Arts & Entertainment
Humphrey Bogart, Sean Connery Back On Big Screen In Ridgefield
January screenings of "The Maltese Falcon" and "Dr. No" are planned at The Ridgefield Playhouse.
Press release from The Ridgefield Playhouse:
Jan. 8, 2021
Looking for fun things to do during the winter months? The Ridgefield Playhouse is bringing two iconic films back to the big screen in January. These socially distanced, limited capacity screenings will give classic movie fans an opportunity to get out and enjoy movies in a safe environment. Reserve tickets now for The Maltese Falcon 80th Anniversary Screening on Sunday, January 24 and the first James Bond film Dr. No on Sunday, January 31! Both screenings are part of the Cohen and Wolf, P.C. Movie Series.
It’s thrilling … it’s chilling and it’s back on the big screen for a special 80th anniversary event that includes exclusive insights from Turner Classic Movies. Don’t miss two safe and socially distanced, limited capacity screenings of The Maltese Falcon at The Ridgefield Playhouse on Sunday, January 24 at 3pm and 7pm. Academy Award® winner Humphrey Bogart stars in this classic film noir as tough San Francisco private detective Sam Spade in the classic, convoluted story of Spade’s involvement with a deadly band of international thieves who will lie, double cross and murder to obtain a small, jewel-encrusted statue known as The Maltese Falcon. Sam Spade’s (Bogart) partner, Miles Archer (Jerome Cowan), accepts a job protecting a young woman (Mary Astor). Neither Spade nor Archer believe the woman or the story she tells them, but they do believe her money. Then, when Archer is murdered, Spade’s search for the killer drags him in the web of lies and death spun by the desperate people seeking The Maltese Falcon.
See the film that launched the James Bond saga when Dr. No comes to the big screen at The Ridgefield Playhouse on Sunday, January 31 at 7pm. Agent 007 (Sean Connery) battles the mysterious Dr. No, a scientific genius bent on destroying the U.S. space program. As the countdown to disaster begins, Bond must go to Jamaica, where he encounters beautiful Honey Ryder (Ursula Andress), to confront a megalomaniacal villain in his massive island headquarters. This was the first James Bond movie and was based on Ian Fleming’s sixth James Bond 007 novel. Dr. No set the standard for movie spy thrillers for decades to come.
For more information or to purchase touchless print at home ticket ($12.50) go online at www.ridgefieldplayhouse.org or, you can visit or call the box office (203) 438-5795. The Playhouse is currently doing socially distanced, limited capacity seating. Concession/bar can be ordered via our mobile site so that you can pick it up on the way in, or get notified when it is ready for you to pick up once in the theater. The Ridgefield Playhouse is a non-profit performing arts center located at 80 East Ridge, parallel to Main Street, Ridgefield, CT and is committed to keeping the arts alive and available to all.
This press release was produced by The Ridgefield Playhouse. The views expressed here are the author's own.
