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TOMMY EMMANUELTickets: $29.50 - $45Thu & Fri, Jun 27 & 28, 8PMWe’re excited to welcome Tommy back to Colonial Theatre for two nights! Two-time Grammy nominee Tommy Emmanuel has a professional career that spans over four decades and continues to intersect with some of the finest musicians throughout the world. A household name in his native Aus-tralia, Tommy has garnered hundreds of thousands of loyal fans worldwide. Tommy’s unique style – he calls it sim-ply “finger style” – is akin to playing

guitar the way a pianist plays piano, using all ten fingers. Don’t miss this incredible night of Tommy’s guitar genius and keen sense of humor!

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BLOBFESTTickets: $7 - $11Fri, Jul 12 – Sat, Jul 14The theme for this year is Bug Out Blobfest! We’ll celebrate and screen some of the best buggy, sci-fi B movies of the 1950s. This year’s fest is sponsored by Staybridge Suites in Royersford, the official hotel of Blob-fest. See the complete schedule on page 7.

TEDXPHOENIXVILLE SALONTickets: $8Thu, Jul 25, 6:30PM & Thu, Aug 22, 6:30PMAs we gear up for our fourth annual live TEDxPhoenixville event on Oct 5 we’d like to introduce the community to the TED format and share some of our favorite TEDTalks with you. Join members of the local TEDx community for a different program of compelling and inspiring talks each month. Each evening’s program will consist of pre-recorded TEDTalks plus one live performance. The salons will take place on the fourth Thursday of the month, April thru August.

GOLD TONES PRODUCTION PRESENTSEDDIE HOLMANTickets: $30 - $35Sat, Aug 24, 7:30 pmGold Tones Productions presents the Philadelphia sounds of the legendary Eddie Holman at the Colonial. Holman, the “King of the Falsetto Voice,” sings such hits as “Hey There Lonely Girl,” “I Love You,” “I’ll Be Forever Loving You” and many more. Opening for Holman are Michael Russo & the Gold Tones, doing tributes to famous groups

like The Duprees, The Temptations, The Stylistics, and many more. Russo is an original from South Philly who sang on the corners of his home-town. He formed his own band, singing and entertaining in many South Jersey nightclubs in the early 70s. SUMMER PIPE ORGAN CONCERTTickets: $5 - $10Sun, Sep 22, 3PM “LOOK! UP IN THE SKY! IT’S A BIRD! IT’S A PLANE! IT’S SU-PERMAN! Well, it could be. But it’s not that caped and masked crusader who arrives at the Colonial on Sep 22. IT’S ZORRO! Travel back in time with the Theatre Organ Society of the Delaware Valley to the early southwest when tyranny, fear, cruelty and oppression ruled the settlers and the native Indians. See what happens when our fearless caped and masked avenger appears in order to right the wrong! See Douglas Fairbanks Sr. as he runs, leaps, rides and duels in the fabulous 1920 swashbuckling epic The Mask of Zorro. You’ll also see Noah Beery Sr., brother of the well-known actor Wallace Beery, as the pompous Sergeant Gonzales as he struts around and boasts about how he’ll take care of Zorro! Hmm…you think?! With such a hero as Zorro on the scene there MUST of course be a member of the fair sex. Does our hero eventually get the girl? Hmm...you think?! Added to the excitement on the screen, you will hear the fabu-lous live musical accompaniment by the very talented Chris Elliott, who comes to us from California for this special event. Chris will be play-ing TOSDV’s 3/24 Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ, an instrument from the same era as the movie. For additional information visit the Theatre Organ Society of the Delaware Valley online at TOSDV.org; email tosdvinfo@verizon.net; or call 215-780-0831.

CONCERTS AND SPECIAL EVENTS

Ticket prices for Point Entertainment concerts do not include the $2 per ticket Restoration Fee or the $1.50 per ticket Service fee.

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BEACH BLANKET BINGO William Asher. US. 1965. NR. 98. Park Circus. 35mm.Sun, Jul 7, 2PMTo start off a month that includes our interna-tionally-acclaimed Blobfest and the always amazing Secret Cinema, we are providing the first of two special tributes to the recently-de-parted Annette Funicello. Annette, who helped usher millions of baby boomers into puberty

as a Mouseketeer and co-star of ‘Spin and Marty’ on the original Mickey Mouse Club, attained her greatest popularity in a series of ‘Beach Party’ films during the 1960s. Co-starring Philly’s own Frankie Avalon, and filled with surfers, bikinis, madcap escapades and forgettable songs, these films served as ‘bubble-gum for the mind’ and often featured veteran screen stars in their final screen appearances. This, the fifth in the series, is considered by many to be the best. In addition to Annette and Frankie (and Harvey Lembeck as the always inept biker gang leader, Erich von Zipper), watch for fun- filled appearances by Buster Keaton, Don Rickles, Paul Lynde, and even a pre-Dynasty Linda Evans. So get out your surf-board wax, your ho-daddy haircut, and your ‘woody’ station wagon and come on a surfin’ safari with us.

THE BLOBShorty Yeaworth. US. 1958. NR. 82. Sony. 35mm.Double Feature with The Deadly Mantis (1957)Sun, Jul 14, 2PM, Part of Blobfest!Whatever its flaws as a film, a none-too-scary monster chief among them, The Blob is a uniquely compelling monster movie. The decision to shoot in Technicolor, largely on real locations, invests it with a high-’50s feel money couldn’t buy. The remarkable seriousness the actors, particularly method disciple McQueen, bring to the material makes the film difficult to dismiss as mere camp. So does a finale that unites the entire town, teens and grown-ups alike, in an all-metaphors-aside fight against an alien threat, a moment that seems to confirm historian Bruce Eder’s description of The Blob as ‘like watching some kind of collective home movie of who we were and who we thought we were.’ Or maybe it’s simply the best film ever to pit hot-rodding teens against a mass of silicone. It delivers the goods any way you look at it.’ (Keith Phipps, The Onion A.V. Club)

HOW TO STUFF A WILD BIKINIWilliam Asher. US. 1965. NR. 93. Park Circus. 35mm.Sun, Jul 21, 2PMAs the second tribute to the lovely Annette Fu-nicello, we are providing the sixth film in her fondly remembered Beach Party series. This one has Frankie (Avalon, of course) hiring the great Buster Keaton (as ‘Bwana,’ a witch doc-tor) to help keep an eye on Annette while he is on naval reserve duty. So Keaton conjures up a

floating bikini (don’t ask!) and ‘stuffs’ it with lovely Beverly Adams, as a means of distracting Dwayne Hickman (of TV’s Dobie Gillis fame) from hitting on Annette. In addition to series regulars, like Harvey Lembeck as ‘Erich von Zipper’ and Jody McCrea (Joel McCrea’s son) as ‘Bonehead,’

this episode features such stars as Brian Donlevy and Mickey Rooney, as well as the cult rock group, The Kingsmen, all doing what they do best - making you enjoy the fun in the sun. And, as if that weren’t enough, we have four - Count ‘em, four! - real live Playboy Playmates. How about that, bikini fans! (Watch closely for an appearance by Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys as, what else, one of the boys on the beach.)

THE SECRET CINEMASun, Jul 28, 2PMTrailer Trash is a non-stop orgy of rare, original preview “trailers” adver-tising some of the Secret Cinema’s favorite films of the 1960s and 70s -- exploitation, sexploitation, science-fiction, bikers, horror, rock musicals, beach movies, bloated big budget bombs and possibly some films that no longer survive in feature form. All will be shown from archival 35mm prints (with several in true, IB Technicolor). Trailer Trash stars Elvis Presley, Sean Connery, Nancy Sinatra, Roy Orbison, Sonny & Cher, Jerry Lewis, Frank Sinatra, Linda Blair, Dean Martin, Cherie Currie, Tony Curtis, The Village People, The Yardbirds, and a cast of unknowns. It was directed by a team that includes Stanley Kubrick, Charlie Chaplin, William Friedkin, John Boorman, John Cassavetes and several forgotten hacks. Its budget (adjusted for inflation) was in the hundreds of millions of dollars, it’s in black and white and color, and it has laughs, screams, spies, monsters, sex, drugs, rock n’ roll and bikinis. As if this weren’t enough, additional graphic eye candy will be provided in the form of vintage drive-in messages, theater commercials and date strips.

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8.5Federico Fellini. Italy. 1963. NR. 138. Corinth. 35mm.Sun, Aug 4, 2PMAs one way of honoring the great film critic, Roger Ebert, a man who truly loved the movies, this month we are featuring classic films about one of

his favorite subjects - the making of films. First up is Frederico Fellini’s personal voyage into his own creative process, 8 1/2, a film that Ebert singled out as ‘the best film ever made about filmmaking.’ Marcello Mastroianni stars as a film director who, much like Fellini, is coming off a big hit film and struggles with the artistic and emotional process of bring forth a worthy follow-up while dealing with a creative block and enduring the expectations and pressures, both professional and personal, applied by others. Fellini takes this simple plot and, from it, builds a fascinating, complex and often beautiful series of insights and images, as the director ‘weaves in and out of reality and fantasy.’ The winner of 1964’s Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film and with a cast that includes Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimee and Sandra Milo, 8 1/2 truly is, as Ebert termed it, ‘A tribute to the art of film-making.’

DAY FOR NIGHTFrancois Truffaut. France. 1973. PG. 115. Warner. 35mm.Sun, Aug 11, 2PMFrancois Truffaut’s Day for Night, another film about film-making that Ebert loved (and another that won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film), is a different kind of personal voyage into the creative process. As Ebert so aptly stated in his review of the film, it is ‘about people for

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whom the end product - the film itself - is only the necessary byproduct of their real reason to be in the movie business, which is to be on the set, to be making a movie.’ Ebert noted that, as we watch the process under way and witness the relationships that develop (and sometimes dissolve) between the creative talent on the set, ‘we also learn in an off-hand way some of the trade secrets of moviemaking, such as how they make it snow in the summertime, how a third-floor balcony can have no building beneath it, and how scenes are shot ‘day for night’ (a filter is used to give the effect of night while shooting in daylight.)’ So if you love movies, and are fascinated by the creative process, then you will agree with Ebert’s observation that Day for Night is ‘a poem in praise of making movies.’

ALL THAT JAZZBob Fosse. US. 1979. R. 123. Criterion. 35mm.Sun, Aug 18, 2PMIn this ‘tragi-comic musical’ that, like Fellini’s 8 1/2, is also semi-autobiographical, the famed Broadway choreographer and film director Bob Fosse provides an often phantasmagori-cal vision of a director (Roy Scheider) who is literally working (and playing) himself to death. Scheider’s character not only smokes,

drinks and pops pills, he also frenetically works his staff, his dancers, his lovers, and himself into a frenzied state of agitation and exhaustion. Thus it is no surprise to anyone when he has a heart attack, leading to cardiac surgery and to an hallucinogenic series of musical numbers that are mind-boggling, to say the least. From the incredible opening dance number to the hypnotically rhythmic tune of George Benson’s version of ‘On Broad-way,’ to the final scenes, this is a unique inside view of creative obsession. No wonder it was nominated for 11 Academy Awards, and won 3 (Best Editing, Best Score, and Best Costume Design).

S.O.B.Blake Edwards. US. 1981. R. 122. Warner. 35mm.Sun, Aug 25, 2PMFor the final film in this month’s look at the creative process of film-making, we have chosen a full-blown satire from the creative comic mind of Blake Edwards (The Great Race, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, the Pink Panther films). In this mordant and often hilarious look at the movie biz, Edwards tells the tale of a

frustrated producer’s efforts to turn his potential major flop into a hit by changing it into a soft-core porn flick and having his wholesome leading lady/wife (Julie Andrews, Blake’s real-life wife) bare her breasts for the camera. With a cast that includes William Holden, Robert Preston, Larry Hagman, Shelley Winters and many other familiar faces, this is an often brutally funny inside look at tinsel-town. Robert Preston’s performance, as a cynical doctor who’s never caught off-guard, deservedly received Best Supporting Actor honors from the National Society of Film Critics. See this film and find out how much Julie Andrews loved her hubby. (Af-ter watching S.O.B., you may never be able to see dear, sweet Julie in The Sound of Music or Mary Poppins in quite the same way again. (Bill Roth)

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A FACE IN THE CROWDElia Kazan. US. 1957. NR. 125. Warner. 35mm.Sun, Sep 1, 2PMWhen you think of actors like Andy Griffith, Fred MacMurray and Henry Fonda, what do you picture? Really nice, sometimes heroic, caring, brave and friendly guys you would like to know? Well, this month the Colonial is giving you the chance to see them, and other stars, playing some of the nastiest characters you could imagine, and doing it very well. In our first film, Andy Griffith (in the first and best dramatic role of his career) plays Lonesome Rhodes, a seemingly nice, good ole’ country boy and cornpone philosopher who gets his big break in the early days of live television. However, what you see is not always what you get. Watch Griffith gradu-ally unveil his character’s true nature as he becomes increasingly popular and powerful, a nature that would surely be quite a shock to Aunt Bee and Opie! Co-starring Patricia Neal and Walter Matthau as Lonesome’s friends and supporters, this is an exceptionally powerful and perceptive film, and one with even more resonance today than when it was first released. (Watch closely for such future stars as Lee Remick, in her first screen role, as well as Rip Torn and Lois Nettleton.)

3:10 TO YUMADelmer Daves. US. 1957. NR. 92. Sony. 35mm.Sun, Sep 8, 2PMThis fascinating movie, written by the great Elmore Leonard, has a relatively simple Western plot: an outlaw is captured in a small town and a good, law-abiding rancher in need of money agrees to guard him until he departs for jail on the afternoon train. However, rather than play his customary role as the stoic hero, Glenn Ford chose to leave that role for Van

Heflin and, instead, take on the part of the crafty, murderous outlaw. Of course, just like in High Noon, the hero is abandoned by the town of-ficials, and has to deal with Ford’s sly, psychological manipulations, while at the same time having to stand off an outlaw gang desperate to spring their boss before the train arrives. As the tension mounts and the relation-ship between Ford and Heflin becomes more complex, this great western builds to an explosive and satisfying climax. (Though 3:10 to Yuma was re-made 50 years later with Russell Crowe and Christian Bale in, respec-tively, the Ford and Heflin roles, it never quite reaches the same level of tension and suspense found in this classic.

THE APARTMENTBilly Wilder. US. 1960. PG. 125. Park Circus. 35mm.Sun, Sep 15, 2PMRemember Fred MacMurray who, over a more than fifty year career, carved out a niche for himself as an affable, easy-going, unas-suming hero type in romantic comedies of the thirties and forties (Alice Adams, No Time for Love, The Egg and I), Disney farces of the continued on page 5...

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SHORT FILMS FOR KIDSTue, Jul 9, 10:30AM, Ages 4+A selection of animated and live action short films just for kids.

ROLIE POLIEGUACAMOLETue, Jul 16 , 10:30AM, Ages 4+Brooklyn-based Rolie Polie Gua-camole is coming to the Colonial for a morning of funk, rock and folk music mashed into original tunes about natural living, eating

healthy and staying active. The band’s latest album Houses of the Moly is a 2012 Parent’s Choice silver award winner and a 2012 Nappa Honor’s award winner. Their interactive shows and high energy sound turn in to the finest dance party you won’t want to miss! CRAIG COLLISTue, Jul 23, 10:30AM, Ages 4+If you are looking for entertainment that is different, something that you haven’t seen before, Craig’s Magic-Comedy Show is it! His show is fast-paced, filled with original magic, music, audience participation and comedy. Craig’s show is professional, wholesome and has been enjoyed by people of all ages. From the smallest performing space to the largest stage, Craig creates an unforgettable entertainment experience.

THE PLANTSTue, Jul 30, 10:30AM, Ages 4+The Plants are a four piece Phila-delphia based band for kids with an eclectic style that traverses musical genres while exploring the potential of the imagination. Formed in November 2009, The

Plants are your favorite kids band you haven’t heard yet. Mixing funk, folk, motown, do-wop, rock and more, The Plants offer everyone a truly great musical experience! Each song is specifically written to spark new ideas, evoke different emotions, and encourage creativity. From a snake wearing flip-flops to intergalactic insects, the lighthearted music of The Plants is catchy, often times silly, and fun for children and adults alike.

BALLOON FREAKJOHN CASSIDYTue, Aug 6, 10:30AM, Ages 4+John Cassidy, our most popular young audiences performer at the Colonial, is an eccentric comedian whose bizarre antics have earned him widespread acclaim as one of the most original and unique per-formers today. He has also made numerous television appearances having appeared on such popular shows as Live with Regis and Kelly, NBC’s Today Show and Martha

Stewart Living and regularly plays Los Angeles, Las Vegas, New York City and his native Philadelphia. John also holds several Guinness World Records for speed in balloon sculpting.

ELSKATue, Aug 13, 10:30AM , Ages 4+Hiddi hiddi! That’s how to say hello on the Island of Elska, the imagi-nary volcanic island off the coast of Iceland that is home to the singer Elska and a cast of quirky charac-ters, including her two-foot-tall best friend the Goobler, an Arctic Fox and

a vast colony of Lost Socks. Her award-winning debut album, Middle of Nowhere, is packed with kid-friendly modern pop songs rendered in a spell-binding blend of vibraphones, chimes, bells, twinkling analog synthesizers and one of the most endearing and lovely voices in family entertainment. Live on stage, Elska combines theatre, storytelling, and musical performance in order to whisk away children and families on a musical tour of her Arctic home.

SEGAL PUPPET THEATRE PRESENTSROPENOSETue, Aug 20, 10:30AM, Ages 2+Originally based on an East European folktale about an unloved ogre, this 40 minute interac-tive puppet show has gone through another generation of change thanks to the “love” given to its title character by audiences ages 2-5. Against the backdrop of getting ready for a celebration party, Rodney, Monroe, Sweeper, and other puppet friends find Ropenose - a

character originally thought to be made up by a storytelling uncle - to be a real character that is in need of being loved and included. Once we find out love can conquer all, thanks to the help of the children, all are invited to share in the big celebration.

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FIREBIRD THEATRE: THE LITTLE MERMAID JR.Tickets: $8 - $15Fri, Aug 2, 7PM & Sat, Aug 3, 1PMFirebird Theatre presents The Little Mermaid Jr. a live musical produc-tion of the classic tale. These performances are the culmination of a three week summer drama workshop held at the Colonial. This is a perfect family event! General Admission seating. Doors open 30 minutes before curtain. Ticket price includes all ticketing and restoration fees. Music by Alan Menken. Lyrics by Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater. Book by Doug Wright. Based on the Hand Christian Andersen story and the Dis-ney film. Music adapted and arranged by David Weinstein. Disney’s Little Mermaid Jr. is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also sup-plied by MTI, 421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019. Phone: (212) 541-4684. Fax: (212) 397-4684.

YOUNG AUDIENCES SUMMER SERIES

Young audiences summer programs are on Tuesdays at 10:30 am. Tickets to live shows are $8.50 per person and tickets to films are $5. Children 2 and under are free.

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TEDxPhoenixvilleTickets: $18 - $40Sat, Oct 5, 10AM - 4PM

WHAT IS TED?TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started in 1984 as a conference bringing together people from three worlds:Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader.

WHAT IS TEDx?The TEDx program gives communities, organizations and individuals the opportunity to stimulate dialogue through TED-like experiences at the local level. TEDx events are planned and coordinated independently.

WHAT IS TEDxPhoenixville?TEDxPhoenixville celebrates the creative, innovative and inspiring hap-pening right here and all around the world. Our objective is to present thought-provoking ideas via an annual day-long event featuring compel-ling speakers, artists and performers. We precede the live event with monthly salons that educate people about our platform, create opportuni-ties for spontaneous, intelligent discussion among speakers and attendees, and point us all toward a more engaged and purposeful future.

sixties (The Absent-Minded Professor, The Shaggy Dog) and TV’s My Three Sons? Well, in this beautifully rendered comedy-drama by Billy Wilder, you get to see him as the ultimate big business heel - a user and a sexist manipulator to the Nth degree. Starring Jack Lemmon, as a young man misguidedly trying to climb the corporate ladder by lending his apartment to bosses to use for illicit trysts, and Shirley MacLaine as an el-evator operator who is victimized and callously cast aside by MacMurray, The Apartment garnered an incredible ten Academy Award nominations, and won for Best Director, Best Film, Best Original Story, Best Editing, and Best Art Direction. Although MacMurray did not get nominated for his chilling role in this film (Lemmon and MacLaine did), it remains one of his most remarkable roles. (Really, it’s the one time that you will want to hiss him, every time he appears in the film.)

ONCE UPON A TIMEIN THE WESTSergio Leone. Italy. 1968. PG. 175. Academy Archive. 35mm.Sun, Sep 29, 2PMHenry Fonda was one of the most beloved leading men of the mid-twentieth century. He was especially well-regarded as the hero in such westerns as My Darling Clementine, The Ox-Bow Incident, The Return of Frank James, and others. But when Italian director Sergio Leone wanted to cast a major player to play

a heartless, sadistic killer in what many feel was his greatest masterpiece, he did one of the best jobs of casting against type in the history of films - he chose Fonda. Despite a cast that includes Charles Bronson, Clau-dia Cardinale, Jason Robards, and Woody Strode, and a story of nearly operatic proportions, the one thing you are sure to walk away with from this film with is the memory of Fonda’s cold- blooded, baby-blue-eyed uber-villain. And thanks to Ennio Morricone’s stunning musical score, particularly when it high-lights the scenes involving a harmonica, you will be hard-pressed to ever forget Once Upon a Time In The West. This film not only plays against type, it totally re-invents your perception of an exceptional actor and erstwhile western hero. Restored by Paramount Pictures and Sergio Leone Productions with the Academy Film Archive. Restoration funding provided by Cinema per Roma Foundation and The Film Foundation.

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THE BLOB (1988 REMAKE)Chuck Russell. US. 1988. R. 95. Sony. 35mm.Fri, Jul 5, 9:45PM“This remake of the 1958 camp classic preserves the tongue-in-cheek flavor of the original, yet uses superb special effects to bring a little more flare to the man-eating blob. As opposed to the slow, oozing menace of the first film, the blob in this film is one mean protoplasm capable of great strength,

speed, and jolts of electricity. Kevin Dillon plays a young man who tries saving himself and his family from the slippery creature that he comes to learn is all part of some government conspiracy. If someone were to compile a list of the best sci-fi remakes, The Blob would surely deserve a place near the top, for it takes the themes and tones from the original film and enhances them with great effect.” (Nathan Jensen, The Scarecrow Video Movie Guide)

FRIGHT NIGHTTom Holland. US. 1985. R. 106. Sony. 35mm.Fri, Aug 9, 9:45PM“This is a clever 1980’s vampire story about a group of teenagers who slowly come to believe that one of their neighbors is a vampire. Unwit-tingly, the host of the late night television horror program Fright Night (Roddy McDowall) offers his help as a vampire hunter in hopes of convincing them it’s all in their heads. Chris Sarandon does well trying to conceal his identity as the bloodsucker, yet McDowall finally comes to believe the teens, leading to the suspenseful climax. Good performances mixed with humorous cliches make this an enjoyable a vampire film.” (Nathan Jensen, The Scarecrow Video Movie Guide).

ITALIAN ALL NIGHT SPLATTERFEST IISat, Aug 31, 7PMWhat’s better than showing one awesome Italian horror film at the Colo-nial? Making it an all night affair to test the splatter limits of your horror fan existence! We’re pulling out all the stop to bring you a line up filled with incredibly strange, ridiculously bloody, rarely screened Italian horror cinema. All shown on 35mm, the likes of this show might never make the silver screen again. If that isn’t enough, we’ll also be running retro 35mm trailers between the films. Join us and see if you can survive the madness! Check our website for the complete line up of films.

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VALLEY GIRL & SUMMER SCHOOL Martha Coolidge. US. 1983. R. 99. Park Circus. 35mm.Carl Reiner. US. 1987. PG-13. 97.Paramount. 35mm. Fri, Jul 19, 9:45PM“Valley Girl is many things. It’s both an electrifying love story and one of the best 80s

time capsules. Nicolas Cage and Deborah Foreman have so much hot chemistry, I think it blew up my Beta player. Coolidge brilliantly explores social pressure and how all-consuming first loves can be. Valley Girl has one of the greatest soundtracks of all time and helps to define the decade. Whether you watch it for the music, the great performances, or for the “that’s exactly how I felt when I first fell in love” feeling, you will for sure have a, like, totally tubular time every time you pop in your copy of this treasure.” (Ryan Danner, The Scarecrow Video Movie Guide)

“...How does a film like Summer School look 20 years later, when its arrested-adolescent-teacher bit has been co-opted and surpassed by films like School of Rock? Surprisingly enough, the answer is “not too bad,” because it remains so easily digestible. A classic underachiever, Summer School gives little but demands even less in return.. With his tenure threat-ened, Mark Harmon gives up his summer vacation to teach English to a group of Sweathog-types, but he’s just as unmotivated to educate as they are to learn. Summer School offers up a gallery of goofballs—a dumb jock, a dweeb, a jailbait surfer, a big-breasted Italian exchange student, Kirstie Alley—but most of the comedy comes from Dean Cameron as “Chainsaw,” a second-rate Spicoli whose worship of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre manifests itself in the film’s funniest scene. But Summer School isn’t about having a good laugh; it’s about passing the time.” (Scott Tobias, The Onion A.V. Club)

CARNIVAL OF SOULSHerk Harvey. US. 1962. NR. 78. 35mm.Fri, Aug 16, 9:45PMHere we have a genuine low-budget cult odd-ity, an‘other-worldly’ classic that has become increasingly well-respected over the years. The plot is a simple one: a church organist narrowly escapes drowning in an auto ac-cident, only to find herself in a strange limbo, pursued by an odd phantom-like character and plagued by a series of weird dreams (or

are they?) in which her soul hovers between reality and the supernatural. Made on a very low budget and imbued with an atmosphere of perva-sive melancholy, this is probably the greatest film to ever come out of Lawrence, Kansas. (George Romero credits this as having been his major inspiration for the original Night of The Living Dead.)

MST3K: MASTER NINJA IRobert Clouse. US. 1984. NR. 90. DVD.Fri, Sep 20, 9:45PMIn this action packed episode of movie riffing super show Mystery Science Theatre 3000, Joel and the bots survive a double dose of The Master, a failed television show detailing the exploits of white ninja Lee Van Cleef and his oafish van-driving companion Timothy Van Patten. Repurposed as the “film” Master Ninja I and inflicted upon our intrepid hosts,

the laughs come faster than ninja stars in this season three fan favorite episode!

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FFFN and Cult films generally start at 9:45pm but please check our website or call 610-917-1228 to confirm. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and students, and $6 for members and children.

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BUG OUT BLOBFEST - July 12-14, 2013Friday...............July 12

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Doors OpenFriday Night Stage Show & Run Out (Sold Out)

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Double Feature: The Blob & The Deadly MantisPlus: Q&A with Keith Almoney (Danny) and a trailer reel by our First Friday Fright Night friends!

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Hosted by Dr. Frank N. Stone with special guests Mr. Lobo, Ghoul-A-Go-G0, Wes Shank & theOriginal Blob, Keith Almoney (Danny), and The Patient Creatures. Music by Sid Cada and theExterminators. Shorty Award Winners Annouced & Screened.

No ticket for the runout? Come to Phoenixville anyway! Enjoy our Friday Summer Music series andthe Tin Foil Hat parade on the stage at Main and Bridge Streets, then head back to the Colonialbefore 9PM to watch the Runout!

We will be filming this event. Your purchase of a ticket acknowledges your permission to be filmed.The footage and/or its audio may be used by ACT in any future videos/films/audio recordings/stillphotos, etc. in all media, in perpetuity.

11am-5pmHosted by Hotrod Scott & Professor Ouch of The Roots Rockabilly Roadhouse on WPRB 103.3FM. Musicby The Buzzards. Guests: The Violators Motor Club, Olde City Side Show, and The Patient Creatures.

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Tin Foil Hat Contest at the Phoenix Village Art CenterDon’t miss the Tin Foil Hat Parade across the stage at Bridge & Main Streets on Friday at 8pm. Vote for yourfavorite hat at the Phoenix Village Art Center (207 Bridge Sreet).

Merchant Facade Contest This year YOU get to vote! Ballots can be cast at the pinball machine in front of the theatre.

Great Food and Libations Please support our generous advertisers!

Double Features: $11 adults / $9 seniors / $7 members & kidsTickets available online at www.TheColonialTheatre.com or call 610-917-1228. Advance purchase tickets forSaturday’s shows must be exchanged for wristbands. You must have a wristband to enter the theatre (Saturday).

Double Feature: The Blob & Them!Streetfair: Fire Extinguisher ParadeStreetfair: Costume ContestRegister across street from the theatre at 12pm.

Streetfair: 1950s Makeover ContestWin a 50s haircut by John’s Old School New Skool Barbershop

Streetfair: Patient Creatures Storytelling at 252 Bridge St. FREE!

Streetfair: Olde City Side ShowStreetfair: Patient Creatures Storytelling at 252 Bridge St. FREE!

Double Feature: The Blob & Them!Doors Open for the Evening Double FeatureDouble Feature: The Blob & Tarantula

11:00am12:00pm

1:00pm

1:40pm

2:00pm2:30pm3:00pm3:15pm7:30pm8:00pm

Special Guests Inside the Colonial11am-5pmWes Shank and the Original Blob, Kris Yeaworth (son of The Blob director Shorty Yeaworth), KeithAlmoney (Danny) and Karen Verderame with the Traveling Bug Exhibit from the Natural HistoryMuseum will be special guests on the third floor of the theatre. With your purchase of a ticket youcan meet these folks, get autographs and tour the theatre!

Thanks to our Sponsor........ Staybridge Suites Royersford - The Official Hotel of Blobfest88 Anchor Parkway, Royersford. 1-877-834-3613.

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Association for the Colonial Theatre Board of DirectorsKenneth B. Mumma, PresidentTrish Hartline, First Vice PresidentWilliam M. Andersen, Second Vice PresidentStephen H. Kalis, SecretaryAnthony J. Folino III, CPA, TreasurerRebecca H. BradbeerJocelyn S. HarrisRichard A. KunschSean MaherPauline MonsonMarian D. MoskowitzSuzanne V. NorrisMaryLouise Sterge

StaffMary Foote, Executive DirectorKirsten Van Vlandren, Assistant DirectorScott Bauman, House ManagerRyan Wilson, Assistant House ManagerLuAnn Roth, Patron Services ManagerJennifer Moszczynski, Development Associate Newsletter Volunteers Bill Roth, Classic Film Notes and Chuck Francisco, MST3K Notes

Classic Film Committee Ted Wilby, Bill Roth, Lee Berger, Stephen Dabrowski, John Piljer, Joel Rickenbach, Brendan Carr, Chuck Francisco, Bob Trate and Jim Sakal

Fright Night and Cult Film Committee Chuck Francisco, Joel Rickenbach, Nick Lombardo, Brendan Carr and Bob Trate

And many volunteers who sell tickets and popcorn, plan our special events and fundraise for the theatre!

Off the Beaten Path

227 Bridge StreetP.O. Box 712

Phoenixville, PA 19460

Association for the Colonial Theatre227 Bridge Street, Phoenixville, PA 19460610/917-0223 Movie Info Line610/917-1228 Theatre Officeswww.TheColonialTheatre.cominfo@thecolonialtheatre.com

Programming Art and independent films seven nights a weekClassic Films on Sundays at 2:00pmDocumentaries on Sundays at 4:30pmBaby Night on Mondays at 6:30pmMatinees on Wednesdays at 2:00pmFirst Friday Fright Night at 9:45pmCult Cinema on Third Fridays at 9:45pmYoung Audiences Series on Saturdays (Oct - April) at 2:00pmLive concerts presented by Point Entertainment

MissionThe mission of the Association for the Colonial Theatre is to enhance the collective wellbeing of our region by restoring the landmark Colonial Theatre and promoting cul-tural, economic and civic life. To that end, ACT presents film, live theatre, music, dance and other community events in the heart of Phoenixville’s historic business district.

Support the ColonialBecome a memberFrequent the theatreBuy a seatAdvertise on-screenSponsor a programsVolunteer your time and talentsMake an unrestricted tax-deductible gift Remember the Colonial Theatre in your will