This Friday’s presentation of 1776 at Old City Hall begins at 6:30 PM so be sure to arrive before then. The film is longer than ones we usually run but there will be a good intermission with tea and goodies.
You won’t want to miss this film version of the award-winning Broadway musical. Virtually the entire Broadway cast was called on to make this one… something very unusual for a Hollywood production. Though made at Columbia Studios, the film was produced by Jack Warner, one of his last creations in a lifetime of great films.
“1776” is the feature film at Old City Hall on June 17, an appropriately patriotic film between Memorial Day and Independence Day. This 1972 film version remains faithful to the original Broadway, Tony Award-winning hit. In music and stirring dialog, we become part of the first Continental Congress struggling with their fateful decision to break away from England, something that, quoting Franklin, “no other colony in the history of the world has ever done.”
William Daniels as John Adams and Howard DaSilva as Benjamin Franklin are supported by a strong cast, almost all of whom are from the Broadway production – each performance is nothing short of brilliant. The film is 167 minutes long with an intermission. Accordingly, show time is 6:30 PM with the doors open at 6:15 PM.
This is a bright, sprightly musical which, to quote a New York Times critic, “is the first film in my memory that comes close to treating seriously a magnificent chapter in American history.”
You may want to mark down our July attraction which is COME AND GET IT, a 1936 Edna Ferber novel which, in the film version, contains some of the greatest acting ever seen… then or since. The date to mark down is Friday, July 15, at 7 PM.
See you Friday Night.