Since more than 400 people attended The Rocky Horror Picture Show on October 17, we decided to bring you more of what you've been asking for: movies at the Soo Theatre!
For five weekends from Halloween through Thanksgiving, the Soo Theatre Project will present some movie classics on the big screen to celebrate the season at an affordable price. Admission is just $5. Want to know more about a movie? Check the Movies at the Soo Theatre page on our website at sootheatre.org for links to movie trailers.
Oct 31-Nov 1 Young Frankenstein
Halloween Weekend
Saturday, October 31 (Halloween night) at 10 p.m.
Sunday, November 1 at 2 p.m.
Tickets: $5 for everyone
Mel Brooks' monstrously crazy tribute to Mary Shelley's classic pokes hilarious fun at just about every Frankenstein movie ever made. Summoned by a will to his late grandfather's castle in Transylvania, young Dr. Frankenstein (pronounced "Fron-ken-steen") (Gene Wilder) soon discovers the scientist's step-by-step manual explaining how to bring a corpse to life. Assisted by the hunchback Igor (Marty Feldman) and the curvaceous Inga (Teri Garr), he creates a monster (Peter Boyle) who only wants to be loved. With Cloris Leachman, Madeline Kahn, Teri Garr. 1974, PG. Movie trailer
Nov 6-8 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Friday, November 6 at 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 7 at 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
Sunday, November 8 at 2 p.m.
Tickets: $5 for everyone
Glamorous showgirls Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell set sail for Paris on a luxury liner with the goal of landing some eligible millionaires in the lively musical comedy based on Anita Loos’ play. With Charles Coburn, Tommy Noonan, and Monroe’s legendary “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend” number. 1953, Not Rated. Movie trailer
Nov 13-15 The Princess Bride
Friday, November 13 at 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 14 at 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, November 15 at 2 p.m.
Tickets: $5 for everyone
This fun fantasy for the family from Rob Reiner follows the fairy tale quest of a young swashbuckler to rescue the title heroine from the evil machinations of her husband-to-be, a wily prince. Robin Wright and Cary Elwes are the young lovers; Billy Crystal, Mandy Patinkin, Wallace Shawn, Andre the Giant, and Peter Falk also star. 1987, PG. Movie trailer
Nov 20-22 Ice Age
Friday, November 20 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 21 at 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, November 22 at 2 p.m.
Tickets: $5 for everyone
They came... they thawed... they conquered the hearts of audiences everywhere in the coolest animated adventure of all time! Heading south to avoid a bad case of global frostbite, a group of migrating misfit creatures—woolly mammoth Manfred (voiced by Ray Romano), ground sloth Sid (John Leguizamo) and saber-toothed tiger Diego (Denis Leary)—embark on a hilarious quest to reunite a human baby with his tribe. 2002, PG. Movie trailer
Nov 28-29 Miracle on 34th Street (1947 Original)
Thanksgiving Weekend
Saturday, November 28 at 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, November 29 at 2 p.m.
Tickets: $5 for everyone
This perennial holiday film classic relates the tale of “Kris Kringle,” a Macy’s department store Santa Claus claiming to be the real thing—much to the dismay of a no-nonsense store executive (Maureen O’Hara) who is raising her daughter (Natalie Wood) not to believe in fantasy. But when Kringle (Edmund Gwenn, in an Academy Award-winning performance) is declared insane, a good-hearted lawyer (John Payne) fights to prove that the man is truly jolly old St. Nicholas as young and old alike face the age-old question: Do you believe in Santa Claus? 1947, Not Rated. Movie ad
And finally…
Don’t forget, the Soo Theatre’s Haunted Hall will be open on Friday, October 30, during the 16th Annual Fall Festival, Safe Trick or Treating from 5:00-7:00 p.m. Hosted by the Sault Ste. Marie Downtown Business Association, the festival also includes free hayrides and a children’s carnival, winding up with a kid’s costume contest at Avery Square at 7:00 p.m. You’ll have a great time at the Haunted Hall, so make sure to stop by and enjoy this free event!
The Soo Theatre Project is located at 534 Ashmun Street in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan 49783. For further information, call the theatre at (906) 632-1930 or visit our website at www.sootheatre.org. Come, join, and support the Soo Theatre Project! With your help we can continue to improve your theatre experience!