Classic Films at The Paramount (and Internet Archive)

Tomorrow night the historic Paramount Theatre - Austin's Movie Palace - kicks off its annual Summer Film Classics series with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in Top Hat, followed by Casablanca and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre this weekend. Over 60 films will be presented all summer long through September 4, many presented as two-for-one double features with either an episode of the 1943 Batman serial or a vintage Warner Bros. cartoon. Tickets range $5-7, or you can buy a book of ten passes for just $45. (Check out the full line-up here.)

P.S.: In vaguely related news, you can download an amazing array of public domain vintage films from the Internet Archive - including silents like Nosferatu, cartoons like the Fleischer Studios' Mechanical Monsters Superman episode, serials like Radar Men From the Moon, and even features like His Girl Friday and Charade.