Saugatuck Red Barn Theatre Movie Night- "Good Neighbor Sam"

Date: Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Start Time: 6:30 pm

Location: Red Barn Theatre

Category: Saugatuck & Douglas Events

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Fans of screwball comedy are fulsomely rewarded as The Red Barn Theater’s film series continues March 13 with 1964’s “Good Neighbor Sam,” a perfect vehicle for the ever harassed Jack Lemmon and several television stalwarts of the era.

Under the direction of David Swift, the rollicking cast gets the most out of a plot that features a hundred comedic twists. Lemmon, as Sam, is a happily married man who lives in the suburbs with his wife, Min (Dorothy Provine of Warner Brothers television fame) and two nice kids. Min’s best friend, divorcee Janet (Romy Schneider) moves in next door with a big problem: she stands to inherit $15 million if she can prove she is married. Of course the Lemmon wants to help, so he agrees to pose at her husband.

The agreement also puts at risk Sam’s job at the Burke and Hare advertising agency, where he has received a promotion based on his good moral character. (Fans of nineteenth century crime will recognize Burke and Hare as the names of the two most famous body snatchers in history; they provided suspiciously fresh cadavers for Edinburgh University’s medical students.)

Watch for such television stalwarts as Louis Nye of the “Steve Allen Show” as a detective, Mike Connors (“Mannix”) as Janet’s estranged husband, and Joyce Jameson, a popular blonde bombshell as a hotel hooker.

Join host John Hardy at 6:30 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