Red River Theatres Shows Chaplin's 'City Lights' Thursday

CONCORD, NH - Fans of classic cinema will have the opportunity to enjoy Charlie Chaplin's masterpiece, "City Lights," at Red River Theatres at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 26, 2016.

The 1931 film is being shown from a special DCP "master copy," the only one of its kind, from its distributor Janus Films, on the big screen, a rare opportunity to see a nearly flawless presentation of the film, which features a music score by Chaplin himself in a rich orchestral version recorded for the 100th anniversary of the director's birth by Timothy Brock and the Chaplin Estate.

It is being shown in conjunction with the independent cinema's yearly Spring Membership Drive, which this year took its inspiration from the renovation of Downtown Concord's Main Street and installation of antique looking street lights, and features Chaplin's "Little Tramp" alongside one of the new Concord streetlamps with tagline "Members Light Up the City" on its marketing materials.

Quite by chance, the street lights for South Main Street were delivered on Monday in front of the cinema's marquee.

Tickets for the screening are still available at redrivertheatres.org or by calling the box office at 603-224-4600, Ext. 2. Patrons are encouraged to wear black and white for the screening.

Photo courtesy of Janus Films. Submitted by Jemi Broussard.