Saturday, October 31, 2009 7pm-2am Admission: $5 Ritz Theater, 1501 Main Street, Newberry, SC 29108 Movies: Little Shop of Horrors, The House on Haunted Hill, Night of the Living Dead, Plan 9 From Outer Space, Vintage Commercials, Horror/Cult Movie Trailers Newberry Theater Hosts Horror Movie Fundraiser Newberry, SC The Newberry Community Players and the Ritz theater in historic downtown Newberry will host a fundraiser this Halloween showing four horror movie classics, vintage commercials and trailers. Funds will benefit the Newberry Community Players and their efforts to restore the Ritz Theater to its former Art Deco appearance. October marks the Ritz theater's seventy-third anniversary. When it opened its doors in October 1936 it was described as a “modern house of entertainment,” being the first theater in the south to have a “Microphonic Sound” system. On opening night the audience was greeted by Newberry mayor J.W. Earhardt, the music of Gene Cole's orchestra, and its main feature was “Picadilly Jim” starring Robert Montgomery. The Art Deco movie theater closed in the early seventies and was eventually purchased by the Newberry Community Players who continue to use the facilities for drama productions and workshops to the present. The Ritz Halloween Fundraiser will mark the first showing of a motion picture in its auditorium in over 30 years. Doors open at 7pm Halloween night, Saturday, October 31. Main features include Little Shop of Horrors (1960) starring a young Jack Nicholson, The House on Haunted Hill (1959) with Vincent Price, the original Night of the Living Dead (1968) followed by a midnight showing of Ed Wood's Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959). Films will be shown in the main auditorium and in the lobby with concessions. Admission is $5 for all four films and audience members may come and go as they wish. Attendance is not required to help restore the Ritz. The Newberry Community Players are a non-profit and donations are tax-deductible. Please make donations payable to: Ritz Halloween Fundraiser – NCP c/o Munson Summer, 1504 Main Street, Newberry, SC 29108 For more information call Munson Music at 803-405-0570.