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ee-time Oscar-nominated director Arthur Penn was the guest of honor in NfwYork the Academy paid tribute to his career with a special November New York City screening of his 1975 crime drama "Night Moves." The tribute, open to Academy members and invited guests, featured a conver­ sation with Penn and highlighted his career through clips and comments by writer Walter Bernstein, actress Estelle Parsons and producer Julian Schlossberg. In a caree:r spanning more than 55 years, Penn has worked as a director in motion pictures, theater and television. First nominated for an Academy Award in 1962 for "The Miracle Worker," Penn earned his second Oscar nomination for his groundbreaking direction of "Bonnie and Clyde" (1967). In 1969, he earned a third Academy Award nomination in seven years with "Alice's Restaurant." His ftlms also include "Little Big Man," "Four Friends," "Target" and "Penn & Teller Get Killed." Released by Warner Bros., "Night Moves" w as pro­ Actress Jane Alexander and duced by Robert M. Sherman, director Richard Kaplan partici­ written by Alan Sharp and pated at the screening of edited by Dede Allen. Kaplan's 1965 Academy Award­ winning documentary feature, ARTHUR PENN, RIGHT, AT HIS NYC SALUTE WITH "BONNIE AND "The Eleanor Roosevelt Story," CLYDE" WRITER ROBERT BENTON in December at the Academy AND ESTELLE PARSONS, WHO WON THE SUPPORTING ACTRESS Theater in New York City. OSCAR FOR THE FILM. Part of the "Monday Nights with Oscar" series, "The Eleanor Roosevelt Story" highlights Roosevelt's life journey as an "IMITATION OF LIFE" activist, states person , journalist, educator, author and diplomat, SCREENS IN NEW YORK and as the wife of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Susan Kohner and Juanita Moore, who The four-time Academy Award­ earned Oscar nominations for their supporting nominated Alexander has portrayed roles in "Imitation of Life," were on hand to Eleanor Roosevelt in two television discuss the 1959 melodrama when it screened in movies ("Eleanor and Franklin," October at the Academy Theater at Lighthouse 'Eleanor and Franklin: The White International in Manhattan. House Years'). A panel discussion with Kohner and Moore The screening featured a new was moderated by Foster Hirsch, author and f11m print from the original negative professor at Brooklyn College, who also made from the Academy Film Archive, introductory remarks. courtesy of Kino. JUANITA MOORE, LEFT, AND Preceding the feature, the SUSAN KOHNER ARRIVE TO A Starring Lana Turner as Lora, a struggling STANDING OVATION AT THE actress, "Imitation of Life" tells the story of Sarah Academy screened the 1951 ACADEMY THEATEA. Jane (Kohner), a light-skinned black woman who documentary short 'My Trip denies her mother, played by Moore, in order to Abroad,' which showcases pass for white, with bitter consequences. Roosevelt's eyewitness accounts The screening, which featured a newly restored print from the Academy Film of progress made in rebuilding Archive's collection, was part of the Academy's "Monday Nights with Oscar" series. the economies of Europe after World War II.

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