Summer Classic Movie Series
Tampa Theatre’s Summer Classic Movie Series continues this Sunday(July 13) with a showing of Ninotchka. The 1940 film stars Greta Garbo and Bela Lugosi. Find the list of upcoming movies on their site: www.tampatheatre.org
Show time is at 3:00 PM and the cost is $8.
From the Tampa Theatre site:
“Garbo Talks!”proclaimed ads when silent star Greta Garbo debuted in talkies. Nine years and 12 classic screen dramas later, the gifted movie legend was ready for another change. “Garbo Laughs!” cheered the publicity for her first comedy, a frothy tale of a dour Russian envoy sublimating her womanhood for Soviet brotherhood until she falls for a suave Parisian man-about-town. Working from a cleverly barbed script written in part by Billy Wilder, director Ernst Lubitsch knew better than anyone how to marry refinement with sublime wit. “At least twice a day the most dignified human being is ridiculous,” he explained about his acclaimed “Lubitsch Touch”. That’s how we see Garbo’s lovestruck Ninotchka: serenly dignified yet endearing ridiculous. Garbo laughs. So will you.”
