Thu October 28, 2021 7:30 PM THE LEOPARD MAN / SHADOW OF A DOUBT $8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission) Aero Theatre | Double Feature
ABOUT THE FILMS THE LEOPARD MAN, 1943, Warner Bros., 66 min. Dir. Jacques Tourneur This seminal adaptation of Cornell Woolrich’s novel Black Alibi is brilliantly realized by Tourneur and legendary producer Val Lewton. Dennis O’Keefe hires a supposedly tame leopard to hype his girlfriend’s nightclub act. The felonious feline escapes as a wave of murderous terror envelops a small New Mexico town. A groundbreaking visualization of dark suspense that remains one of the earliest and finest screen adaptations of Woolrich’s work. FORMAT: 35mm SHADOW OF A DOUBT, 1943, Universal, 108 min. Dir. Alfred Hitchcock What starts out as a charming portrait of idyllic small-town life gradually darkens into one of director Alfred Hitchcock’s most devastating thrillers. Teenager Teresa Wright’s romantic illusions about her beloved Uncle Charlie (Joseph Cotten) gradually are shattered by the suspicion that he may be the diabolical Merry Widow serial killer. Add to the mix a rewardingly rich tapestry of eccentric characters (Henry Travers, Hume Cronyn and Patricia Collinge are standouts in the cast), and you have one of Hitchcock’s most brilliantly constructed films. FORMAT: DCP VIEW SERIES