A favorite for film buffs, the Summer Classics Movie Series gives the opportunity to see some great films on the big screen. Here’s this year’s lineup.
The annual event returns with movies from a wide range of genres.
Tickets for the shows:
- $10 – General Admission
- $7 – Tampa Theatre Members
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“The Wizard of Oz” – 1939
ShareFriday, June 04: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 05: 7:30 p.m. Sunday, June 06: 3:00 p.m.
“Airplane!” – 1980
ShareSunday, June 13: 3:00 .p.m Thursday, June 17: 7:30 p.m. Shown: Actors Robert Hayes (L) and Peter Graves
“The Gold Rush” – 1925
ShareSunday, June 20: 3:00 p.m. Thursday, June 24: 7:30 p.m.
“Citizen Kane” – 1941
ShareSunday, June 27: 3:00 p.m. Thursday, July 01 7:30 p.m.
“Glory” – 1989
ShareSunday, July 4: 3:00 p.m. Thursday, July 8: 7:30 p.m. Shown: Director Edward Zwick (L) and actor Denzel Washington (R)
“North By Northwest” – 1959
ShareSunday, July 11: 3:00 p.m. Thursday, July 15: 7:30 p.m. Shown: Director Alfred Hitchcock
“The Big Lebowski” – 1998
ShareSunday, July 18: 3:00 p.m. Thursday, July 22: 7:30 p.m. Shown: (L-R) Actors Julianne Moore, Jeff Bridges, and John Goodman
“Some Like It Hot” – 1959
ShareSunday, August 1: 3:00 p.m. Thursday, August 5: 7:30 p.m. Shown: Marilyn Monroe
“Singin’ In The Rain” – 1952
ShareSunday, August 8: 3:00 p.m. Thursday, August 12: 7:30 p.m.
“Young Frankenstein” – 1974
ShareSunday, August 15: 3:00 p.m. Thursday, August 19: 7:30 p.m. Shown: Gene Wilder Madeline Kahn. Marty Feldman and actress Margarita Terekhova,
“Casablanca” – 1942
ShareSunday, August 22: 3:00 p.m. Thursday, August 26: 7:30 p.m. Shown: Humphrey Bogart's son Stephen Bogart and Ingrid Bergman's daughter Pia Lindstrom
“The Black Pirate” – (1926)
ShareSunday, August 29: 3:00 p.m. Thursday, September 2: 7:30p.m. Shown: Douglas Fairbanks Senior in character for the film 'The Black Pirate', alongside an artist who is making a model of him.
[Source: Tampatheatre.org]

Mason’s Top 20 Favorite Movies of the 1980’s
#20 – “Beverly Hills Cop”
ShareStarring Eddie Murphy, John Ashton and Judge Reinhold. (1984)
#19 – “A Christmas Story”
ShareStarring Peter Billingsley, Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin (1983)
#18 – “Stripes”
ShareStarring Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, John Candy (1981)
#17 – “The Karate Kid”
ShareStarring Pat Morita, Ralph Macchio, Elisabeth Shue, William Zabka, Martin Kove (1984)
#16 – “War Games”
ShareStarring Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood Ally Sheedy (1983)
#15 – “Pretty In Pink”
ShareStarring Molly Ringwald, John Cryer, Andrew McCarthy
#14 – “Fast Times at Ridgemont High”
ShareShown: Forest Whitaker, director Amy Heckerling, Brian Backer, Robert Romanus, Judge Reinhold, Taylor Negron and Sean Penn accept the Guy Movie Hall of Fame award for "Fast Times on Ridgemont High" (1982)
#13 – “Poltergeist”
ShareStarring Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams, Beatrice Straight
#12 – “Trading Places”
ShareStarring Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche, Denholm Elliott, Jamie Lee Curtis (1983)
#11 – “Gremlins”
ShareStarring Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton (1984)
#10 – “The Blues Brothers”
ShareStarring John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Carrie Fisher, John Candy (1980)
#9 – “Risky Business”
ShareStarring Tom Cruise, Rebecca De Mornay (1983)
#8 – “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”
ShareStarring Matthew Broderick, Mia Sara, Alan Ruck (1986)
#7 – “Airplane!”
ShareStarring Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen, Peter Graves, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1980)
#6 – “Die Hard”
ShareStarring Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman (1988)
#5 – “Raiders of the Lost Ark”
ShareStarring Harrison Ford, Karen Allen (1981)
#4 – “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation”
ShareStarring Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Randy Quaid (1989)
#3 – “The Empire Strikes Back”
ShareStarring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher (1980)
#2 – “E.T. The Extra Terrestrial”
ShareStarring Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Dee Wallace (1982)
#1 – “Back to the Future”
ShareStarring Michael J Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson (1985)