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A Night At The Opera (1935) |
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Dec 29, 2008 at 02:23 PM |
 January 10th, The Marx Brothers are recalled as comic geniuses hailing from New York and making legendary films in Hollywood, but the brother act actually perfected its entertainment anarchy throughout the Midwest in the 1920s.
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Last Updated ( Dec 29, 2008 at 02:26 PM )
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It's a Wonderful Life (1946) |
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Nov 12, 2008 at 08:59 AM |
 Saturday, Dec. 20, 7 p.m. - The classic holiday movie with Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed. George Bailey (James Stewart) has the picture perfect life: a loving wife, Mary (Donna Reed), four young children, and his own business, which he inherited from his father. However, on Christmas Eve, George encounters severe business difficulties at the Bailey Building and Loan. George's Uncle Billy (Thomas Mitchell) loses the cash they owe the bank, which is owned by the Scrooge-esque Mr. Potter (Lionel Barrymore). This leads George to a life crisis, and he contemplates suicide. He's saved at the last moment by the apperance of his guardian angel, Clarence (Henry Travers). |
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Last Updated ( Nov 12, 2008 at 09:20 AM )
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939) |
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Nov 12, 2008 at 08:53 AM |
 Saturday, Dec. 6, 7 p.m. - The film begins with Moriarty and Holmes verbally sparring on the steps outside the Old Bailey where Moriarty has just been acquitted on a charge of murder due to lack of evidence. Holmes remarks, "You've a magnificent brain, Moriarty. I admire it. I admire it so much I'd like to present it, pickled in alcohol, to the London Medical Society". "It would make an impressive exhibit" sneers Moriarty. |
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Last Updated ( Dec 03, 2008 at 09:41 AM )
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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) |
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Nov 12, 2008 at 08:49 AM |
 Saturday, Nov. 22, 7 p.m. - Somewhere in the desert. A car speeds like crazy along the roads. Suddenly, the driver loses control and sails off a cliff. Four other vehicles are near, they stop to help. The dying man narrates the drivers of a fortune in cash, $350,000, which he has hidden below a giant "W" in Santa Rosita, some 200 miles away. The four drivers and their respective passengers can't decide on how to share the future fortune, and suddenly a wild race to Santa Rosita develops. |
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Last Updated ( Nov 13, 2008 at 11:23 AM )
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Matinee Returns to the Apollo |
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Jun 05, 2008 at 08:10 AM |
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This Saturday at 12 noon the downtown movie matinee returns to Peoria! The Apollo Theatre presents an excerpt of “Star Wars: Clone Wars” (animated) and an original episode of “Star Trek” (“The Corbomite Maneuver”) before the showing of “Galaxy Quest,” the 1999 film starring Tim Allen and Sigourney Weaver. All for just $3 a seat! Plus free ice cream from the Spotted Cow! |
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Last Updated ( Jun 05, 2008 at 08:23 AM )
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Welcome To The Apollo Theatre Website |
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Nov 17, 2006 at 12:00 AM |
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Welcome to ApolloInPeoria.com, the official website of the nonprofit Apollo Theatre, the small theater with a big screen! |
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Last Updated ( Jul 23, 2007 at 07:08 AM )
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