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Classic Hollywood Series

Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, it’s time to walk into ours.

The Ritz is turning 80 in July and we are planning many celebrations throughout the year. As part of the festivities we are embarking on a journey back to the golden age of Hollywood and the golden age of The Ritz Cinema.

In this series of screenings, we have carefully curated a program of some of our most beloved films which this year will be celebrating milestones and brand new digital restorations which are an absolute must to experience on the big screen. These classics will be showing every few weeks on a Sunday afternoon and Wednesday morning, and will transport you back to the days of Hollywood Glitz and Glamour of the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s.

This is our Classic Hollywood series.

Now, play it, Sam.

DETAILS
Screening every few weeks on Sunday at 2.30pm and Wednesday at 10.30am – check below for dates.
Regular Tickets: $10
Member Tickets: $8

The Graduate

The Graduate
  • Cast
  • Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross
  • Director
  • Mike Nichols
  • Synopsis
  • A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.
  • Classification
  • M, 104 mins
  • Consumer Advice
  • Adult themes
  • Genre
  • Comedy, Drama
  • Running Time
  • 104 minutes

All About Eve

All About Eve
  • Cast
  • Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders
  • Director
  • Joseph L. Mankiewicz
  • Synopsis
  • Eve (Anne Baxter) is waiting backstage to meet her “idol” aging Broadway Star, Margo Channing (Bette Davis). It all seems innocent enough as Eve explains that she has seen Margo in EVERY performance of the current play she is in. Only Playright critic DeWitt (George Sanders) sees through Eve’s evil plan, which is to take her parts and fiancé, Bill Simpson (Gary Merrill) When the fiancé shows no interest, she tries for playwright Hugh Marlowe (Lloyd Richards) but DeWitt stops her. After she accepts her award, she decides to skip the after-party and goes to her room, where we find a young woman named Phoebe, who snuck into her room and fell asleep. This is where the “Circle of Life” now comes to fruition as Eve is going to get played the way she did Margo.
  • Classification
  • PG, 137 mins
  • Consumer Advice
  • Adult concepts
  • Genre
  • Drama
  • Running Time
  • 137 minutes

Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot
  • Cast
  • Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon
  • Director
  • Billy Wilder
  • Synopsis
  • When two Chicago musicians, Joe and Jerry, witness the the St. Valentine’s Day massacre, they want to get out of town and get away from the gangster responsible, Spats Colombo. They’re desperate to get a gig out of town but the only job they know of is in an all-girl band heading to Florida. They show up at the train station as Josephine and Daphne, the replacement saxophone and bass players. They certainly enjoy being around the girls, especially Sugar Kane Kowalczyk who sings and plays the ukulele. Joe in particular sets out to woo her while Jerry/Daphne is wooed by a millionaire, Osgood Fielding III. Mayhem ensues as the two men try to keep their true identities hidden and Spats Colombo and his crew show up for a meeting with several other crime lords.
  • Classification
  • PG, 117 mins
  • Genre
  • Comedy, Romance
  • Running Time
  • 117 minutes

North by Northwest

North by Northwest
  • Cast
  • Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason
  • Director
  • Alfred Hitchcock
  • Synopsis
  • A hapless New York advertising executive is mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and is pursued across the country while he looks for a way to survive.
  • Classification
  • G, 136 mins
  • Genre
  • Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
  • Running Time
  • 136 minutes