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Woody Allen's Birthday Double Feature Jean-Luc Godard's Birthday Double Feature Preminger/Lang/Polonsky I CAN GET IT FOR YOU CONTEMPT I CAN GET IT FOR YOU Birthday Double Feature (1976) WHOLESALE (1951) (1963-French/Italian) WHOLESALE (1951) FALLEN ANGEL (1945) in widescreen with . in French with English with Susan Hayward. with , Alice Faye. with , Zero Written by Abraham Polonsky. subtitles & in widescreen Written by Abraham Polonsky. Directed by . Mostel, Herschel Bernardi, Plus with , , Plus Plus , Michel Piccoli, Michael Murphy, Lloyd (1939) FIVE CAME BACK (1939) Gough, Danny Aiello. Jean-Luc Godard. with . with Lucille Ball. (1944) Directed by . Script by . Directed by Jean-Luc Godard. Script by Dalton Trumbo. with . Directed by Fritz Lang. 2, 4, 6 & 8pm 1 1, 4 & 7pm 2 2, 4, 6 & 8pm 34 1, 4 & 7pm 12:30, 4 & 7:30pm 5

ENCHANTED APRIL Dalton Trumbo's Birthday ENCHANTED APRIL Trintignant's Birthday 's Birthday (1991-British) (1991-British) FLIC STORY SUDDENLY (1954) (1971) (1975-French/Italian) with Frank Sinatra, with Josie Lawrence, Miranda in widescreen with Josie Lawrence, Miranda in French w/English subtitles Sterling Hayden. Richardson, Joan Plowright, with Timothy Bottoms, Kathy Richardson, Joan Plowright, with Jean-Louis Trintignant, Fields, Marsha Hunt, Jason Alfred Molina, . Alfred Molina, Jim Broadbent. . Plus Robards, . Plus CORNERED (1945) Directed by Mike (Harry Written and Directed Directed by Mike (Harry MINISTRY OF FEAR with . Potter and the Goblet of by Dalton Trumbo. Potter and the Goblet of (1944) Directed by . Fire) Newell. Fire) Newell. Directed by Fritz Lang. 2, 4, 6 & 8pm 8 2, 4, 6 & 8pm 9 2, 4, 6 & 8pm 10 12:30, 4 & 7:30pm 11 12:30, 4 & 7:30pm 12 J. P. MacDonald's Birthday PANIC IN THE STREETS THE YOUNG LIONS 's Birthday NIGHT AND THE CITY THE YOUNG LIONS (1950) (1958) THIEVES' HIGHWAY (1949-British/US) (1958) with , Paul in widescreen (1949) with Richard Widmark, Gene in widescreen Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes, with , with Richard Conte, Valentina Tierney, Googie Withers, Hugh with Marlon Brando, Jack Palance, Zero Mostel. , , Cortese, Lee J. Cobb, Barbara Marlowe, Francis L. Sullivan, Montgomery Clift, Dean Hope Lange, Barbara Rush, Lawrence, Jack Oakie, Millard Written by Edward & . Herbert Lom. Martin, Hope Lange, Barbara . Mitchell, Joesph Pevney. Rush, Maximilian Schell. Photography by J.P. MacDonald Script by A. I. Bezzerides. Photography by Max Greene. Directed by Directed by Edward Dmytryk. Directed by . Edward Dmytryk. Directed by Jules Dassin. Directed by Jules Dassin. 1, 4 & 7pm 15 2, 4, 6 & 8pm 16 1, 4 & 7pm 17 2, 4, 6 & 8pm 18 2, 4, 6 & 8pm 19 Double Feature AN INSPECTOR CALLS Double Feature Elisha Cook Jr.'s Birthday THE PIED PIPER (1954-British) THE PIED PIPER HAMMETT (1942) From J. B. Priestley's Play. (1942) Merry (1983) with Monty Woolley, with Monty Woolley, with Frederic Forrest. Otto Preminger. with Alastair Sim, Otto Preminger. Christmas, Plus Plus Bryan Forbes, Arthur Young, Plus and Good Luck! THE KILLING CORNERED (1945) Olga Lindo, Eileen Moore. A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1956) with Dick Powell. (1951-British) with Sterling Hayden. Directed by Edward Dmytryk. Directed by Guy Hamilton. with Alastair Sim. Closed Directed by . 12:30, 4 & 7:30pm 22 2, 4, 6 & 8pm 23 12:30, 4 & 7:30pm 24 25 12:30, 4 & 7:30pm 26 THE SLEEPING TIGER Double Feature Double Feature SHORTCUT TO SHORTCUT TO (1954-British) THE FRONT HAMMETT NIRVANA NIRVANA with , Alexis (1976) (1983) (2004) (2004) in widescreen Smith, , Hugh w/ Woody Allen, Zero Mostel. with Frederic Forrest. in widescreen Griffith, Billie Whitelaw. Plus Plus An extraordinary doc about An extraordinary doc about FIVE CAME BACK THE KILLING Kumbh Mela, which takes Kumbh Mela, which takes Directed by (1939) (1956) place every 12 years at the place every 12 years at the Victor Hanbury with Lucille Ball. with Sterling Hayden. confluence of the Ganges and confluence of the Ganges and (). Script by Dalton Trumbo. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Yamuna rivers. Yamuna rivers. 2, 4, 6 & 8pm 29 1, 4 & 7pm 30 12:30 & 4pm only 31 2, 4, 6 & 8pm Jan 1 2, 4, 6 & 8pm Jan 2 $5 General Admission / $4 Members All films will be presented Reservations Recommended. Call 735-8771. with digital sound. MOVIE MUSEUM December 2005 $5 General Admission / $4 Members COMING ATTRACTIONS Reservations Recommended. Call 735-8771. Birthdays and the Blacklist

THE FRONT (1976) 94m **** D: Martin Ritt. JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN (1971) 111m *** D: Dalton NIGHT AND THE CITY (1949-British/US) 101m *** D: Jules Woody Allen, Zero Mostel, Herschel Bernardi, Trumbo. Timothy Bottoms, Kathy Fields, Marsha Hunt, Dassin. Richard Widmark, , Googie Withers, Hugh Michael Murphy, Andrea Marcovicci, Joshua , Donald Sutherland, Charles McGraw. A Marlowe, Francis L. Sullivan, Herbert Lom. This fascinating Shelley, Lloyd Gough. Allen is a schnook enlisted young American soldier in WWI is wounded by a landmine portrait of assorted characters in the wrestling by blacklisted writers to put his name on their on the last day of the war. He loses his arms, legs and eyes netherworld of London focuses on a young American hustler scripts during the witch-hunts, leading to as well as his ability to hear, speak or smell. Lying in a (Widmark) who’s desperate to succeed. Sullivan is marvelous various humorous complications. This bull’s eye hospital, he is not able to distinguish if he is awake or if he as an oily nightclub owner. This film is the final Hollywood film comedy with a serious theme is scripted by black- is dreaming. He relives his story in strange dreams and by Dassin before he was blacklisted by the HUAC. Music by listed . Director Ritt and actors memories. One day he finds a way to communicate with the Franz Waxman (born 12/24/1906). Mostel, Bernardi, Shelley and Gough were also doctors… Writer/Director Dalton Trumbo (born 12/09/1905), blacklisted. Woody Allen was born 12/01/35. who adapted his 1939 novel, won the Grand Jury prize at THE PIED PIPER (1942) 86m *** D: Irving Pichel. Monty Cannes for this film. Woolley, Roddy McDowall, Otto Preminger, , Peggy CONTEMPT (1963-French/Italian) 103m *** ½ Ann Garner. Cantankerous Englishman Woolley is on a fishing D: Jean-Luc Godard. Brigitte Bardot, Jack Palance, FLIC STORY (1975-French/Italian) 107m *** D: Jacques holiday in France when the Nazis invade. Though he’s not Michel Piccoli (born 12/27/25), Giorgia Moll, Fritz Deray. Alain Delon, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Renato fond of children, he is persuaded to escape with two of them, Lang. A perversely funny and beautifully lensed Salvatori, Claudine Auger. When Emile Buisson but his adopted family continues to grow as he attempts to (by Raoul Coutard) look at international (Trintignant), post-liberation France’s most notorious crimi- outwit the Nazis and return to England. This witty and fast- moviemaking, with Piccoli as a dramatist of integ- nal, escapes from a mental asylum, his crime spree has poli- paced entertainment was Oscar-nominated for best picture and rity who gets mixed up with vulgar producer ticians, the press and the police all pointing fingers. Liberal actor (Woolley). It features a notable breakthrough performance Palance and dedicated director Lang (playing him- Paris cop Roger Borniche (Delon) has the thankless job of by Preminger (Margin for Error, Stalag 17) as a Nazi officer self), as they remake The Odyssey. Godard, who tracking Buisson down. Based on the memoir of real life playing cat and mouse with Woolley. A great (and rare) Christ- plays Lang’s assistant, was born 12/03/30. detective Borniche, this pacy 1948-set French thriller is mas offering. Historical Note: Preminger, a Jew, was the son of powered by taut direction and terrific performances. the former Attorney General of the Austro-Hungarian empire. FIVE CAME BACK (1939) 75m *** D: John Far- Trintignant was born 12/11/30. row. , Lucille Ball, Wendy Barrie, AN INSPECTOR CALLS (1954-British) 80m *** D: Guy , Allen Jenkins. Twelve boarded SUDDENLY (1954) 77m *** ½ D: Lewis Allen. Frank Sinatra Hamilton. Alastair Sim, Bryan Forbes, Arthur Young, Olga the plane…but only “five came back”. Who will (The Manchurian Candidate), Sterling Hayden, James Lindo, Eileen Moore. This superb filmization of J. B. Priestley’s survive the headhunter-infested Amazon jungle? Gleason, Nancy Gates. Sinatra (born 12/12/15) leads a trio play details police detective Sim’s investigation of a girl’s sui- This thriller will keep you guessing all the way. of paid assassins who take over a house in a small town cide. All the members of a wealthy Yorkshire family had con- Famous film with well-crafted characters and a where the US President will pass on his way to a fishing nections to the girl, and each will have to face the truth. Sim’s powerful climax. Story co-scripted by blacklisted trip. Sinatra is brilliant in a thoroughly detestable role in nuanced performance will haunt you. Good for the yuletide Dalton Trumbo. Trumbo, one of the Hollywood this white knuckle thriller perfectly capturing the paranoia season. Ten, won a scriptwriting Oscar in 1956 for The of the ‘50s. Brave One under the pseudonym Robert Rich but A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1951-British) 86m **** D: Brian could not collect it for fear of being “outed”. CORNERED (1945) 102m *** D: Edward Dmytryk (Mur- Desmond-Hurst. Alastair Sim, Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison, der My Sweet). Dick Powell, Walter Slezak, Micheline Mervyn Johns, Hermione Baddeley, Michael Hordern. Still the I CAN GET IT FOR YOU WHOLESALE (1951) Cheirel, Morris Carnovsky (blacklisted). Determined Cana- best, this heartfelt and faithful rendition of the Dickens classic 90m *** D: Michael Gordon. Susan Hayward, dian flyer Powell goes to Buenos Aires to track down the features a delightful performance by Sim as Scrooge, a surly Dan Dailey, Sam Jaffe, . Hayward man responsible for the death of his French bride during old miser who is visited one evening by ghosts who teach him is terrific as a ruthless model-turned dress de- WWII. Powell is in peak form in this atmospheric, hard- the spirit of Christmas. The perfect film for the holidays. signer determined to make it ’s gar- hitting film noir. Talented director Dmytryk, one of the Hol- ment industry. Jerome Weidman’s flavorful novel lywood Ten, was jailed for a year for HAMMETT (1983) 97m *** D: Wim Wenders, Frederic Forrest, was adapted for the screen by Vera Caspary and in 1948. He was blacklisted, but after he identified (among Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner, Elisha Cook Jr., R. G. Armstrong. scripted by blacklisted Abraham (Golden Ear- others) producer (Cornered) and director Jules Wenders’ first American film is a real treat for detective buffs: rings, ) Polonsky (born 12/05/10). Dassin as communists before the House Un-American Ac- an adaptation of Joe Gores’ fiction about famed author Dashiell tivities Committee (HUAC) in 1951, he had a successful Hammett’s involvement in a real-life mystery. Elisha Cook Jr. FALLEN ANGEL (1945) 97m *** D: Otto directorial career in Hollywood. (Maltese Falcon), plays Eli the cabdriver. Note: The real-life Preminger. Alice Faye, Dana Andrews, Linda ’s career was ruined by the blacklist, but not Darnell, . Andrews, hard up and THE YOUNG LIONS (1958) 167m *** ½ D: Edward that of his girlfriend, (Watch on the Rhine). bitter, stops in a small California town and falls Dmytryk. Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, Dean Martin, for sultry waitress Darnell. To get the money to Hope Lange, Barbara Rush, Maximilian Schell. An absorb- THE KILLING (1956) 83m *** ½ D: Stanley Kubrick marry her, he plans to fleece the town’s heiress ing study of three men engaged in WWII, with Martin and (). Sterling Hayden (Asphalt Jungle), , Faye. An engrossing and visually lush film noir/ Clift as US soldiers and Brando as an idealistic Nazi officer. Vince Edwards, Jay C. Flippen, Ted de Corsia, Marie Windsor, melodrama exquisitely photographed by Joseph This penetrating look into the characters of men at war was Elisha Cook Jr., Timothy Carey. This is the film that put Kubrick LaShelle (Laura). Preminger (born 12/05/1905), a adapted by from ’s novel. Cin- on the map—it’s not about a murder, but about a racetrack constant breaker of Hollywood taboos, was the ematographer Joseph P. MacDonald (born 12/15/06) was heist—with a colorful cast of characters, including the ulti- first director to defy the blacklist by listing Dalton nominated for an Oscar for this film. mate nebbish (Cook, married to vixen Windsor) and an ultra- Trumbo’s writing credit for (1960). cool killer for hire (Carey). Scripted by Kubrick from Lionel PANIC IN THE STREETS (1950) 93m *** ½ D: Elia Kazan. White’s novel Clean Break. Famed character actor and film MINISTRY OF FEAR (1944) 85m *** D: Fritz Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes, Jack noir victim Elisha Cook Jr. was born December 26 in either 1903 Lang. Ray Milland, Marjorie Reynolds, Carl Palance, Zero Mostel. This taut drama set in New Orleans or 1906. Esmond, Dan Duryea. Lang’s atmospheric psy- follows a manhunt for a gangster (Palance) who is a carrier chological thriller of wartime London finds Milland of the plague. Afraid that a public announcement will cause THE SLEEPING TIGER (1954-British) 89m *** D: Victor framed in a complicated espionage plot. Adapted panic and drive his quarry out of town, public health officer Hanbury (Joseph Losey). , Dirk Bogarde, Alexander from Graham Greene’s novel and with a superb Widmark closes in on the slums. Writers Edna and Edward Knox, Hugh Griffith, Billie Whitelaw. A psychiatrist detains an cast, this is one of Lang’s best. Fritz Lang (born Anhalt won an Oscar for this suspense thriller. Excellent intruder in his home to test his belief that, given the right treat- 12/05/1890) claims he was blacklisted for 1½ years location photography by Joseph P. MacDonald. In return ment, the criminal would change his behavior. When his smart, after he made Clash by Night (1952). for naming names of his colleagues to the HUAC, contro- pretty and bored wife returns to encounter the unwilling guest, versial director Elia Kazan dominated the field of Holly- sexual and emotional fireworks ensue. Famed blacklist director ENCHANTED APRIL (1991-British) 89m *** ½ wood social consciousness pictures throughout the 1950s. Losey’s first film outside America required him to use a pseud- D: Mike Newell (Harry Potter and the Goblet of onym to assure the film’s distribution in the US. Fire). Josie Lawrence, Miranda Richardson, Joan THIEVES’ HIGHWAY (1949) 94m *** D: Jules Dassin (Na- Plowright, Polly Walker, Alfred Molina, Jim ked City, Brute Force), Richard Conte, , SHORTCUT TO NIRVANA (2004) 85m *** D: Maurizio Broadbent. A charming period film about two re- Lee. J. Cobb, Jack Oakie. A returning vet seeks to avenge Benazzo, Nick Day. Every 12 years over 70 million pilgrims pressed, married women who seize an impulse and his trucker father’s treatment at the hands of a crooked San gather at the meeting of India’s holiest rivers, the Ganges and rent an Italian villa for a month, taking on two Francisco fruit dealer. This searing, brilliantly acted post- the Yamuna, for a spectacular spiritual festival: the Kumbh very different women as housemates for their war drama vividly depicts the perilous world of “long-haul” Mela. This documentary travels through the colorful event holiday adventure. Note: Diamond Head The- truckers, who drive by night to deliver goods to the mar- through the eyes of several Westerners and an ebullient young atre is holding auditions for ENCHANTED kets of American cities. Great script by A. I. Bezzerides, Hindu monk. A celebration of the human desire for peace, unity, APRIL from December 16 at 7PM. from his novel. Dassin was born 12/11/1911. and hope. Happy New Year!