Tuesday, September 8, 6:30 pm - Beauty and the Beast — BUY TICKETS HERE
Tuesday, September 15, 6:30 pm - The Innocents — BUY TICKETS HERE
Tuesday, September 22, 6:30 pm - Picnic at Hanging Rock — BUY TICKETS HERE
Doors open 6:00. Interactive entertainment begins at 6:30. Films begin at 7:00.
As we head into the spooky season, the Lincoln Theatre presents the film series Mystery Spots: Somewhere between Haunted and Enchanted. These three films are centered on enigmatic, inexplicable places -- and what happens to the people who go there.
Join us at White Branches -- Mount Vernon's magical tearoom -- for this otherworldly film series. White Branches is located at 100 E Montgomery St on the second floor of Mount Vernon’s historic Old Town Grainery building.
Your ticket purchase includes pre-show interactive entertainment, as the spirits of the Old Town Grainery begin to join in the fun!
Food and drinks will be available for purchase, including White Branches menu bite boxes (limited availability), wine, beer, and non-alcoholic beverages along with cake, popcorn, and candy.
September 8: Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la Bête)
Director Jean Cocteau's telling of the familiar fairy tale about a gentle-hearted beast in love with a beautiful girl is the most mesmerizing of the many adaptations.
Belle's father wanders into the garden of the Beast (Jean Marais) and picks a rose for his daughter, incurring the Beast's wrath. Although her father is sentenced to death, Belle (Josette Day) insists on taking his place at the Beast's castle.
The Beast falls in love with her and proposes marriage on a nightly basis, which she initially refuses. Belle eventually becomes more drawn to the Beast, who tests her by letting her return home to her family, and telling her that if she does not return to him within a week, he will die of grief.
The simple tale of tragic love turns into a surreal vision of death, desire, and beauty.
"What's mesmerising about Cocteau's film is the seriousness with which it regards the fairytale material, combined with an eerie, dreamlike production design that's more effective precisely because it's more real." —Kevin Maher, The Times UK
"One of the most magical of all films." —Roger Ebert
Directed by Jean Cocteau
Starring Josette Day, Jean Marais, Marcel André
France | French | 1946 | Fantasy Romance | 93 minutes | NR
September 15: The Innocents
Based on the Henry James story "The Turn of the Screw," The Innocents is a psychological thriller about Miss Giddens (Deborah Kerr), who takes a governess job watching over two orphans while living in the imposing Bly Manor.
She begins to see what she believes are ghosts and suspects the children's increasingly bizarre behavior is the result of supernatural forces.
"Oozing ambiguity, [director] Jack Clayton's shimmering gem is a masterclass in suggestion, a flawless evocation of the uncanny which pits the subconscious against the supernatural to genuinely hair-raising effect." —Mark Kermode, Observer
"An elegant, sinister and scalp-prickling ghost story - as scary in its way as Rosemary's Baby or The Exorcist." —Peter Bradshaw, Guardian
Directed by Jack Clayton
Starring Deborah Kerr, Peter Wyngarde, Michael Redgrave, Martin Stephens, Pamela Franklin
United Kingdom | English | 1961 | Psychological Thriller | 100 minutes | Approved
September 22: Picnic at Hanging Rock
In the year 1900, Miranda (Anne Lambert) attends a girls boarding school in Australia. On Valentine's Day, the school's typically strict headmistress (Rachel Roberts) treats the girls to a picnic field trip to an unusual but scenic volcanic formation called Hanging Rock.
Despite rules against it, Miranda and several other girls venture off. It's not until the end of the day that the faculty realizes the girls have disappeared mysteriously -- and as days go by, their absence haunts the people left behind.
"Extraordinary, haunting classic." —Joe Clay, The Times UK
"The 'readings' are endless, the mood impossibly eerie and the legacy untouchable." —Kevin Maher, The Times UK
Directed by Peter Weir
Starring Rachel Roberts, Anne-Louise Lambert, Helen Morse, Jacki Weaver
Australia | English | 1975 | Drama, Mystery | 115 minutes | PG
Film Prices
Lincoln Theatre Members get $3.00 off on the following prices when buying tickets at-the-door:
General: $17.00
Seniors, Students, and Active Military: $16.00
Children 12 and under: $14.50
All prices include a $5 surcharge that goes to White Branches for their pre-show presentation, as well as a $2 Preservation Fee that goes directly into our capital account for the preservation of the Lincoln Theatre and its programs.