The Princess Bride (1987)

Fri. Jan 27, 2023 at 7:30pm CST
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The Princess Bride (1987)

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ALL TICKETS ARE WILL-CALL AND CAN BE PICKED UP THE NIGHT OF THE MOVIE. TICKETS DO NOT GET PRINTED IN ADVANCE. YOUR E-MAIL IS ONLY A CONFIRMATION RECEIPT OF YOUR TICKET PURCHASE. PLEASE PLAN TO ARRIVE EARLY AS ALL MOVIES START ON TIME. WE DO NOT HAVE PREVIEWS.

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JANUARY

THE PRINCESS BRIDE (1987)
Friday, January 27 at 7:30 p.m.
PG, 98 minutes
Starring: Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin & Robin Wright
Directed by: Rob Reiner
While homesick in bed, a young boy's grandfather reads him the story of a farmboy-turned-pirate who encounters numerous obstacles, enemies and allies in his quest to be reunited with his true love.

FEBRUARY


AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER (1957)
FIRST FRIDAY FILM SERIES
Friday, February 3 at 7:30 p.m.
NR, 115 minutes                                              
Starring Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Richard Denning
Directed by Leo McCarey
A couple falls in love and agrees to meet in six months at the Empire State Building - but will it happen?

THE ENCHANTED COTTAGE (1945)
Friday, February 10 at 7:30 p.m.
APP, 91 minutes                              
Starring Dorothy McGuire, Robert Young, Herbert Marshall
Directed by John Cromwell

A homely maid and a disfigured ex-GI meet at a cottage where she works and where he was to spend his honeymoon. The romantic spirit of the cottage helps them see that true beauty lies within.

MARCH

THE THIN MAN (1934)
FIRST FRIDAY FILM SERIES
Friday, March 3 at 7:30 p.m.
PG, 91 minutes                 
Starring William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O’ Sullivan
Directed by W.S. Van Dyke
Former detective Nick Charles and his wife Nora investigate a murder case, mostly for the fun of it.

SPRING BREAK MOVIES
MARCH 13-17 at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Tickets $5


KUNG FU PANDA (2008)
Monday, March 13 at 10 a.m.
PG, 92 minutes
Voices of Jack Black, Ian McShane, Jackie Chan
Directed by Mark Osborne

To everyone's surprise, including his own, Po, an overweight, clumsy panda, is chosen as the protector of the Valley of Peace. His suitability will soon be tested as the valley's arch-enemy is on his way.

THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE (2005)
Monday, March 13 at 2 p.m.
PG 143 minutes
Starring Tilda Swinton, Georgie Henley, William Moseley
Directed by Andrew Adamson
Four kids travel through a wardrobe to the land of Narnia and learn of their destiny to free it with the guidance of a mystical lion.

THE SWAN PRINCESS (1994)
Tuesday, March 14 at 10 a.m.
G, 90 minutes
Voices of Michelle Nicastro, Jack Palance, Howard McGillin
Directed by Richard Rich

A power-hungry sorcerer curses a princess to live as a swan by day in this tale of everlasting love.

PETE’S DRAGON (1977)
Tuesday, March 14 at 2 p.m.
G, 128 Minutes
Starring Sean Marshall, Helen Reddy, Jim Dale
Directed by Don Chaffey
An orphan boy and his magical dragon come to town with his abusive adoptive parents in pursuit.

MADAGASCAR (2005)
Wednesday, March 15 at 10 a.m.
PG, 86 minutes
Voices of Chris Rock, Ben Stiller, Jada Pinkett Smith
Directed by Eric Darnell & Tom McGrath
A group of animals who have spent all their life in a New York zoo end up in the jungles of Madagascar, and must adjust to living in the wild.

THE MUPPET MOVIE (1979)
Wednesday, March 15 at 2 p.m.
G, 95 minutes
Voices of Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson
Directed by James Frawley
Kermit and his newfound friends trek across America to find success in Hollywood, but a frog legs merchant is after Kermit.

THE LAND BEFORE TIME (1988)
Thursday, March 16 at 10 a.m.
G, 69 minutes
Voices of Pat Hingle, Gabriel Damon, Judith Barsi
Directed by Don Bluth
An orphaned brontosaurus teams up with other young dinosaurs to reunite with their families in a valley.

LITTLE RASCALS (1994)
Thursday, March 16 at 2 p.m.
PG, 82 minutes
Starring Travis Tedford, Bug Hall, Brittany Ashton Holmes
Directed by Penelope Spheeris
Alfalfa is wooing Darla, and his "He-Man-Woman-Hating" friends attempt to sabotage the relationship.

RATATOUILLE (2007)
Friday, March 17 at 10 a.m.
G, 111 minutes
Voices of Brad Garrett, Lou Romano, Patton Oswalt
Directed by Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava
A rat who can cook makes an unusual alliance with a young kitchen worker at a famous restaurant.

ZATHURA: A SPACE ADVENTURE (2005)
Friday, March 17 at 2 p.m.
PG, 101 minutes
Starring Josh Hutcherson, Kristen Stewart, Dax Shephard
Directed by John Favreau
Two young brothers are drawn into an intergalactic adventure when their house is hurled through the depths of space by the magical board game they are playing.


 


THE BREAKFAST CLUB (1985)
Friday, March 24 at 7:30 p.m.
R, 97 minutes
Starring Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald
Directed by John Hughes
Five high school students meet in Saturday detention and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought.
**DETENTION DAY – come in your high school attire and receive a free small popcorn.

THE NATURAL (1984)
Friday, March 31 at 7:30 p.m.
PG, 148 minutes                              
Starring Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close
Directed by Barry Levinson

A middle-aged unknown comes seemingly out of nowhere to become a legendary baseball player with almost supernatural talent.

APRIL


THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (1938)
FIRST FRIDAY FILM SERIES
Friday, April 7 at 7:30 p.m.
PG, 102 minutes                                              
Starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone
Directed by Michael Curtiz
When Prince John and the Norman Lords begin oppressing the Saxon masses in King Richard's absence in 1190s England, a Saxon lord fights back as the outlaw leader of a resistance movement.


EASTER PARADE (1948)
Saturday, April 8 at 7:30 p.m.
APP, 103 minutes                            
Starring Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Peter Lawford
Directed by Charles Walters
A nightclub performer hires a naive chorus girl to become his new dance partner to make his former partner jealous and proves he can make any partner a star.

WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (1971)
Friday, April 14 at 7:30 p.m.
G, 100 minutes
Starring Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum
Directed by Mel Stuart
The world is astounded when Willy Wonka announces that five golden ticket winners will go on a tour of his factory, and be shown all the secrets of his amazing candy, and one will win a lifetime supply of Wonka chocolate.

CASABLANCA (1942)
Friday, April 21 at 7:30 p.m.
PG, 102 minutes
Starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid
Directed by Michael Curtiz
A cynical American expatriate struggles to decide if he should help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape French Morocco.


MAY


MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU! / STAR WARS DAY
Thursday, May 4 - Celebrate Star Wars with a movie marathon! Tickets $6 each or 3 for $15. Come in costume and get a free small popcorn. Purchase the Star Wars Day Bundle here.

STAR WARS: EP. IV – A NEW HOPE (1977)
Thursday, May 4 at 1 p.m.
PG, 121 minutes
Starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher
Directed by George Lucas

Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, cocky pilot, Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader.

STAR WARS: EP. V – THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980)
Thursday, May 4 at 4 p.m.
PG, 124 minutes
Starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher
Directed by Irvin Kershner

After the Rebels are brutally overpowered by the Empire on the ice planet Hoth, Luke Skywalker begins Jedi training with Yoda while his friends are pursued by Darth Vader.


STAR WARS: EP. VI – RETURN OF THE JEDI (1983)
Thursday, May 4 at 7 p.m.
PG, 131 minutes
Starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher
Directed by Richard Marquand

After a daring mission to rescue Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt, the Rebels dispatch to Endor to destroy the second Death Star. Meanwhile, Luke struggles to help Darth Vader back from the dark side without falling into the Emperor's trap.


BALL OF FIRE
(1941)
FIRST FRIDAY FILM SERIES
Friday, May 5 at 7:30 p.m.
APP, 111 minutes
Starring Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Oskar Homolka
Directed by Howard Hawks
A group of professors working on a new encyclopedia while living in a Manhattan mansion take in a mouthy nightclub singer who is wanted by the police to help bring down her mob boss lover.

JUNE

MOGAMBO (1953)
FIRST FRIDAY FILM SERIES
Friday, June 2 at 7:30 p.m.
Passed, 116 minutes      
Starring Clark Gable, Grace Kelly, Ava Gardner
Directed by John Ford
On a Kenyan safari, hunter Victor Marswell has a love triangle with seductive American socialite Eloise Kelly and anthropologist Donald Nordley's cheating wife Linda.

JULY

THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VANCE (1962)
FIRST FRIDAY FILM SERIES
Friday, July 7 at 7:30 p.m.
APP, 123 minutes                            
Starring James Stewart, John Wayne, Vera Miles
Directed by John Ford
A senator returns to a western town for the funeral of an old friend and tells the story of his origins.

AUGUST

ROMAN HOLIDAY (1953)
FIRST FRIDAY FILM SERIES
Friday, August 4 at 7:30 p.m.

Passed, 118 minutes      
Starring Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck, Eddie Albert
Directed by William Wyler
A bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome.

SEPTEMBER

HUD (1963)
FIRST FRIDAY FILM SERIES
Friday, September 1 at 7:30 p.m.

Passed, 112 minutes        
Starring Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Neal
Directed by Martin Ritt
Honest and hard-working Texas rancher Homer Bannon has a conflict with his selfish, arrogant and egotistical son Hud, who sank into alcoholism after accidentally killing his brother in a car crash.

OCTOBER

DIAL M FOR MURDER (1954)
FIRST FRIDAY FILM SERIES
Friday, October 6 at 7:30 p.m.
PG, 105 minutes  
Starring Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
A former tennis star arranges the murder of his adulterous wife.

NOVEMBER


SAHARA (1943)
FIRST FRIDAY FILM SERIES
Friday, November 3 at 7:30 p.m.
APP, 97 minutes              
Starring Humphrey Bogart, Bruce Bennett, J. Carrol Naish
Directed by Zoltan Korda
After the fall of Tobruk in 1942, during the Allied retreat in the Libyan desert, an American tank picks-up a motley group of survivors but they face advancing Germans and a lack of water.


CHRISTMAS


Classic Christmas Movies at the Palace, November 25 - 30.
Schdeule to be announced. Tickets on sale in July!


FAQS
Online ticket sales end two hours prior to showing. The Box Office will open one-hour prior to showtime for walk-up sales and will-call ticket pick-up. All tickets are will-call.
* The box office closes 30 minutes after the movie starts (as does the concessions stand). 
* All our seating is general admission. We do not reserve seating for movies.
* We do not show previews, so the movie starts promptly, please plan to arrive early for parking and concessions.
* If you have a guest that is wheelchair bound, please call ahead and let us know, 817.410.3100. We only have a few seats that are wheelchair assessible (in the balcony, yes there is an elevator) and to ensure that it is available, as well as your party being able to sit with them we need to know in advance please.
* If a show is SOLD OUT, we do not have any tickets available. Since all tickets are non-refundable, we do not hand out other peoples tickets nor do we have a wait list. We do however, on occasion, have unused tickets from guests who have an extra ticket and no longer need it. We can not guarantee the availablity of gifted tickets or when they may be turned in. If you are looking for a gifted ticket to a SOLD OUT show, you'll need to wait at the box office, first come, first served.
* If you are unable to make it to your movie, we would be happy to move you to another date, we require 24-hours notice prior to the movie to make the change... if not we are happy to gift your ticket(s) on your behalf with your consent to another movie goer. **Transfers are for like events of the same value.

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Palace Theatre 300 S. Main Street
Grapevine, TX 76051