Date: Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Start Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Red Barn Theatre
Category: Saugatuck & Douglas Events
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The Red Barn Theater’s film series continues June 26 with “Band of Angels,” the 1957 drama set just before the Civil War and starring Clark Gable,Yvonne DeCarlo, and Sidney Poitier. Based on a novel by Robert Penn Warren, the plot revolves around a woman’s discovery that she is descended from slaves, not plantation aristocrats.
Amantha Starr (De Carlo) is the privileged daughter of a Kentucky plantation owner. However, after he dies, a shocking secret is revealed: unbeknownst to Amantha, her mother had been one of her father's black slaves. Legally now property, she is taken by a slave trader to New Orleans to be sold.
Amantha is put up for auction. When she is callously inspected by a coarse potential buyer, she is rescued from further humiliation by Hamish Bond (Gable), who outbids the cad, paying an exorbitant price for her. Expecting the worst, Amantha is surprised to be treated as a lady, not a slave, by her new owner. At his city mansion, she meets his key slaves, his housekeeper (and former lover) Michele (Carolle Drake) and his conflicted right-hand-man Rau-Ru (Poitier). Rau-Ru is grateful for the kindness, education and trust Hamish has bestowed on him, but hates him anyway. Over time, Amantha loves Bond, but finds out that he had been a slave trader.
Film begins at 7 p.m. when you can join host John Hardy 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
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Red Barn Theatre
63RD & Blue Star Hwy.
Saugatuck Mi 49453
Location Phone: 269-857-5300
Thursday, June 7, 2012
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