PRE-CODE PARTY: TROUBLE IN PARADISE (1932)

SCREENING: SAT 9/25 4PM
Director: Ernst Lubitsch / 1932 / US / 83 min
$11 General Admission & $8 OFS members
Tickets available at the box office 1/2 hour before showtimes.

In the pre-code era of the 1930s, Barbara Stanwyck would lay haymakers and Joan Blondell could carelessly ash cigarettes over expensive furniture. It was a lawless period of filmmaking where cocktails, sexuality, and rolling smoke inundated the screen. Olympia Film Society’s Pre-Code Party presents some of classic Hollywood’s most scandalous titles, where jewel thieves and party animals ruled the night. Each film in the series will be introduced by OFS’s director of programming, Rob Patrick. 

When thief Gaston Monescu (Herbert Marshall) meets his true love in pickpocket Lily (Miriam Hopkins), they embark on a scam to rob lovely perfume company executive Mariette Colet (Kay Francis). But when Gaston becomes romantically entangled with Mme. Colet, their larcenous ruse is jeopardized and Gaston is forced to choose between two beautiful women. Legendary director Ernst Lubitsch’s masterful touch is in full flower in Trouble in Paradise, a pinnacle of the sophisticated romantic comedy, loaded with sparkling dialogue, witty innuendo, and elegant comic invention.

CURRENT COVID PROTOCOLS

Our top priority continues to be the safety of our audiences, artists, volunteers, staff, and the community. Beginning July 1, 2022, OFS will no longer require proof of vaccination. OFS strongly encourages and recommends when attending a performance at the Capitol Theater that all audience members wear a mask over their nose and mouth except when eating or drinking. Due to the continuing COVID-19 threat, it is critical to continue protecting and supporting those individuals who are immunocompromised or medically vulnerable, or who remain concerned for their own health or the health of their family or community. OFS encourages people to be kind and compassionate to individuals, students and businesses that choose to continue wearing face masks.

OFS management continually assesses the changing guidelines, artist contracts, and local government updates. We reserve the right to require health and safety protocols for all performances.  We will proactively communicate any change in health protocols with advance notice.

If you feel sick, have any of the following symptoms, or have tested positive for COVID-19, we request that you do not attend any performances:

Cough
Sore throat
Shortness of breath
Trouble breathing
Fever or chills
Loss of smell or taste

For more information, please see our operations announcement.