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Fidelity Investments Moonlight Movie Series
Classic Movie Series
Falls Park
Wednesdays in May and September
Lawn chairs, blankets and picnics are welcome, but please no pets. Individuals consuming
alcohol at the event will need to purchase a $1 wristband. All City of Greenville
events are smoke-free. Movies begin at approximately 8:30 p.m. (sun down).
May 2013 Series
May 1 - From Here to Eternity (1953) | NR
This World War II drama chronicles the lives and loves of soldiers on an army base in Honolulu just days before the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor. Based on the best selling novel by James Jones, this simmering drama includes actual footage of the surprise Japanese attack.
May 8 - The Searchers (1956)
An excellent example of the Western genre with John Ford's vigorous touch, The Searchers features John Wayne as a driven man relentlessly searching for his niece who was kidnapped by Indians.
May 15 - Holiday (1938)
Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant team up in this classic Cukor comedy about a charming nonconformist who falls in love with his socialite fiancee’s free-spirited sister. Academy Award Nominations: Best Interior Decoration
May 22 - Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
The world of freight handlers Wilbur Grey and Chick Young is turned upside down when the remains of Frankenstein's monster and Dracula arrive from Europe to be used in a house of horrors. Dracula awakens and escapes with the weakened monster, who he plans to re-energize with a new brain. Larry Talbot (the Wolfman) arrives from London in an attempt to thwart Dracula. Dracula's reluctant aide is the beautiful Dr. Sandra Mornay. Her reluctance is dispatched by Dracula's bite. Dracula and Sandra abduct Wilbur for his brain and recharge the monster in preparation for the operation. Chick and Talbot attempt to find and free Wilbur, but when the full moon rises all hell breaks loose with the Wolfman, Dracula, and Frankenstein all running rampant.
People's Choice: May 29
And the winner is...
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
The Philadelphia Story is a classic upper-crust comedy. A brilliant adaptation of the Philip Barry play set in the high society of the Philadelphia "Mainline." Tracy Lord (Katharine Hepburn) is a wealthy heiress in search of romance. Cary Grant plays her ex-husband, and James Stewart won an Academy Award® for his role as the reporter who falls in love with her.
Moonlight Movies Schedule
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