OCT 2: THE FRISCO KID (1979) – Gene Wilder stars as a Polish Rabbi in 1850 America trying to go from Philadelphia to San Francisco with the aid of an inept bank robber (Harrison Ford). One of both men’s favorite films. DIR: Robert Aldrich.

OCT 9: THE SIGN OF THE CROSS (1932) – One of the most heavily censored of all pre-Code films, this lavish spectacle of Christians in early Rome will be shown in a newly restored, completely unedited version. DIR Cecil B DeMille.

OCT 16: THE ROAD TO SINGAPORE (1940) – The first of the Bing Crosby-Bob Hope- Dorothy Lamour ROAD pictures has Bob & Bing escaping women in America only to encounter Dorothy and an angry young Anthony Quinn. DIR: Victor Schertzinger.

OCT 23: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (2004) – Lavish and intense version of the Shakespeare play about Jewish  money lender Shylock (Al Pacino) and the Venetian merchant (Jeremy Irons) who owes him money. DIR: Michael Bradford.

OCT 30: DOUBLE FEATURE (1945) – John Huston’s powerful WW II documentary is paired with the last great Universal horror film, HOUSE OF DRACULA. DIRS: John Huston & Erle C. Kenton.