Movie buffs will experience some of Hollywood's greatest films at the Paramount Theatre: Announcing the Movie Classics Series including Singin' in the Rain on Nov 21 and Mary Poppins on Dec 26. Admission is only $5 and tickets can be purchased at the Paramount Theatre Box Office, ticketmaster.com or by calling (415) 421 TIXS (8497) or (510) 625 TIXS (8497). All seats are general admission. The Paramount Box Office (2025 Broadway, Oakland) opens at 6 p.m. on the day of the shows.

“Watching the great films of Hollywood's Golden Era at the Paramount Theatre, America's finest Art Deco movie palace, brings you back to the 'movie palace' glory of the 1930s, when motion pictures grew into one of the nation's greatest industries,” said Leslee Stewart, Paramount Theatre General Manager. “Patrons can come 60 minutes before the curtain rises, enjoy a cocktail at the bar and listen to renown organist Jim Riggs playing the Mighty Wurlitzer – it's a fabulous experience.”

The Classic Series movies include a newsreel of the time, cartoons and the chance to play the Dec-O-Win game to win great prizes!

Paramount Theatre Movie Classics Schedule (Show time 8 p.m.)
Friday, November 21: Singin' in the Rain
Friday, December 26: Mary Poppins

About North by Northwest
North by Northwest (1959) is a suspense film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint and James Mason, and featuring Leo G. Carroll and Martin Landau. The film is one of several Hitchcock movies with a film score by Bernard Herrmann and features a famous title sequence by the graphic designer Saul Bass.
The movie's world premiere took place in the San Sebastian International Film Festival. North by Northwest is a tale of mistaken identity, with an innocent man pursued across America by agents of a mysterious organization who want to stop his interference in their plans to smuggle out some microfilm. The movie was nominated for three Academy Awards.

About Singin' in the Rain
Singin' in the Rain is a 1952 comedy musical film starring Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, and Debbie Reynolds and directed by Kelly and Stanley Donen, with Kelly also providing the choreography. It offers a comic depiction of Hollywood's transition from silent films to "talkies.” The movie is frequently described as one of the best musicals ever made and was nominated for two Academy Awards.

About Mary Poppins - 1964 Musical Movie Classic
Walt Disney’s supercalifragilistic family favorite features Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke and other little creatures! A spoiled upper crust Edwardian English family has their world turned upside down by an all nonsensical nanny who teaches them how to enjoy life.

Paramount Theatre Box Office Hours
The Box Office is open Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and Saturday,
11 a.m. to 3 p.m. It is closed on Sunday, Monday and holidays unless there is a scheduled event.
The Box Office opens two hours prior to curtain time for that evening's event sales ONLY.

About Paramount Theatre in Oakland
Oakland's Paramount Theatre is one of the finest remaining examples of Art Deco design in the United States. It was designed by renowned San Francisco architect Timothy L. Pflueger and completed in late 1931. After its initial brief blaze of "movie palace" glory in the 1930's, this remarkable auditorium suffered three decades of neglect and decline until its rescue by the Oakland Symphony, the City of Oakland and numerous private donors. A painstaking and authentic restoration was completed in 1973 and the Theatre became a California Registered Historic Landmark in 1976 and a National Historic Landmark in 1977. Fully upgraded to modern technical standards, the Paramount now serves all the arts, is the home of the Oakland East Bay Symphony and hosts a year-round schedule of popular music concerts, variety shows, theatre and - of course – movies.