ROCKLAND — The Strand Theatre will celebrate Maine’s 200th birthday by screening four films that were set in the state as part of the Maine in the Movies film festival, a 17-city bicentennial event taking place March 5 – 15. Maine in the Movies is a project of the Maine Film Center, and is an official Maine Bicentennial Event.
In the Bedroom
In the Bedroom (2001), will show on Saturday, March 14, at 7:30 p.m. Set on the coast of Maine, the film centers on the inner dynamics of a family in transition. A college age son, home with his parents for the summer, becomes involved in a love affair with a not-yet divorced single mother. As the beauty of Maine’s brief and fleeting summer comes to an end, these characters find themselves in the midst of unimaginable tragedy.
Starring Sissy Spacek, Tom Wilkinson, Nick Stahl, Marisa Tomei. Rated R.
Captain January and Jean the Match-Maker
Captain January (1936) will show on Sunday, March 15, at 1 p.m. The film features Shirley Temple as Star, a shipwrecked orphan girl growing up with a gentle lighthouse-keeper named Captain January, who rescued her from the waves when she was a baby. While she loves her life of dancing and spitting with sailors, a bitter truant officer believes that Star belongs in a boarding school.
The film is based on a story by Laura E. Richards who lived, worked, and is buried in Gardiner. Richards was a prolific writer of children’s stories, novels, and non-fiction. She is particularly distinguished for having been the first recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for biography in 1917 for a book about her mother, the abolitionist and suffragette Julia Ward Howe, according to the Strand, in a news release.
Starring Shirley Temple, Guy Kibbe, June Lang, Buddy Ebsen. Rated G
The film short Jean the Match-Maker (1910) is Maine’s oldest narrative movie. The film features the first certifiable animal movie star: Jean, the Vitagraph Dog. Before Rin Tin Tin, Lassie, and Toto, Eastport-born Jean was the most famous dog in the world. She and her owner, trainer, and eventual director – Robbinston native Laurence Trimble – made 25 silent films together.
Jean the Match-Maker was thought lost until a print was discovered in the New Zealand Film Archive and restored by the Library of Congress. A new musical score has been commissioned from LA composer Mikel Hurwitz specifically to accompany this silent film.
Peyton Place
Peyton Place (1957) will be presented on Sunday, March 15, at 3 p.m. Shot on location in Camden, Belfast, Rockland, Lincolnville, Rockport, and Thomaston, Peyton Place was nominated for nine Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, five Best Acting or Supporting Acting nominations, and Best Cinematography.
In this adaptation of Grace Metalious’ novel, steamy goings-on abound in the small, prim New England community of Peyton Place. Newcomer Michael Rossi arrives in town on the eve of World War II and is soon involved with gorgeous but prudish shop owner Constance MacKenzie (Lana Turner), who keeps some secrets from her daughter, Allison. Amidst engagements and school graduations, Michael discovers seething, dark undercurrents that include assault, suicide — and murder.
Starring Lana Turner, Hope Lange, Lee Philips, Diane Varsi, Lloyd Nolan. The film is not rated.
For more information about the film festival and a complete schedule of screenings, visit www.MaineMovies200.com.
For more information about the Strand screenings, visit www.rocklandstrand.com or call (207) 594-0070. Regular ticket pricing: $9/Adults, $8/Seniors and Under 12; $7/Strand Members. Tickets will be available at the box office 30 minutes before showtime.
The Strand Theatre, 345 Main Street, Rockland.
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