Crystal Falls — Crystal Theatre organizers have announced a new monthly movie series. First Flashback Films will present an Oscar-winning motion picture the first weekend of the month, with a showing at 7 p.m. Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday.

The series kicks off this weekend and will run through April. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences artists has been presenting awards since 1929, providing a great body of films to choose from. Patrons can expect movies from the early days of talkies to recent releases. Admission will be by free-will donations.

The schedule includes:

January: “The Wizard of Oz” (1939)

The film received Oscars for Best Music, Original Song and Best Music, Original Score. This classic tale comes to magisterial Technicolor life. “The Wizard of Oz” stars legend Judy Garland as Dorothy, an innocent Kansas farm girl whisked out of her mundane earthbound existence into a land of pure imagination. Dorothy’s journey in Oz will take her through emerald forests, yellow brick roads and creepy castles, all with the help of some unusual but earnest song-happy friends.

February: “The Bachelor and the Bobby-Socker” (1947)

Starring Cary Grant, Myra Loy and Shirley Temple in a story of a high school girl who falls for a playboy artist, with screwball results. It was awarded the Oscar for Best Writing, Original Screenplay.

March: “The Glenn Miller Story” (1954)

The biography of bandleader Glenn Miller from his beginnings to his death over the English Channel in December 1944. Not only was “The Glenn Miller Story” one of the most profitable biopics ever filmed, but it also was one of the few to pay more than lip service to the facts. The film traces Miller’s rise from pit-orchestra trombone player to leader of a successful big band. It stars James Steward, June Allison and Harry Morgan. It was awarded the Oscar for Best Sound, Recording.

April: “Irving Berlin’s Easter Parade” (1948)

A nightclub performer hires a naive chorus girl to become his new dance partner to make his former partner jealous and to prove he can make any partner a star. It was awarded an Oscar for Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture and stars Judy Garland, Fred Astair and Peter Lawford.

“These films were produced to be watched on the big screen, with stereo sound, and fresh popcorn in hand,” said Wilma Kallie, Crystal Theatre board president. “Some of these movies might be available for home viewing, but it is a different experience to see them on a full-size screen and without distraction.

“We are excited about presenting this community entertainment option. For years, the theatre remained dark during the cold-weather months, largely due to the cost of heating the building. Recently, we were able to upgrade the heating system with high-efficiency furnaces that now make it financially responsible to occasionally warm the building up during the winter months.”