest gay adult stars of the year with outrageous comedy, sexy stage shows and many surprises! “Ugly Betty” star Alec Mapa will host the star-studded event with special performances by Chi Chi LaRue, Sister Roma & Jason Sechrest. Buy your tickets online today at gayvnawards.com
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 25Evening Show:THE TWILIGHT SAGA MARATHON
So many boys, so little time -- especially when you’ll have to die someday, but the boys won’t! Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) became a vampire at age 17, while rival heartthrob Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner) runs with a pack of immortal werewolves. Popular, willowy transfer student Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) swoons for both, but good-girl Bella is so busy being attacked by evil vampires that she can’t decide which one to start a nontraditional family with. The gloves and shirts come off as Team Edward and Team Jacob collide in the first three film adaptations of Stephanie Meyer’s bestselling fantasy-romance series, screened back to back.
TWILIGHT 5:00
Directed by Catherine Hardwicke | 2008 | 122 min | ‘Scope
NEW MOON 7:20
Directed by Chris Weitz | 2009 | 130 min | ‘Scope
ECLIPSE 9:45
Directed by David Slade | 2010 | 124 min | ‘Scope
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 25-WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 29 Back by popular demand! METROPOLIS
The Complete Restoration
Sat (1:30) only; Sun-Wed 8:00; early shows Wed (2:00), 5:00
When Fritz Lang’s masterpiece debuted in Berlin in January 1927, the sci-fi epic ran an estimated 153 minutes, but in order to maximize box office potential the German and American distributors cut the film to 90 minutes for its commercial release. For decades crucial scenes from the film were considered lost. But, in 2008 archivists from the Museo del Cine in Buenos Aires made a spectacular discovery—a 16mm dupe negative of Metropolis containing 25 minutes of "lost" footage (about a fifth of the film) that had not been seen since its Berlin debut. That discovery led to this remarkable restoration and Metropolis can now be shown in Lang’s original complete version. 1927 | 148 min | Blu-ray
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 26
Afternoon Show: MIGHTY UKE 3:00
Special admission: $12
Born in Hawaii in the 1880s, the ukulele was so easy to play that by the 20s, it was the most popular instrument in the American home. But then the rise of the rock and roll guitar pushed the uke into nerdy obscurity. UNTIL NOW! In the Internet age, the instrument is making a comeback, and a new generation is rediscovering a unique musical voice. Mighty Uke travels the world to chronicle the amazing comeback of a musical underdog. The MIGHTY UKE ROADSHOW will feature the award-winning documentary Mighty Uke, a concert with Uni and Her Ukelele and Ukulele Dick plus special guests, and an attempt to establish a Guinness record-breaking giant ukulele strum-along. Director Tony Coleman and Producer Margaret Meagher in person! 2010 | 76 min | DVD
GRACE KELLY: GRACE and STYLE
Eternally a bastion of beauty, Hollywood lost one of its grandest talents when she retired from her career at the age of 26 to become the Princess of Monaco, thereby attaining status of true royalty. Making only a handful of films, her legacy remains one of style, grace and impossible glamour.
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 30double feature TO CATCH A THIEF 2:40, 7:00
Alfred Hitchcock’s chic, elegant thriller stars Cary Grant as a reformed cat burglar on the Riviera romancing American Grace Kelly while trying to prove his innocence in a series of jewel robberies. Aided by Robert Burke’s Oscar-winning cinematography and Edith Head’s costumes, Kelly never looked more ravishing. 1955 | 106 min | 35mm
+ HIGH SOCIETY 4:40, 9:00
Socialite Kelly is set to marry stuffy John Lund when her ex Bing Crosby comes calling to win her back; Frank Sinatra and Celeste Holm are the magazine reporters entangled in the romantic complications. With an appearance from Louis Armstrong and stellar songs by Cole Porter, this musical remake of The Philadelphia Story was to be Kelly’s last film. Directed by Charles Walters | 1956 | 111 min | 35mm
FRIDAY OCTOBER 1double feature REAR WINDOW 2:45, 7:00 James Stewart is a wheelchair-bound, binoculars-wielding photographer who spies more than he bargained for in his voyeuristic exploits. Ladyfriend Grace Kelly and nurse Thelma Ritter play audience to his wild, eventually dangerous, theorizing. One of Alfred Hitchcock’s most stylish thrillers is nail biting to the extreme yet laced with a sophisticated streak of humor. 1954 | 112 min | 35mm
+ DIAL M FOR MURDER 4:50, 9:15 Kelly, pre-electric blonde, made her Hitchcock debut with veterans Ray Milland and Robert Cummings complimenting this rather off beat love triangle with the requisite dose of mystery, suspense and revenge. Dimitri Tiomkin’s score accents the tension with great acuity. 1954 | 105 min | 35mm (NOT in 3-D)
To The Castro Theatre
Reminder - Parking is very limited
around the Castro District. Street parking is available
along with two small parking lots. Please leave yourself
extra travel time for parking for prompt arrival at
the theatre. San Francisco city residents are advised
to use public transportation available from all points
of the city to the Castro District.
TUESDAY AUG 31 
+ THE BURGLAR 
WEDNESDAY SEPT 1
MADAME X
THURSDAY SEPT 2
THREE FOR THE SHOW
FRIDAY SEPT 3
MY MAN GODFREY 
LIBELED LADY
A FACE IN THE CROWD
+ THE SUBJECT WAS ROSES
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