The 1942 classic Casablanca, starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, will be shown on Sunday, July 19, at 4 and 7 pm, at Edmond Town Hall. This is the second film in the 2015 Sunday Cinema Series lineup and will be shown in high definition. Admission is just $2.

Casablanca won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Writing, Screenplay, in addition to five Oscar nominations in other categories.

The initial lines of the movie set the stage: "With the coming of the Second World War, many eyes in imprisoned Europe turned hopefully, or desperately, toward the freedom of the Americas. Lisbon became the great embarkation point. But, not everybody could get to Lisbon directly, and so a tortuous, roundabout refugee trail sprang up – Paris to Marseilles... across the Mediterranean to Oran... then by train, or auto, or foot across the rim of Africa, to Casablanca in French Morocco. Here, the fortunate ones through money, or influence, or luck, might obtain exit visas and scurry to Lisbon; and from Lisbon, to the New World. But the others wait in Casablanca..."

This showing of Casablanca is sponsored by the Law Offices of James O. Gaston.

Upcoming movies for the series are:

Some Like It Hot on Wednesday, August 19, at 1 and 7pm;

Breakfast at Tiffany’s on Sunday, November 8, at 4 and 7 pm; and 

The Sound of Music on Sunday, December 13, also 4 and 7 pm.

For more information, visit Facebook.com/SundayCinemaSeries and or NewtownArtsCommission.org.