Gettysburg College’s Majestic Theater celebrates beloved cinema classics from the late 20th century with the 2024 Summer Classic Movie series kicking off June 5 at 7:30 p.m. in the historic 1925 auditorium. Enjoy classic movies in the beautifully restored historic theater every Wednesday night through August 21. Tickets for each film are just $8 and are on sale now. Advanced ticket purchase is strongly recommended.
“The 2024 Summer Classic Movie schedule represents a team effort by Majestic Theater staff, and includes titles requested over the years by our classic film patrons,” says Majestic Theater Marketing Director Jessica Rudy. “We are so excited to share these cinema classics with fellow film fans on Wednesday evenings this summer.”
New this year, movie-goers are invited to enjoy mocktails or coffee with fellow film fans every Wednesday evening before the show at Waldo’s and Company, Gettysburg’s non-profit community arts and culture space located nearby in the basement of 17 Lincoln Square. For more information on Waldo’s, visit www.waldosandco.com.
The series kicks off Wednesday, June 5 with The Great Escape (1963), starring Steve McQueen, James Garner, and Richard Attenborough in the World War II tale of Allied prisoners who team up to flee an “escape proof” German camp. This showing marks a Majestic debut as the first public event hosted by the Majestic Theater’s new Executive Director, Brett W. Messenger.
On June 12, the Emerson brothers (Jason Patric and Corey Haim) encounter Kiefer Sutherland and a band of party-loving night owls in The Lost Boys (1987). Then, enjoy Alfred Hitchcock’s thrilling Dial M For Murder (1954) starring Grace Kelly on June 19. Wrapping up June, witness the inconceivable adventures of Buttercup and a motley band of swashbucklers in The Princess Bride (1987) on June 26.
The rise and inevitable downfall of an assortment of mobsters is the subject of Martin Scorsese’s 1990 masterpiece Goodfellas, on screen July 3. Next, on July 10 Kurt Russell is a trash-talking trucker who gets sucked into a supernatural battle in Big Trouble in Little China (1986). On July 17, an inept car salesman’s crime falls apart thanks in part to persistent policework by Marge Gunderson in the Coen brothers’ Fargo (1996).
It’s Christmas in July on July 24 with Die Hard (1988), the first installment of the popular action series featuring John McClane (Bruce Willis) as he fights to rid Nakatomi Plaza of terrorists. Wear a Christmas hat to this showing to enjoy a free small popcorn. Cher falls into a complicated love affair with her future brother-in-law on July 31 in Moonstruck (1987). Then, find out who killed Mr. Boddy in the comic criminal caper, Clue (1985) on August 7.
The series wraps up with two action-packed classics, including True Grit (1969) on August 14. John Wayne stars as one-eyed, drunken U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn in a rough and tumble tale of revenge. Quentin Tarantino’s directorial debut Reservoir Dogs (1992) closes the summer on August 21 with a jewelry heist gone terribly wrong.
Tickets for all Summer Classics showings are $8 each and are available at the Majestic Theater Box Office, 25 Carlisle St., Gettysburg, by calling (717) 337-8200 or online at www.gettysburgmajestic.org. Free parking is available from Gettysburg College’s Constitution Parking Lot. Shuttle service will not be available. Metered parking is available at the Gettysburg Borough Parking Garage in Race Horse Alley as well as along Carlisle Street.
The Majestic Theater at the Jennifer and David LeVan Performing Arts Center is owned and operated by Gettysburg College as a gathering place for its campus and community to celebrate the arts together.