Saugatuck Red Barn Theatre Movie Night-North To Alaska

Date: Tuesday, November 8, 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 8 is ‘North to Alaska,’ a comedy western featuring Duke Wayne himself and the British swashbuckler Stewart Granger, along with teen hearthrob Fabian, French star Capucine, and TV comedian Ernie Kovacs as a claim-jumping gambler.

Granger and Fabian play the brothers (!) Pratt, George and Billy, and Wayne is their partner in a gold mine. Wayne goes to Seattle to fetch George Pratt's fiancée and some mining equipment.

Turns out the fiancee has run off with someone else, so Wayne in a moment of alcoholic brilliance talks a girl with a French accent (Capucine) into going back to Alaska to marry Granger.

The Duke has some of his funniest screen moments in this film. There's a whole routine with Granger and Capucine trying to make Wayne jealous and with Fabian serving as a straight man to Wayne, it's a pretty funny bit of business. Wayne's facial expressions are alone worth seeing.

Wayne shrewdly marketed his films to a younger audience by casting teen idols. Fabian drew in the young ladies as did Ricky Nelson in ‘Rio Bravo’ and Frankie Avalon in ‘The Alamo.’

And Johnny Horton’s title song raced up the musical charts to bring even better marketing pizzaz for ‘North to Alaska’

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