Saugatuck Red Barn Theatre Movie Night

Date: Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Start Time: 7:00 pm

Location: Red Barn Theatre

Category: Saugatuck & Douglas Events

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The Red Barn Theater’s film attraction for November 1 is ‘East of Eden,’ director Elia Kazan’s 1955 adaptation of the John Steinbeck novel and starring James Dean, Raymond Massey, Julie Harris, and Jo Van Fleet, who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her portrayal of Kate, Dean’s disgraced mother. This was the second-to-last picture completed by the 24-year-old Dean, who was killed in an auto accident in September of 1955 soon after filming on ‘Giant’ ended.

Steinbeck based his story on the biblical brothers Cain and Abel. It is 1917, during World War I, in the central California farming community of Salinas. Cal "Cain" Trask ( Dean) and Aron "Abel" Trask (Richard Davalos) are the young adult sons of a modestly successful farmer and wartime draft board chairman named Adam Trask (Massey). The loner Cal is moody and embittered by his belief that his father favors Aron, who is successful and eager to please.

Although both Cal and Aron had long been led to believe that their mother had died "and gone to heaven," the opening scene reveals that Cal knows his mother (Van Fleet) is still alive, owning and running a successful brothel in nearby town of Monterey.

The film plays on the tension among Cal and Aron and their father, and the sudden attraction between Cal and Abra (Harris), Aron’s girlfriend. In hopes that he can earn his father’s respect, Cal borrows $5,000 from his mother, hoping to succeed in business where his father failed.

Join host John Hardy at 7 p.m. in front of The Big Screen at The Red Barn, 3657 63rd St. at Blue Star Hwy., Saugatuck, about a quarter mile east of Exit 41 off of I-196. Suggested donation is $5. Free popcorn from CNJ Popcorn Co. and $1 concessions. Call (269) 857-5300 for more information or email lakeshorearts@comcast.net

Location Details

Red Barn Theatre
63RD & Blue Star Hwy.
Saugatuck Mi 49453

Location Phone: 269-857-5300