Come celebrate with The Tower Theatre. 1940s film, newsreels and more at 1940 prices.

Come celebrate the 75th anniversary of the opening of the Tower Theatre in 1940. They’ll show the first film ever shown at the Tower… the 1939 film “Four Wives” directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Claude Rains and produced by Warner Brothers. They’ll screen 1940s cartoons and newsreels also.

“Four Wives” was the third installment of a popular Warner Bros. movie quartet in the late 1930s and early ’40s following the life, loves and families of the Lane sisters. In “Four Wives,” described as “sentimental but well-acted” by critic Leonard Maltin, Ann (Priscilla Lane) struggles to move on after her husband dies. Her sisters – Kay (Rosemary Lane), Thea (Lola Lane) and Emma (Gale Page) – try to pull her from her rut. Ann finds love again with a musician from her past, but shockingly discovers she carries the child of her deceased husband. Meanwhile, her sisters deal with their own life changes of marriage, adoption and pregnancy.

Before the movie, Todd Looby, executive director of BendFilm, will share some background on “Four Wives” director Michael Curtiz. A Hungarian immigrant and contract director for Warner Bros. studio, Curtiz went on to helm such classics as “Casablanca,” “White Christmas,” “Yankee Doodle Dandy,” “Mildred Pierce,” and even Elvis in “King Creole.”

Doors open at 5pm, show starts at 6pm and here’s the best part….

They’re rolling back the price to 1940s prices, only 25 cents paid at the door!

General admission, no reservations required.