Family Fright Night at Field Hall: JAWS

Happy Hour 4-6PM, Free Screenings of The Haunted House (1921 & 1929) at 5:30PM Join us for a brand new film series: Fright Night at Field Hall! Horror-lovers are invited to join us for a free silent film screening in the Sunset Lounge followed by a horror favorite in the Donna M. Morris Theater. For this family Fright Night, we're keeping it PG with Jaws and pre-show screenings of the lighthearted silent spooks The Haunted House (1921, Buster Keaton) and The Haunted House (1929, Mickey Mouse). Junior jump-scare enthusiasts welcome; parents advised to check content warnings for Jaws. Watch the Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1fu_sA7XhE When a young woman is killed by a shark while skinny-dipping near the New England tourist town of Amity Island, police chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) wants to close the beaches, but mayor Larry Vaughn (Murray Hamilton) overrules him, fearing that the loss of tourist revenue will cripple the town. Ichthyologist Matt Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) and grizzled ship captain Quint (Robert Shaw) offer to help Brody capture the killer beast, and the trio engage in an epic battle of man vs. nature. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Join us in the Sunset Lounge pre-show for dinner, drinks, and a free screening of the silent films The Haunted House (1921 and 1929). Enjoy our new August menu and a selection of seasonal cocktails and mocktails, crafted to enhance your celebration. Field Arts & Events Hall, the Field Hall Gallery and the upstairs Sunset Bar & Lounge will open at 4:00PM. The free screening of The Haunted House (1921) will begin at 5:30PM, The Haunted House (1929) will begin at 5:55PM. Theater opens for seating at 6:45PM. Jaws will start in the Donna M. Morris Theater at 7:00PM. (1980) Rating: PG, Runtime 2h 4min. Please note that food and beverages are available in the Sunset Lounge before the show. Food and drink are not allowed in the theater The Haunted House (1921) A bank teller (Buster Keaton), wrongly accused of being an accomplice in a hold-up, flees to an abandoned house where an opera company is performing Faust. It is also the headquarters of the bank-robbing gang, who are trying to make the house seem haunted. Directed by Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton. Rating: Not Rated, Runtime 21min The Haunted House (1929) The Haunted House is a 1929 Mickey Mouse short animated film released by Celebrity Productions, as part of the Mickey Mouse film series. The short animated film follows Mickey Mouse trapped in a haunted house and forced to play music. It was directed by Walt Disney who also provided the voice of Mickey; Ub Iwerks was the primary animator and Carl Stalling wrote the original music. Rating: Not Rated, Runtime: 7min