PICCADILLY JIM
The feature film for May is an engaging work of whimsy, PICCADILLY JIM… featuring Robert Montgomery, Madge Evans, and that stout fellow from The Wizard of Oz, Frank Morgan. Adapted from the Saturday Evening Post serial from the pen of P.G. Wodehouse, it is also a classic “screwball comedy” from the period when audiences delighted in light-hearted entertainment. The New York Times critic, notorious for being tough, wrote… “How could one not enjoy… Piccadilly Jim?… It’s a small gem of a movie and one too infrequently seen. Nab it!” Another writer commented, “The film is a sparkling little drink of champagne, which the best of Wodehouse usually is.”
And another wrote, “All in all, the film is a great example of the glossy MGM romantic comedy of the ’30s, with the kind of cast that makes films of the era so remarkable. They really don’t make ’em like that anymore.” This is the kind of film audiences would go to the theater to see, if only to forget their troubles for a short hour or two. Some may regard it as light fluff, but don’t we all need an ice cream sundae in our life once in a while. This one comes with whipped cream.
PICCADILLY JIM will screen at 7 PM on Friday, May 18th. Doors will open at 6:30 PM.