Category: Christmas film

Sass Mouth Dames Christmas

Megan McGurk introduces a gem on 11 December in the historic Dot Theatre.

Tickets are available at Eventbrite.

Join Sass Mouth Dames Film Club as we celebrate Christmas with a screwball murder mystery that’s pure gold. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer adapted Dashiell Hammett’s best selling novel The Thin Man starring William Powell and Myrna Loy, who play the screen’s ideal married couple, Nick and Nora Charles. Directed by ‘One-Take Woody’ Van Dyke in only sixteen days, the picture’s brisk pace, sophisticated style, and urbane banter spawned five sequels and a whole raft of imitations. Nominated for four Academy Awards, the picture was one of the biggest hits at the box office in 1934. We musn’t forget mention their dog Asta, played by Skippy, who steals every scene he’s given.

Sass Mouth Dames Film Club Christmas

Megan McGurk introduces a classic Hollywood Christmas picture.

Tickets are available at Eventbrite.

Complimentary wine and snacks (or you can bring your own).

I’ll Be Seeing You (1944)

Ginger Rogers and Joseph Cotten meet on a train just before Christmas. They are equally lonesome and guarded, because they both struggle with the shame of a terrible secret. Will they succeed in hiding the past from each other? Or does the Christmas season give them a fresh start? Ginger Rogers is famed for dancing backwards in high heels, but don’t forget that she was a triple threat: She could sing and dance, but she was also an inventive comedian, and she was an accomplished dramatic performer. Joseph Cotton brings sensitivity and nuance to the role of a war-weary soldier. Shirley Temple and Spring Byington join an outstanding ensemble cast.

Refunds available until 24 hours before the screening.

The Dot Theatre is located across from Dax Restaurant in a laneway and to the left.

Look for the disco ball outside the door.