Saugatuck Red Barn Theatre Movie Night- "The Trouble With Harry"

Date: Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Start Time: 6:30 pm

Location: Red Barn Theatre

Category: Saugatuck & Douglas Events

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Fans of Alfred Hitchcock love to argue about “The Trouble with Harry,” The Red Barn Theater’s March 20 film series offering. Is this black 1955 comedy about a wandering corpse one of the director’s best or is it just an amusing and superficial sideshow in the Great Man’s pantheon of hits? Judging from reviews both contemporary and current, you won’t like this one if you take yourself and your Hitchcock too seriously. If you like a little fun with your mayhem, come on out.

Shirley MacLaine stars as a worried young mother whose son, a pre-Beaver Jerry Mathers, first discovers the body of Harry, his mother’s ex-husband. She thinks she killed Harry by hitting him with a whisky bottle. Edmond Gwenn is a retired sea captain who believes he killed Harry accidentally while hunting, as do several other villagers before the day is over. John Forsythe is a stalwart visitor who eventually figures out why Harry’s body keeps turning up all over the village and environs.

Contemporary reviewer Hal Erickson notes “The story's whimsical black-comedy elements are perfectly complemented by Bernard Herrmann's playful music score. Best bit: Mildred Natwick, coming upon Gwenn as the latter is strenuously dragging away Harry's corpse, asking offhandedly "What seems to be the trouble, Captain?" The Trouble With Harry was adapted by John Michael Hayes from the novel by John Trevor.”

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