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| The Beach Theatre, in conjunction with generous sponsors, is proud to present the following free kids' matinees: |
| November 15 at 10:00 a.m. - FREE | |
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The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976) (Rated PG)
(Sponsored by Shannon O'Brien, Gateway Capital Mortgage) Directed By: Blake Edwards Written By: Blake Edwards (screenplay) and Frank Waldman (screenplay) Runtime: 103 mins "Former Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus is nearly set to be released from a mental hospital after being cleared. However, a visit from current Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau resurrects his insanity, and he is denied leaving. Determined to take out Clouseau once and for all, he escapes and blows up Clouseau's apartment, but fails to kill Clouseau. As a back-up plan, he abducts a famous scientist in order to build a Doomsday Machine which vaporizes whatever it shoots. Dreyfus threatens to use it unless Clouseau is exterminated, so reluctantly, 26 countries send their top assassin to kill the Chief Inspector. His clumsiness saves him again, and the assassin's attempts kill each other. In a conquest to save the world, Clouseau heads out to put an end to Dreyfus's terror once and for all." - Written by "Anonymous" on IMDB.com |
| November 22 at 10:00 a.m. - FREE | |
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Nancy Drew: Reporter (1939) (Rated "Passed")
(Sponsored by Friends of St. Pete Beach Library) Directed By: William Clemens Written By: Mildred Wirt Benson (stories) and Kenneth Gamet (screenplay) Runtime: 68 mins "While participating in a contest at a local newspaper in which school children are asked to submit a news story, local attorney Carson Drew's daughter Nancy intercepts a real story assignment. She "covers" the inquest of the death of a woman who was poisoned. Nancy doesn't think the young woman accused of the crime is guilty and corrals her neighbor Ted into searching for a vital piece of evidence, and they stumble onto the identity of the real killer." - Written by Ron Kerrigan on IMDB.com |
| November 29 at 10:00 a.m. - FREE | |
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Babes in Toyland (1934) (Not Rated)
(a.k.a. "March of the Wooden Soldiers," "Laurel and Hardy in Toyland," and "Wooden Soldiers") (Sponsored by Norman's Liquors) Directed By: Gus Meins and Charley Rogers Written By: (in alphabetical order) Frank Butler and Nick Grinde (dialogue), Victor Herbert and Glen MacDonough (operetta "March of the Wooden Soldiers"), and Hal Roach (uncredited) Runtime: 73 mins "Ollie Dee and Stanley Dum try to borrow money from their employer, the toymaker, to pay off the mortgage on Mother Peep's shoe and keep it and Little Bo Peep from the clutches of the evil Barnaby. When that fails, they trick Barnaby into marrying Stanley Dum instead of Bo Peep. Enraged, Barnaby unleashes the bogeymen from their caverns to destroy Toyland." - Written by Paul Penna on IMDB.com |
| December 6 at 10:00 a.m. - FREE | |
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Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964) (Not Rated)
(Sponsored by Bayfront Convenient Care) Directed By: Nicholas Webster Written By: Paul L. Jacobson (story) and Glenville Mareth (writer) Runtime: 81 mins "Martians, upset that their children have become obsessed with TV shows from Earth which extoll the virtues of Santa Claus, start an expedition to Earth to kidnap the one and only Santa. While on Earth, they kidnap two lively children that lead the group of Martians to the North Pole and Santa. The Martians then take Santa and the two children back to Mars with them. Voldar, a particularly grumpy Martian, attempts to do away with the children and Santa before they get to Mars, but their leader Lomas stops him. When they arrive on Mars, Santa, with the help of the two Earth children and a rather simple-minded Martian lackey, overcomes the Martians by bringing fun, happiness and Christmas cheer to the children of Mars." - Written by {srm12@ksu.ksu.edu} on IMDB.com |
| December 13 at 10:00 a.m. - FREE | |
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Miracle on 34th Street (1947) (Rated "Approved")
(Sponsored by C.A.B.A. [Corey Area Business Association]) Directed By: George Seaton Written By: George Seaton (writer) and Valentine Davies (story) Runtime: 96 mins "At the Macy's Department Store Thanksgiving Day parade, the actor playing Santa is discovered to be drunk by a whiskered old man. Doris Walker, the no nonsense special events director, persuades the old man to take his place. The old man proves to be a sensation and is quickly recruited to be the store Santa at the main Macy's outlet. While he is successful, Ms. Walker learns that he calls himself Kris Kringle and he claims to be the actual Santa Claus. Despite reassurances by Kringle's doctor that he is harmless, Doris still has misgivings, especially when she has cynically trained herself, and especially her daughter, Susan, to reject all notions of belief and fantasy. And yet, people, especially Susan, begin to notice there is something special about Kris and his determination to advance the true spirit of Christmas amidst the rampant commercialism around him and succeeding in improbable ways. When a raucous conflict with the store's cruelly incompetent psychologist erupts, Kris finds himself held at Bellevue where, in despair, he deliberates fails a mental examination to ensure his commitment. All seems lost until Doris' friend, Fred Gaily, reassure Kris of his worth and agrees to represent him in the fight to secure his release. To achieve that, Fred arranges a formal hearing in which he argues that Kris is sane because he is in fact Santa Claus. What ensues is a bizarre hearing in which people's beliefs are reexamined and put to the test, but even so, it's going to take a miracle for Kris to win." - Written by Kenneth Chisholm on IMDB.com |
| December 20 at 10:00 a.m. - FREE | |
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A Christmas Story (1983) (Rated PG)
(Sponsored by Unitarian Universalist Church of St. Petersburg) Directed By: Bob Clark Written By: Jean Shepherd (novel "In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash"); Screenplay: Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown, and Bob Clark Runtime: 94 mins "It's Christmas time and there's only one thing on Ralphie Parker's Christmas list this year: a Red Ryder Carbine Action 200-Shot, Range Model Air Rifle, but many obstacles stand in the way of his dream because every adult that he confronts keeps telling him he'll shoot his eye out. Meanwhile The Old Man just got a major award (a lamp shaped like a woman's leg), and Mom is making sure The Old Man doesn't come near her turkey, Ralphie's friend gets his tongue stuck to a flag pole, and Ralphie utters the f-word infront of his father. Christmas is drawing nearer and Ralphie visits Santa at the department store in hopes of asking him for his dream gift. Will he receive it? Let's hope so." - Written by Dylan Self on IMDB.com |
| December 27 at 10:00 a.m. - FREE | |
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Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) (Rated G)
(Sponsored by Madeleina Cottage) Directed By: Mel Stuart Written By: Roald Dahl (screenplay), Roald Dahl (book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"), and David Seltzer (screenplay, uncredited) Runtime: 100 mins "The world is astounded when Willy Wonka, for years a recluse in his factory, announces that five lucky people will be given a tour of the factory, shown all the secrets of his amazing candy, and one will win a lifetime supply of Wonka chocolate. Nobody wants the prize more than young Charlie, but as his family is so poor that buying even one bar of chocolate is a treat, buying enough bars to find one of the five golden tickets is unlikely in the extreme. But in movieland, magic can happen. Charlie, along with four somewhat odious other children, get the chance of a lifetime and a tour of the factory. Along the way, mild disasters befall each of the odious children, but can Charlie beat the odds and grab the brass ring?" - Written by Rick Munoz on IMDB.com |
| The Beach Theatre is seeking more sponsors for these Free Kids Matinee showings. Anyone who might be interested should contact The Beach Theatre at 727-360-6697 or email us. |