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The Czar of Noir Charles Mcgraw Was Elevated to Leading Man Status by RKO Boss Howard Hughes, Becoming the Studio's B-Unit Version of Bob Mitchum THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22 1950-51 6:30PM ∙ SPONSORED BY THE MAN WHO CHEATED HIMSELF A veteran San Francisco homicide cop (Lee J. Cobb) spirals into a moral morass when his married socialite lover (Jane Wyatt, in a rare fatale role) "accidentally" bumps off her husband. Instead of playing it by the book, he covers up the crime, only to have his younger brother (John Dall)–a rookie homicide dick–start putting together the pieces. Presented in a brand new 35mm restoration funded by the Film Noir Foundation for UCLA Film & Television Archive. (D: FELIX FEIST, USA 1950, 81 MIN) 8:40PM ROADBLOCK After several years playing either tenacious cops or cruel torpedoes, supporting actor THE CZAR OF NOIR Charles McGraw was elevated to leading man status by RKO boss Howard Hughes, becoming the studio's B-unit version of Bob Mitchum. Nobody could clip off tough-guy Even if you haven’t experienced Noir City before, you may recognize festival programmer and host Eddie Muller OIR ITY RETURNS TO EATTLE ON THE GIANT GYPTIAN SCREEN dialogue like McGraw. In this prototypical THE FILM NOIR FOUNDATION is a non-profit public from the dark corridors of TCM’s “Noir Alley.” N C S E noir, he finally reveals a soft center, as an benefit corporation created as an educational resource WITH FILMS TAKING AUDIENCES BACK IN TIME WITH A PROGRAM SPANNING insurance investigator who goes crooked regarding the cultural, historical, and artistic significance of As founder and president of the non-profit Film Noir Foundation, Eddie has been instrumental in preserving 18 trying to satisfy an avaricious dame (Joan film noir as an original American cinematic movement. America’s noir heritage. The FNF has resurrected and revived 30 films since its inception in 2005. The FNF’s THE BREADTH OF THE ORIGINAL FILM NOIR ERA, 1941 TO 1951. Dixon). An unjustly overlooked classic "B." latest 35mm restoration – 1950’s The Man Who Cheated Himself – will screen at this year’s Seattle festival. 35mm print courtesy of the Film Noir Foundation Collection at the UCLA Film & Television Archive. It is the mission of the Foundation to find and preserve When not hosting film festivals, Eddie curates museum exhibitions, writes and designs books, and provides films in danger of being lost or irreparably damaged, and to commentary for television, radio, and DVDs. He has presented and lectured on film noir at the Cinémathèque TICKETS AND PASSES AVAILABLE AT SIFF.NET (D: HAROLD DANIELS, USA 1951, 73 MIN) ensure that high quality prints of these classic films remain Française in Paris, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. FESTIVAL PASS: $150 | $100 SIFF MEMBERS . SINGLE FILM ADMISSION: $15 | $10 SIFF MEMBERS in circulation for theatrical exhibition to future generations. This is Eddie’s ninth year bringing Noir City to Seattle audiences. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21 1941-42 matinee shows! 1943-44 matinee shows! 1945-46 matinee shows! 1947 1948 1949 7:00PM 12:30PM 6:30PM 12:30PM 6:30PM 12:30PM 6:30PM 6:30PM 6:30PM THE MALTESE FALCON SHADOW OF A DOUBT FLESH AND FANTASY MILDRED PIERCE THE BLUE DAHLIA THE MALTESE FALCON KISS OF DEATH I WALK ALONE THE ACCUSED “The stuff that dreams are made of." Naïve teenager Charlie (Teresa Wright) Considered one of the greatest French Joan Crawford delivers a ferocious, Oscar- The only original screenplay penned by the “The stuff that dreams are made of." Convicted jewel thief Nick Bianco (Victor Burt Lancaster plays a Prohibition-era A demure college professor (Loretta Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart), a cynical, begins to suspect her beloved Uncle Charlie directors (his Pepé le Moko launched the winning performance as a hard-working legendary detective story writer Raymond Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart), a cynical, Mature) turns stool pigeon for the sake of bootlegger who gets out of prison to find Young) finds herself in jeopardy after tough-talking private eye, becomes (Joseph Cotten), on a vacation visiting "poetic realism" that informed film noir), housewife who struggles to provide Chandler, was crafted under both deadline tough-talking private eye, becomes his kids, putting him on a collision course that his former partner (Kirk Douglas) killing an amorous student in self- ensnared in a web of deceit when a sleepy Santa Rosa, California, of actually Duvivier escaped the war at home by the best life for her little girl Veda (Ann pressure (star Alan Ladd was leaving for ensnared in a web of deceit when a with his psychopathic partner Tommy Udo has gone legitimate, is enjoying the defense. As the noose tightens, both the simple missing persons case becomes a being the fugitive "Merry Widow" serial bringing his incredible style to offbeat Blyth). Through grit and persistence, military duty) and "the influence" (the simple missing persons case becomes a (Richard Widmark, in his screen debut). spoils of their criminal enterprise, and victim's guardian (Robert Cummings) and deadly hunt for a missing statuette. John killer. Before David Lynch was even born, Hollywood films of the early '40s. This she transforms herself into a wealthy script was banged out in a drunken fervor). deadly hunt for a missing statuette. John Shot entirely on location in New York City, has no intention of sharing. Can torch a dogged homicide detective (Wendell Huston's 1941 directorial debut became Hitchcock explored malevolent evil seeping anthology of three supernatural tales–a restaurateur, only to find herself trapped No matter–it was a huge hit for Paramount, Huston's 1941 directorial debut became director Henry Hathaway brings a gritty, singer Lizabeth Scott douse the flames of Corey) fall for her–being a killer the prototype for the Film Noir genre, into a banal small town. It's got few of proto-Twilight Zone–features a dazzling in a dark world of thwarted desires. and the most famous pairing of Ladd and the prototype for the Film Noir genre, documentary feel to Bianco’s world, but retribution? A seminal noir, long thought apparently makes her irresistible to men. and Bogart’s performance as Spade made the flashy passages the director is famous cast (Edward G. Robinson, Barbara Director Michael Curtiz (Casablanca) Veronica Lake, the most popular screen and Bogart’s performance as Spade made it’s Widmark’s terrifying, Oscar-nominated lost, revived in a new digital restoration A decidedly feminine slant on a classic him a household name. With legendary for–but thanks to Cotten's mesmerizing Stanwyck, Charles Boyer, Robert Cummings, captures this corrosion of the American team of the 1940s. Ladd plays a returning him a household name. With legendary performance that haunts these streets. courtesy of Paramount Pictures. noir premise. Presented in a restored 35mm performances from Mary Astor, Sydney performance, it may be the director's Thomas Mitchell) and exceptional Dream by invading the glossy world of vet suspected of murdering his unfaithful performances from Mary Astor, Sydney print courtesy of the Library of Congress, Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, and Elisha Cook Jr. ultimate expression of the horror that camerawork by Stanley Cortez and Paul Hollywood melodrama with the shadowy, wife. Amazingly, this marks the first Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, and Elisha Cook Jr. (D: HENRY HAThawaY, USA 1947, 99 MIN) (D: BYRON HASKIN, USA 1948, 97 MIN) giving new life to a neglected classic. infects everyday life. Ivano. Presented in an original 35mm print chiaroscuro nights of noir. screening ever of The Blue Dahlia at the (D: WILLIAM DIETERLE, USA 1949, 101 MIN) (D: JOHN HUSTON, USA 1941, 101 MIN) courtesy of Universal Pictures. Noir City film festival! (D: JOHN HUSTON, USA 1941, 101 MIN) (D: ALFRED HITCHCOCK, USA 1943, 108 MIN) (D: MICHAEL CURTIZ, USA 1945, 111 MIN) (D: JULIEN DUVIVIER, USA 1943, 94 MIN) (D: GEORGE MARSHALL, USA 1946, 96 MIN) 9:30PM 3:15PM 8:45PM 3:15PM 8:45PM 3:15PM 8:45PM 8:50PM 8:45PM QUIET PLEASE, MURDER ADDRESS UNKNOWN DESTINY JEALOUSY THE BIG SLEEP MILDRED PIERCE BLIND SPOT BODYGUARD THE THREAT George Sanders is a cunning forger The tale of a San Francisco art dealer who Originally intended as the opening A perky female cabbie (Jane Randolph) Tough-talking private dick Philip Marlowe Joan Crawford delivers a ferocious, Oscar- Veteran Columbia star Chester Morris Hollywood's biggest badass is back! Charles McGraw, the toughest man in who teams up with femme fatale Gail returns to Germany and falls under the segment of Flesh and Fantasy, Universal gets embroiled in a dangerous triangle (Humphrey Bogart) is hired to settle the winning performance as a hard-working snuck away from his popular "Boston Legendary lawbreaker Lawrence Tierney noir, runs wild as vengeful ex-con Red Patrick to swindle gullible art patrons. spell of the Nazis was originally rendered cleaved this off and released it as a involving her suicidal Czech boyfriend gambling debts of a millionaire’s spoiled housewife who struggles to provide Blackie" series to deliver a terrific is ironically cast as an insubordinate Kluger, who breaks out of prison to His ultimate coup, to steal and replicate by "Kressmann Taylor" (a woman 65-minute stand-alone. A pair of robbers (Nils Asther) and a rakish doctor (John daughter. When her bookie is murdered, the best life for her little girl Veda (Ann performance as a hard-drinking, hard-luck lawman who gets framed off the force kidnap and torture everyone who's a priceless Shakespeare folio, turns writing as a man) as a trans-Atlantic (Alan Curtis and Frank Craven) hide out in Loder) who's taken a shine to her.
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