Moviegoers last weekend were treated to three screenings of The Wizard of Oz at Edmond Town Hall, where audience members of all ages filed in to the historic building's auditorium.

The screenings were the latest installation of Newtown Cultural Arts Commission's Someday Cinema Series, which [naviga:u]lauched five years ago, in May 2014[/naviga:u], with screenings of The Wizard of Oz and The Little Princess. 

Series Coordinator Jen Rogers was outside the front door of Edmond Town Hall late Sunday afternoon, June 23, welcoming guests as they arrived. Ms Rogers and event sponsors Richelle and Bob Ward greeted guests for all three shows, in fact; the third show saw a steady stream of guests of all ages. 

Ms Rogers smiled as one couple approached the building. 

"We're back!" said the woman, ascending the steps. "We saw The Wizard of Oz when you started this five years ago, and we're back for it again." 

"Thank you for coming," Ms Rogers said. "Enjoy the show. Again." 

Inside the town hall lobby, sponsors Richelle and Bob Ward were also greeting attendees. The Wards had donated a lithograph to raffle as a door prize for anyone who wanted to enter. The authenticated image depicted three of the actors who portrayed Munchkins in the 1939 film: Mickey Carroll, who portrated a violinist; Jerry Marren, "The Lollipop Kid"; and Karl Slover, who was credited as 1st Trumpeter. 

The series is now on its summer hiatus, but Ms Rogers reminded audiences last weekend that Someday Cinema will return in September, with two films scheduled that month. 

The series will resume on Thursday, September 5, with True Grit (1969), for its 50th anniversary. Following that, Harrison Ford stars in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) on Sunday, September 29, in Ford’s first Someday Cinema Series appearance.

Pianist and historian Ben Model will provide live accompaniment to the vampire film Nosferatu (1922) on Sunday, October 27, and Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn will star in the zany comedy Bringing Up Baby (1938) on Sunday, November 17.

"That film has to be one of Katherine Hepburn's most hilarious roles," Ms Rogers noted Sunday afternoon. 

The 2019 schedule will conclude on Sunday, December 16, with The Shop Around The Corner, starring James Stewart.

"I had hoped to bookend this year with James Stewart films," Ms Rogers said. The 1950 film Harvey, another Stewart feature, had been initially scheduled for January 20, "but weather changed those plans," she added.