2 posts tagged “charles theatre”

The McFreeds report on the weekend's activities...

We finished up the 6 month long Hitchcock film retrospective that Baltimore's The Charles Theatre held this year with Cary Grant and Grace Kelly in To Catch A Thief. Our friend Julie again tagged along. This clip gives you a great hint at what to enjoy when you catch it on DVD or a theatre near you. This was the first time Stefan had seen this one!  We were sad to see this go, but we really enjoyed the retrospective and so did a ton of other people. We saw Rear Window, Vertigo, Dial M for Murder (in 3D no less!), and To Catch A Thief together; and Sean caught The Birds with our friend Julie (who also saw Vertigo and Thief with us). We can't wait to see what is next!

Sean and Stefan say...

Vertigo - Sean's Favorite Film Scene

Yesterday we spent a great and (what turned out to be) beautiful day with our friend Julie (sporting a lovely hair-do we might add)!  We saw Sean's favorite flick EVER, Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo in a revival at what is becoming our favorite theatre pastime The Charles.  And then we continued on to Cafe Hon in Baltimore's Hampden area.  The theatre was packed and the film got a round of applause at the end. As we drove over to Cafe Hon, we debated the reasons why the film ended the way it did and whether the ledges of Spanish mission bell towers are really that wide. Stefan later proved himself by remembering what Sean's favorite Vertigo scene was without prompting as well as showing sympathy for poor Midge (Barbara BelGeddes), Jimmy Stewart's character's pining ex-fiance who obsesses in her own way. Stefan led us on a shopping tour after a late brunch. This all felt like it happened before but it really didn't. It was great to see Julie; she always gives us welcome and sage advise!