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Saturday Evening October 24th,2009
Saturday Evening November 21st,2009
Saturday Evening January 9th,2010
Saturday Evening March 20th,2010

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Saturday Evening October 24th 2009

The Phantom Of The Opera
The original silent classic from 1925

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The Phantom (Lon Chaney Sr.) horribly disfigured by fire, lives in secret in the deep recesses below the Paris Opera House. But when he falls in love with the beautiful young opera singer, Christine (Mary Philbin) he becomes aware of his intense loneliness and isolation. In desparation he carries her off to his lair where he asks only thing - never to remove his mask.

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Saturday Evening November 21st,2009

Blood and Sand
Starring the matinee idol of the '20's, Rudolph Valentino

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Juan Gallardo (Rudolph Valentino), a boy born into poverty, becomes one of the greatest matadors in Spain. He marries his childhood friend, the beautiful and virtuous Carmen (Lila Lee), but soon after finds himself drawn to Doña Sol (Nita Naldi), a wealthy, seductive widow. They embark on a torrid affair, but Juan, feeling guilty over his betrayal of Carmen, tries to free himself of Doña Sol.

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Saturday Evening January 9st,2010

Safety Last
Harold Lloyd stars in his best know comedy

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Country boy (Lloyd) heads to the big city to seek success. While working as a clerk in a department store, he comes up with a gimmick to draw customers to the store, but it turns out the "human fly" he has hired to climb the face of the store building as publicity stunt is a wanted man. When the police show up, Harold is forced to make the climb himself - culminating in the iconic scene where he dangles high above the ground from the hands of a clock.

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Saturday Evening March 20st,2010

Ella Cinders
A modern day fairy tale starring Colleen Moore

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Poor Ella Cinders is much abused and mistreated by her evil step-mother and step-sisters. When she wins a local beauty contest she jumps at the chance to go to Hollywood for a promised a job in the movies. When she arrives in Hollywood, it turns out that the contest was a fraud and the promised job is non-existant. Will she be able to overcome the obstacles in her path and find true love and success in Hollywood?

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