Monday Night at the Movies
October 19, November 23, December 14, 2026
January 11, February 15, March 22, April 12, May 17, 2027
Mondays – 7:00 PM
Take a step back in time and enjoy a classic movie on the big screen – the way they were meant to be seen. Before television, movie complexes and the internet – there were movie theatres. Take a Monday night to enjoy a nostalgic journey down memory lane. with the movies that played an integral role in the history of The Ritz. Grand movie palaces were built with great excess including elaborate interior design, conditioned air and the incredible ambiance that became an important part of the movie-going experience. Built in 1928 to capture the huge demand for “talkies,” The Ritz Theatre became “the” place to see movies in Tiffin. Take a Monday evening to enjoy a nostalgic journey down memory lane with the movies that played an integral role in the history of The Ritz.
Sponsored by Sutton Bank
General admission seating – $5. Advance purchase not necessary.
October 19, 2026 – Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)
Doc (Burt Lancaster) is a chiropractor and recovering alcoholic. Twenty years earlier, he abandoned his promising medical studies when Lola (Shirley Booth) became pregnant. After they lost the baby to a miscarriage, they settled into a monotonous, regret-filled life.
November 23, 2026 – The Fountainhead (1949)
An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards. The film stars Gary Cooper and Patricia Neal
December 14, 2026 – The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand each other, without realizing that they are falling in love through the post as each other’s anonymous pen pal. The film stars Margaret Sullivan, James Stewart and Frank Morgan.
January 11, 2027 – A Star is Born (1954)
A fading matinee idol helps a young singer and actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career on a downward spiral. The film stars Judy Garland and James Mason
February 15, 2027 – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Mortimer Brewster (Cary Grant), a Brooklyn writer of books on the futility of marriage, risks his reputation after he decides to tie the knot. Things grow complicated when he learns that his beloved maiden aunts Abby (Josephine Hull) and Martha (Jean Adair) are serial murderers. The film also stars Priscilla Lane and Raymond Massey.
March 22, 2027 – I am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
A World War I veteran (Paul Muni) and aspiring engineer tries to re-enter civilian life. After being unwillingly caught up in a robbery, he suffers the intolerable conditions of a Southern chain gang, struggling to clear his name and prove his worth. The film also stars Glenda Farrell ad Helen Vinson.
April 12, 2027 – Vertigo (1958)
A former San Francisco police detective (James Stewart) juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with the hauntingly beautiful woman he has been hired to trail, who may be deeply disturbed. The film also stars Kim Novak and Barbara Bel Geddes.
May 17, 2027 – Bringing Up Baby (1938)
While trying to secure a $1 million donation for his museum, a befuddled paleontologist (Cary Grant) is pursued by a flighty and often irritating heiress (Katharine Hepburn) and her pet leopard, Baby.
