Victoria Summer Film Series

Summertime means swimming, picnics and baseball.
But is also means the return of the Victoria Summer Film Series, a periodic slate of films that began in the 1980s.
Known as the Michelob Ultra Cool Film Series, more than a dozen classic films are scheduled on weekends from July 3 through Aug. 30.
Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell co-star in the first film of the series is titled "The Seven Year Itch." This 1955 film directed by Billy Wilder focuses on the middle-age man left alone for a few weeks while his wife is vacationing in the country. He starts fantasizing about the sexpot who moves next door.
This film, which contains a very amusing 10-minute opening sequence about man's quest for women, entered the ranks of pop culture when Marilyn Monroe, wearing a billowy skirt, stepped on a subway grate and her skirt lifted. This image of a lifted skirt is the subject of a sculpture in downtown Dayton.
The 105-minute film is an amusing theatrical joke with dream sequences about a would-be affair that is never consummated. Sonny Tufts, Evelyn Keyes, Robert Strauss and a very young Carolyn Jones complete the cast.
"The Seven Year Itch" is slated July 3-5 at the Victoria Theatre. Show times are 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets at the door are $4.75 or $24 for a 10-ticket passbook. Call 228-3630 for more information on the summer series.