MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival
Friday, September 24 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, September 25 at 4 & 7:30 p.m.
General Admission
Tickets $10

Film lovers will unite in over 500 venues worldwide to view and judge the work of the next generation of filmmakers from around the world when the 24th Annual MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival takes place during September 23 to October 3, 2021.

MANHATTAN SHORT is the only film festival of its kind. The Final selections screen simultaneously across the world during a one-week period, where attendees vote for Best Film and Best Actor awards at each participating venue. Every short film selected will automatically become qualified for the Oscars of 2022.

Visit MANHATTANSHORT.com for more information.

THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935)  FIRST FRIDAY FILM
Friday, October 1 at 7:30 p.m.
NR, 75 minutes  
Starring: Boris Karloff, Else Lanchester & Colin Clive
Directed by: James Whale
Dr. Frankenstein falls under the control of his former mentor, who insists he resume his experiments in creating new life. Meanwhile, the Monster remains on the run from those who wish to destroy him.

MEAN GIRLS (2004) PG-13, 97 minutes
Sunday, October 3 at 4 p.m.
Starring: Lindsey Lohan, Jonathan Bennett & Rachel McAdams
Directed by: Mark Waters
Cady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of Alpha Plastic Regina George.
**WEAR PINK for Breast Cancer Awareness Month and receive a small popcorn.

BEETLEJUICE (1988)
Friday, October 8 at 7:30 p.m.
PG, 92 minutes
Starring: Michael Keaton, Alec Baldwin & Geena Davis
Directed by: Tim Burton
The spirits of a deceased couple are harassed by an unbearable family that has moved into their home, and hire a malicious spirit to drive them out.

DRACULA (1931)
Saturday, October 9 at 4 p.m.
Passed, 75 minutes
Starring: Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler & David Manners
Directed by: Tod Browning
After a naive real estate agent succumbs to the will of Count Dracula, the two head to London where the vampire sleeps in his coffin by day and searches for potential victims by night.

YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974)
Saturday, October 9 at 7:30 p.m.
PG, 106 minutes
Starring: Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn & Peter Boyle
Directed by: Mel Brooks
An American grandson of the infamous scientist struggles to prove his grandfather was not insane. When invited to Transylvania, he discovers the process that reanimates a dead body.

HOCUS POCUS (1993) PG, 96 minutes
Saturday, October 16 at 4 p.m.
Saturday, October 16 at 7 p.m.
Starring: Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker & Kathy Najimy
Directed by: Kenny Ortega
A curious youngster moves to Salem where he struggles to fit in before awakening a trio of diabolical witches that were executed in the 17th century.
* Come in costume and receive one small popcorn.

IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)  FIRST FRIDAY FILM
Friday, November 5 at 7:30 p.m.
Approved, 105 minutes
Starring: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert & Walter Connolly
Directed by: Frank Capra
A spoiled heiress running away from her family is helped by a man who is actually a reporter in need of a story.

NOTORIOUS (1946)
Friday, November 12 at 7:30 p.m.
NR, 102 minutes
Starring: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman & Claude Rains
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
A woman is asked to spy on a group of Nazi friends in South America. How far will she have to go to ingratiate herself with them?

Derailed and Departed: An Interactive Murder Mystery Movie

Saturday, November 13 at 7:30 p.m.
Comedy, PG, 90 minutes
General Admission
Tickets $10

Lagniappe Productions, the team behind Grapevine’s Texas Star Dinner Theatre, presents this interactive film experience set on board the Grapevine Vintage Railroad.

Six Gun Sanders, a notorious gunslinger, has been found dead and it is up to you to figure out who killed the killer. This murder mystery movie is unlike anything you’ve ever experienced.  Through the use of an app, you, the audience, will get to decide what questions to ask the suspects and vote for who you think is the killer.  Are you smart enough to solve this mystery?

Purchase your Interactive Murder Mystery Movie tickets here

Classic Christmas Movies

CHRISTMAS TICKETS ON SALE TUESDAY, JULY 13 AT 10 AM

Admission $6
Please no outside food or beverage; concessions available.
Check dates for special events! 
Shows sell out in advance, so please plan ahead.
All tickets are available as will-call only.
We do not print tickets for movies in advance.

CLICK ON THE MOVIE DATE TO PURCHASE TICKETS.

HOME ALONE (1990)
Saturday, November 27 at 4 p.m.
Saturday, November 27 at 7 p.m.
Tuesday, December 21 at 2 p.m.
PG, 103 minutes
Starring: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci & Daniel Stern
Directed by: John Hughes
An eight-year-old troublemaker must protect his house from a pair of burglars when his family accidentally leaves him home during Christmas vacation.

IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)
Monday, November 29 at 7 p.m.
Thursday, December 9 at 7 p.m.
Monday, December 20 at 7 p.m.
Wednesday, December 22 at 7 p.m.
PG, 130 minutes
Starring: James Stewart, Donna Reed & Lionel Barrymore
Directed by: Frank Capra
An angel sent from Heaven helps a desperately frustrated businessman ok him what life would have been like if he had never existed.

A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1951)
Tuesday, November 30 at 7 p.m.
NR, 86 minutes
Starring: Alastair Sim, Jack Warner & Kathleen Harrison
Directed by: Brian Desmond Hurst
An old, bitter miser is given a chance for redemption when he is haunted by three ghosts on Christmas Eve.

WHITE CHRISTMAS (1954)
Wednesday, December 1 at 7 p.m.
Wednesday, December 15 at 7 p.m.
Tuesday, December 21 at 7 p.m.
Wednesday, December 22 at 2 p.m.
Thursday, December 23 at 7 p.m.
NR, 120 minutes
Starring: Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye & Rosemary Clooney
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
A successful song-and-dance duo become romantically involved with a sister act and team up to save the failing Vermont inn of their former commanding general.

A CHRISTMAS STORY (1983)
Monday, December 6 at 7 p.m.
NR, 120 minutes
Starring: Peter Billingsley, Melinda Dillon & Darren McGavin
Directed by: Bob Clark
In the 1940s, a young boy named Ralphie attempts to convince his parents, his teacher and Santa that a Red Ryder BB gun really is the perfect Christmas gift.

SCROOGED (1988)
Tuesday, December 7 at 7 p.m.
PG-13, 101 minutes
Starring: Bill Murray, Karen Allen & John Forsyth
Directed by: Richard Donner
A selfish, cynical television executive is haunted by three spirits bearing lessons on Christmas Eve.

MIRACLE ON 34^th STREET (1947)
Wednesday, December 8 at 7 p.m.
NR, 96 minutes
Starring: Edmund Gwenn, Maureen O’Hara & John Payne
Directed by: George Seaton
When a nice old man who claims to be Santa Claus is institutionalized as insane, a young lawyer decides to defend him by arguing in court that he is the real thing.

ELF (2003)
Monday, December 13 at 7 p.m.
PG, 97 minutes
Starring: Will Ferrell, James Caan & Bob Newhart
Directed by: John Favreau
After discovering he is a human, a man raised as an elf at the North Pole decides to travel to New York City to locate his real father.

NATIONAL LAMPOON’S CHRISTMAS VACATION (1989)
Tuesday, December 14 at 7 p.m.
PG-13, 97 minutes
Starring: Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo & Juliette Lewis
Directed by: Jeremiah Chechik
The Griswold family's plan for a big family Christmas predictably turns into a big disaster.
**Ugly Sweater Contest

ANIMATED DOUBLE FEATURE:
A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS & FROSTY THE SNOWMAN
Monday, December 20 at 11 a.m.
Wednesday, December 22 at 11 a.m.
Thursday, December 23 at 11 a.m.
A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS (1965)
G, 25 minutes
Repelled by the commercialism he sees around him, Charlie Brown tries to find the true meaning of Christmas.
FROSTY THE SNOWMAN (1966) G, 25 minutes
A living snowman and a little girl struggle to elude a greedy magician who is after the snowman's magic hat.
**PJs at the Palace!

THE SANTA CLAUSE (1994)
Monday, December 20 at 2 p.m.
Thursday, December 23 at 2 p.m.
PG, 97 minutes
Starring: Tim Allen, Judge Reinhold & Wendy Crewson
Directed by: John Pasquin
When a man inadvertently makes Santa fall off of his roof on Christmas Eve, he finds himself magically recruited to take his place.

THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL (1992)
Tuesday, December 21 at 11 a.m.
(1992) G, 85 minutes
Starring: Michael Caine, Dave Goelz & Steve Whitmire
Directed by: Brian Henson
The Muppets tell their version of the classic tale of an old and bitter miser's redemption on Christmas Eve.

AFTER CHRISTMAS MOVIES

THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (1940)
Tuesday, December 28 at 2 p.m.
NR, 99 minutes
Starring: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart & Frank Morgan
Directed by: Ernst Lubitsch
Two gift shop employees who are constantly at odds fall in love with each other as anonymous pen pals.

THE HOLIDAY (2006)
Wednesday, December 29 at 2 p.m.
PG-13, 138 minutes
Starring: Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz & Jude Law
Directed by: Nancy Meyers
Two women troubled with guy-problems swap homes in each other's countries where they each meet a local guy and fall in love.

MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (1944)
Thursday, December 30 at 2 p.m.
Passed, 113 minutes
Starring: Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien & Mary Astor
Directed by: Vincente Minnelli
Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.

Classic Christmas Movies

TICKETS ON SALE TUESDAY, JULY 13 AT 10 AM

Admission $6
Please no outside food or beverage; concessions available.
Check dates for special events! 
Shows sell out in advance, so please plan ahead.
All tickets are available as will-call only.
We do not print tickets for movies in advance.

CLICK ON THE MOVIE DATE TO PURCHASE TICKETS.

HOME ALONE (1990)
Saturday, November 27 at 4 p.m.
Saturday, November 27 at 7 p.m.
Tuesday, December 21 at 2 p.m.
PG, 103 minutes
Starring: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci & Daniel Stern
Directed by: John Hughes
An eight-year-old troublemaker must protect his house from a pair of burglars when his family accidentally leaves him home during Christmas vacation.

IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)
Monday, November 29 at 7 p.m.
Thursday, December 9 at 7 p.m.
Monday, December 20 at 7 p.m.
Wednesday, December 22 at 7 p.m.
PG, 130 minutes
Starring: James Stewart, Donna Reed & Lionel Barrymore
Directed by: Frank Capra
An angel sent from Heaven helps a desperately frustrated businessman ok him what life would have been like if he had never existed.

A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1951)
Tuesday, November 30 at 7 p.m.
NR, 86 minutes
Starring: Alastair Sim, Jack Warner & Kathleen Harrison
Directed by: Brian Desmond Hurst
An old, bitter miser is given a chance for redemption when he is haunted by three ghosts on Christmas Eve.

WHITE CHRISTMAS (1954)
Wednesday, December 1 at 7 p.m.
Wednesday, December 15 at 7 p.m.
Tuesday, December 21 at 7 p.m.
Wednesday, December 22 at 2 p.m.
Thursday, December 23 at 7 p.m.
NR, 120 minutes
Starring: Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye & Rosemary Clooney
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
A successful song-and-dance duo become romantically involved with a sister act and team up to save the failing Vermont inn of their former commanding general.

A CHRISTMAS STORY (1983)
Monday, December 6 at 7 p.m.
NR, 120 minutes
Starring: Peter Billingsley, Melinda Dillon & Darren McGavin
Directed by: Bob Clark
In the 1940s, a young boy named Ralphie attempts to convince his parents, his teacher and Santa that a Red Ryder BB gun really is the perfect Christmas gift.

SCROOGED (1988)
Tuesday, December 7 at 7 p.m.
PG-13, 101 minutes
Starring: Bill Murray, Karen Allen & John Forsyth
Directed by: Richard Donner
A selfish, cynical television executive is haunted by three spirits bearing lessons on Christmas Eve.

MIRACLE ON 34^th STREET (1947)
Wednesday, December 8 at 7 p.m.
NR, 96 minutes
Starring: Edmund Gwenn, Maureen O’Hara & John Payne
Directed by: George Seaton
When a nice old man who claims to be Santa Claus is institutionalized as insane, a young lawyer decides to defend him by arguing in court that he is the real thing.

ELF (2003)
Monday, December 13 at 7 p.m.
PG, 97 minutes
Starring: Will Ferrell, James Caan & Bob Newhart
Directed by: John Favreau
After discovering he is a human, a man raised as an elf at the North Pole decides to travel to New York City to locate his real father.

NATIONAL LAMPOON’S CHRISTMAS VACATION (1989)
Tuesday, December 14 at 7 p.m.
PG-13, 97 minutes
Starring: Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo & Juliette Lewis
Directed by: Jeremiah Chechik
The Griswold family's plan for a big family Christmas predictably turns into a big disaster.
**Ugly Sweater Contest

ANIMATED DOUBLE FEATURE:
A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS & FROSTY THE SNOWMAN
Monday, December 20 at 11 a.m.
Wednesday, December 22 at 11 a.m.
Thursday, December 23 at 11 a.m.
A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS (1965)
G, 25 minutes
Repelled by the commercialism he sees around him, Charlie Brown tries to find the true meaning of Christmas.
FROSTY THE SNOWMAN (1966) G, 25 minutes
A living snowman and a little girl struggle to elude a greedy magician who is after the snowman's magic hat.
**PJs at the Palace!

THE SANTA CLAUSE (1994)
Monday, December 20 at 2 p.m.
Thursday, December 23 at 2 p.m.
PG, 97 minutes
Starring: Tim Allen, Judge Reinhold & Wendy Crewson
Directed by: John Pasquin
When a man inadvertently makes Santa fall off of his roof on Christmas Eve, he finds himself magically recruited to take his place.

THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL (1992)
Tuesday, December 21 at 11 a.m.
(1992) G, 85 minutes
Starring: Michael Caine, Dave Goelz & Steve Whitmire
Directed by: Brian Henson
The Muppets tell their version of the classic tale of an old and bitter miser's redemption on Christmas Eve.

AFTER CHRISTMAS MOVIES

THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (1940)
Tuesday, December 28 at 2 p.m.
NR, 99 minutes
Starring: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart & Frank Morgan
Directed by: Ernst Lubitsch
Two gift shop employees who are constantly at odds fall in love with each other as anonymous pen pals.

THE HOLIDAY (2006)
Wednesday, December 29 at 2 p.m.
PG-13, 138 minutes
Starring: Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz & Jude Law
Directed by: Nancy Meyers
Two women troubled with guy-problems swap homes in each other's countries where they each meet a local guy and fall in love.

MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (1944)
Thursday, December 30 at 2 p.m.
Passed, 113 minutes
Starring: Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien & Mary Astor
Directed by: Vincente Minnelli
Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.