Bay Theater - Seal Beach

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  A Place in the Sun

  By STACY DAVIES | Thu, January 26, 2012

  This 1951 melodrama, directed by George Stevens and based on the novel An American Tragedy, sets working class Monty Clift against a classist, elitist world that offers him so much wealth and station—and mostly, the hot, loving arms of Elizabeth T... More >

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  Harold and Maude

  By ERIN DEWITT | Thu, January 05, 2012

  He's a wealthy teenager who loves to fake his own suicides, she's a vivacious, eccentric 79-year old intent on living each moment to the fullest—together, they're a match made in romantic existentialist comedy heaven. Colin Higgins' 1971 unorthodo... More >

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  Marty

  By STACY DAVIES | Thu, December 22, 2011

  Written by the astute Paddy Chayefsky (Network, The Hospital), this 1955 film about two regular, lonely people whose lives are suddenly brightened when they fall in love swept the Academy Awards, earning wins for Best Picture, Director and Actor—t... More >

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  Gremlins

  By CHRIS ZIEGLER | Thu, December 08, 2011

  God bless ‘em, everyone who made the movie Gremlins way back in 1984. It’s the over-cranked, under-tasteful antidote to wholesome Christmas cheeseball flicks, and it eviscerates its own (fake-out!) Spielbergian suburban cheerfulness by becoming so... More >

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  Sleepy Hollow

  By Joe Lapin | Thu, October 27, 2011

  Most Halloween aficionados have strict rituals in preparation for the actual night of All Hallows' Eve. Some nighthawks like to egg houses and pelt cars with shaving cream. Others like to rig up their homes with speakers, blaring electrified zombi... More >

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  ocweeklybestof

  | Wed, May 06, 2009

  Some people enjoy the scent of freshly popped popcorn with their movies. We do, too, but we prefer that popcorn to come with a side of must. The aroma of age evokes so many memories: Grandma's house, Granddad's slippers—you know, old stuff. Which is why the Bay Theatre in Seal Beach is the perfect viewing zone for those who love to reminisce. The Bay boasts a single screen with seats that stink of dust and a wobbly movie projector that produces a romantic crackling sound, making you feel like you're part of something historical. The ticket prices range from $6 to $8, and because the place frequently screens independent, foreign and classic films, attending a movie in this 1947 building is equivalent to sensory time travel.

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