| Special Events in August:
Saturday, August 5 – 2:00 PM
Hubert Cornfield Memorial Tribute – Free Event:
PRESSURE POINT, 1962, MGM Repertory, 91 min. Please
join us for a memorial tribute in honor of a long-time friend of the Cinematheque,
director, writer and producer Hubert Cornfield who passed away on June 18th. One of the
most unique directors of the 1950's and 1960's, Hubert only made a handful of films -- but
among them were such gems as the savage, disturbing noirs PLUNDER ROAD and THE THIRD
VOICE, and the truly haunting kidnap drama THE NIGHT OF THE FOLLOWING DAY starring Marlon
Brando. We'll be screening Hubert's most acclaimed film, PRESSURE POINT, starring singer
Bobby Darin in a Golden Globe nominated performance as a Nazi sympathizer and white
supremacist who collides with prison psychologist Sidney Poitier. Friends
and family of Mr. Cornfield's will introduce the screening to share memories of his long
and memorable career. FREE ADMISSION.
Tuesday, August 8 – 7:30 PM
Vincent Sherman Memorial Tribute – Free Event
THE HARD WAY, 1943, Warner Bros., 109 min. Please join
us for this memorial tribute to the great Vincent Sherman, an outstanding filmmaker
who, at his peak during the 1940’s and early 1950’s, directed some of the finest
classics from Warner Brothers studio, including OLD ACQUAINTANCE, MR. SKEFFINGTON, THE
DAMNED DON’T CRY (screened to resounding approval during our recent Film Noir
series), HARRIET CRAIG and more. But one of his best, THE HARD WAY, has been harder to see
and comparatively less appreciated than these other Bette Davis and Joan Crawford-powered
vehicles. Volatile Ida Lupino is the elder sister who fights with every
underhanded, Machivellian trick in her improvised book of getting ahead, pulling her kid
sister (Joan Leslie) from impoverished, mining-town obscurity into Broadway
stardom, but losing everything in the process. Jack Carson (who should have won a
supporting Oscar) and Dennis Morgan are the men unfortunate enough to cross
Ida’s path. Rare interview clips with director Vincent
Sherman will screen preceding the evening’s program. FREE ADMISSION.
Saturday, August 19
Historic Hollywood Tour
Egyptian Theatre Historic Tour &
FOREVER HOLLYWOOD
10:30 AM Behind the Scenes Tour
11:30 AM FOREVER HOLLYWOOD
Sunday, August 20
Historic Hollywood Tour
Egyptian Theatre Historic Tour &
FOREVER HOLLYWOOD
10:30 AM Behind the Scenes Tour
11:30 AM FOREVER HOLLYWOOD
Sunday, August 20 – 4:00 PM
Special Sing-Along Screening!
GREASE, 1978, Paramount, 110 min.
Pompadoured tough-guy John Travolta learns the meaning of true love, 1950’s
style, from summertime sweetheart Olivia Newton-John, with help from a fantastic
supporting cast including Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway, Eve Arden and Frankie
Avalon. A soundtrack of wall-to-wall hits ("You’re The One That I
Want," "Hopelessly Devoted To You," "Look At Me, I’m Sandra
Dee") in director Randal Kleiser’s irresistible teen-dream of a movie
musical. Our first screening of this incredible,
"sing-along" print of the film.
Thursday, August 24 - 8:00 PM ALTERNATIVE SCREEN
Sneak Preview! TRANTASIA,
2006, 88 min., USA. This new documentary on the first beauty contest (hosted by Las Vegas
showgirl Jahna Steele) for transsexuals, goes beneath the surface camp and glamour, to get
to know the real people who have made this difficult transition, and are now living as
beautiful women. Discussion following with director
Jeremy Stanford, producers Chris Smith and Ted Smith, as well as several of the
contestants who appear in the film. |
