SPECIAL SERIES
Lincoln Theater’s Classic Film Club is an annual series celebrating the most acclaimed films from Hollywood's Golden Age.
Classic Film Club launches season 9 on October 1, 2026. CFC series passes and tickets will go on sale on or before September 1.
Please feel free to reach out to us with any questions at info@LincolnTheater.org or (207) 563-3424.
Season 9..."The Fabulous ‘40s"
The biggest stars & hits of the decade.
Enrollment at $60/person includes admission to all six films in the series with special introductions by CFC host and film historian Jeannie MacDonald, a free small popcorn at each film, and a free beverage (special beer & wine selections paired with each film, or non-alcoholic options from concessions) at each film.
Films play on the first Thursday and Friday of each month – October 2026 to March 2027.
Thursday screenings are at 7pm and Friday screenings are at 1pm.
We look forward to sharing these classics with you in Season 9!
See you at the movies!
"The Fabulous ‘40s”
Legendary stars.
Oscar-winning directors.
Box-office blockbusters.
They’re classics for a reason – and this season, only at The Lincoln Theater, they’re back on the big screen.
October 1 & 2: The Maltese Falcon.
Humphrey Bogart rocketed to superstardom in this legendary blockbuster, written & directed by two-time Oscar winner John Huston. Bogie plays hard-boiled detective Sam Spade, out to solve his partner’s murder and find a priceless jeweled statuette.
November 5 & 6: Meet Me in St. Louis.
Judy Garland stars in this beloved family musical. Set in the run-up to the 1904 World’s Fair, directed by Oscar winner Vincente Minnelli (Gigi), and featuring Judy’s hits “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” “The Trolley Song” and “The Boy Next Door.”
December 3 & 4: Going My Way.
In the 1940s, Bing Crosby dominated radio, records and movies, including this musical-comedy smash, which swept seven Academy Awards, winning Crosby the Best Actor prize, plus Oscars for Best Picture, Supporting Actor, Director & Song (“Swinging on a Star”).
January 7 & 8: The Philadelphia Story.
Talk about an all-star cast! Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant and James Stewart form one of the hottest love triangles in Hollywood history in director George Cukor’s comedy that earned Stewart a Best Actor Oscar and fueled Hepburn’s big-screen comeback.
February 4 & 5: The More the Merrier.
Jean Arthur earned an Oscar nod & Joel McCrea is hilarious as accidental roomies who become red-hot lovers, courtesy of a meddling matchmaker played by Oscar winner Charles Coburn, during a wartime housing shortage in Washington, D.C.
March 4 & 5: The Best Years of Our Lives.
Winner of seven Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Fredric March) and Best Director (William Wyler), this critically acclaimed drama about WWII soldiers returning to the home front became the highest-grossing film of the 1940s.
Jeannie MacDonald
Meet Jeannie - the host of Lincoln Theater's annual Classic Film Club. A film historian and lifelong movie fan, Jeannie began her career as a producer at two Boston TV stations. After moving to Los Angeles, Jeannie wrote marketing copy for Paramount Television on the studio’s iconic Hollywood lot. As a freelancer, she has written movie copy for Warner Bros. and humor pieces for The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times. Jeannie hosts classic films around New England, and writes the bimonthly blog, Classic Hollywood, at JeannieMacDonald.com. She lives in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, with her husband John.
