Lindo Theatre Presents "Spellbound" in Hitchcock Series February 1, 2012

The Lindo Theatre continues its Hitchcock Suspense/Thriller Film Series paying tribute to the suspense and psychological thrill master with a February 1 screening of the 1945 “mental asylum” classic “Spellbound.” All series show times are at 1 and 7 PM on select Wednesdays at the Lindo Theatre, located at 115 S. Chicago Avenue in downtown Freeport. Co-sponsored by Highland Community College and Stephenson County Historical Society, admission to the Hitchcock Suspense/Thriller Film Series is $20 for the entire series or $5 per movie. Tickets are available at the Lindo box office.

As “Spellbound” opens, the staff of a posh mental asylum eagerly await the arrival of the new director. When the man in question shows up, it turns out to be handsome psychiatrist John Ballantine (Gregory Peck). But something's wrong, here: Ballantine seems much too young for so important a position, his answers to the staff's questions are vague and detached, and he seems unusually distressed by the parallel marks, left by a fork, on a white tablecloth. Dr. Constance Peterson (Ingrid Bergman) comes to the conclusion that Ballantine is not the new director, but a profoundly disturbed amnesiac and, possibly, the murderer of the real director. But is she correct in her inferences? Director Hitchcock tapped surrealist artist Salvador Dali to design visually arresting dream sequences in the film. Starring: Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck and Rhonda Fleming

Remaining Dates in the Hitchcock Suspense/Thriller Film Series:
March 7: “Rear Window” (1954)
April 4: “North By Northwest” (1959)
PLUS, A BONUS MOVIE:
April 25: “Maytime” (1937)

The series of Hitchcock Suspense/Thrillers, has been selected with the assistance of Dr. Ed Finch, executive director for the Freeport Historical Museum, and Alan Wenzel, the Speech and Communications instructor for Highland Community College. There will be a brief introduction before each movie and a discussion led by Ed Finch and Alan Wenzel following the movie.
Movie-goers are encouraged to stay after the movie to participate in this exchange.