🍿 Monday Special: The Thief of Bagdad at the Bay Theatre

The Thief of Bagdad brings Technicolor fantasy to Monday Specials

In downtown Morro Bay. The Bay Theatre’s Monday Specials series screens The Thief of Bagdad on Monday, August 17 at 5:30 PM, one showing only with doors at 5:00, the landmark fantasy adventure that set the template for a century of screen spectacle. Its flying carpets, genies, and pioneering effects work look best exactly where the Monday Specials series puts them: on a real theatre screen, in the dark, with an audience.

The Monday Specials formula is the Bay Theatre’s signature: the single screen sets aside new releases once a week and runs a classic, usually paired with a local partner or nonprofit, at a price that keeps the seats full. Check the show page for this screening’s partner and admission details.

The Bay Theatre is Morro Bay’s single-screen downtown movie house at 464 Morro Bay Blvd, a block off the Embarcadero, where a night at the movies still comes with a real marquee and walkable dinner options on either side of the show. The theatre is closed Thursdays. The early-evening slot makes a classic-film Monday one of the easiest weeknight outings on the calendar, film first, dinner downtown after.

For the rest of the Monday Specials lineup, see what is coming up on the event calendar.