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Westport Holiday Matinee Film Series
Just in time for the Christmas season, the Tivoli is once again hosting a special weekend matinee series featuring Hollywood classics, "Charade" (Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant) and "Holiday Inn" (Bing Crobsy, Fred Astaire)
Just in time for the Christmas season, the Westport Regional Business League and UMKC Department of Communication Studies is once again hosting a special weekend matinee series featuring Hollywood classics at the Tivoli.
Charade
Saturday and Sunday, December 11 and 12 • 1:30 p.m.
In this comedic thriller, a trio of crooks relentlessly pursue
a young American, played by Audrey Hepburn in gorgeous Givenchy, through Paris in an attempt to recover the fortune her dead husband stole from them. The only person she can trust is Cary Grant’s suave, mysterious stranger. Director Stanley Donen goes deliciously dark for Charade, a glittering emblem of sixties style and macabre wit.
Holiday Inn
Saturday and Sunday, December 18 and 19 • 1:30 p.m.
Music by Irving Berlin, songs by Bing Crosby and dancing by Fred Astaire all add up to a truly delightful musical filled with perennial favorites. Crosby and Astaire are entertainers (and rival suitors of Marjorie Reynolds) running an inn that is only open on holidays. It’s a great excuse for lots of singing and dancing, seamlessly wrapped in a catchy story and winning musical numbers each one connected to a different holiday.
Visit www.TivoliKC.com for a listing of holiday sale offers from Westport Merchants and for more information about the films.
Indie Film Editor
Michael D. Smith earned a Bachelor of Arts in history at College of the Ozarks in Point Lookout, Missouri followed by a Master of Arts in history at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
Inspired by such critics as Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert, Michael started reviewing films in 1992 for College of the Ozarks's student-run newspaper. After returning to the Kansas City area in 1994, he continued film reviewing by writing for the Cass County Democrat Missourian in Harrisonville.
In 2000 Michael joined Sun Publications in Overland Park, Kansas where he served as its film critic and Arts and Entertainment Editor. During his tenure there, he was also the film critic for the "Fine Arts Radio Hour" and "Celebrity Scoop" radio shows on KXTR. After leaving the Sun in late 2002, he became the A&E writer for the Olathe News in Olathe, Kansas. He also worked as a freelance writer for The Squire in Leawood, Showcase Publishing in Lake Ozark, Missouri and the Kansas City Star.
Michael is currently a member of the Kansas City Film Critics Circle, a professional film critic organization established in 1966 by the late Dr. James Loutzenhiser.
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