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THE WOMAN ON THE BEACH
In person: Victoria Wilson
Sun, Nov 9, 4:45
This film noir psychodrama was the fifth and final American
film by the great French filmmaker Jean Renoir. WWII
Coast Guard veteran Robert Ryan falls madly in love with
dangerous beauty Joan Bennett, despite the presence of her
husband, Charles Bickford, formerly a great painter, now
blind, and Ryan’s own engagement to good girl Nan Leslie.
DIR/SCR Jean Renoir; SCR Frank Davis, J. R. Michael Hogan, from the novel “None So Blind”
by Mitchell Wilson; PROD Jack J. Gross. US, 1947, b&w, 71 min. In English. NOT RATED
Victoria Wilson, author of “A Life of Barbara Stanwyck:
Steel-True 1907-1940,” and daughter of novelist
Mitchell Wilson, whose novel “None So Blind” was
adapted into the film THE WOMAN ON THE BEACH, will
discuss the film and its fascinating production history.
SPELLBOUND
Fri, Nov 7, 9:30; Mon, Nov 10, 9:00; Tue, Nov 11, 4:45;
Wed, Nov 12, 4:20; Thu, Nov 13, 7:00
SABOTEUR
Sat, Nov 8, 10:00; Tue, Nov 11, 2:30, 9:45; Wed, Nov 12, 6:30
(Montgomery College Show @ AFI Silver); Thu, Nov 13, 2:10
LIMELIGHT
Sat, Nov 8, 12:00; Mon, Nov 10, 4:00; Tue, Nov 11, 7:00;
Thu, Nov 13, 4:20
REIGN OF TERROR aka THE BLACK BOOK
Sat, Nov 15, 1:00; Tue, Nov 18, 9:05; Thu, Nov 20, 4:45
WHO IS NORMAN LLOYD? —
FREE Screening!
Sun, Nov 23, 3:45
Norman Lloyd
Centennial
November 7—23
Noir City DC: The 2014 Film Noir Festival
RIPTIDE aka SUCH A PRETTY LITTLE BEACH
[Une si jolie petite plage]
Sun, Oct 26, 3:00; Tue, Oct 28, 5:00
A mysterious young man
(Gérard Philipe) visits a
desolate coastal town
during a bleak winter,
soon followed by another
watchful, curious stranger.
Gradually, the boy's
connection to the town —
and his dark secret — is
revealed. A quintessentially
French approach to noir.
(Note courtesy of Noir
City.)
DIR Yves Allégret; SCR Jacques
Sigurd; PROD Émile Darbon. France/
Netherlands, 1949, b&w, 91 min. In
French with English subtitles. NOT RATED
35mm print made possible with the support of the
Cultural Service of the Embassy of France.
DEATH IS A CARESS [Døden er et kjærtegn]
Sun, Oct 26, 5:15; Wed, Oct 29, 5:00
A young mechanic, recently engaged, falls under the spell of
a sophisticated married socialite who's brought in her car for
repairs. The sexual bliss is ecstatic — but short-lived. A familiar
noir plot plays quite differently in Norway, especially through
the eyes of a female director. (Note courtesy of Noir City.)
DIR
Edith Carlmar; SCR Otto Carlmar, from the novel by Arne Moen. Norway, 1949, b&w, 92 min. In
Norwegian with English subtitles. NOT RATED
TWO MEN IN MANHATTAN
[Deux hommes dans Manhattan]
Sat, Oct 25, 1:00; Sun, Oct 26, 9:30; Tue, Oct 28, 1:00;
Wed, Oct 29, 1:00
When a French delegate to the United Nations vanishes into
thin air, two French journalists comb nocturnal Manhattan in
search of answers. Jean-Pierre Melville's obsession with the look
and sound of American culture is given free rein in this jazzily
directed homage to film noir and New York. (Note courtesy of
Noir City.)
DIR/SCR Jean-Pierre Melville; PROD Florence Melville, Alain Térouanne. France,
1959, b&w, 84 min. In French and English with English subtitles. NOT RATED
SINGAPORE
Mon, Oct 27, 7:00
A smuggler (Fred
MacMurray) returns
to postwar Singapore
in search of the
fortune in pearls he
lost — along with his
beloved Linda — in the
bombing raids. When
Linda (Ava Gardner)
reappears — with
amnesia, of course
— nefarious intrigue
runs rampant. Ceiling
fans abound. (Note
courtesy of Noir City.)
DIR John Brahm; SCR Seton I. Miller,
Robert Theoren; PROD Jerry Bresler.
US, 1947, b&w, 79 min. In English.
NOT RATED
BERLIN EXPRESS
Sun, Oct 26, 7:30; Mon, Oct 27, 5:00
The first
American film
shot (partially)
on location in
Allied-occupied
Berlin tells the
fictional tale
of a German
scientist being
stalked by
assassins on
a train bound
for a United
Nations
conference. A
tense postwar
thriller directed
by Jacques
Tourneur and
beautifully
shot by Lucien
Ballard. Robert
Ryan and Merle
Oberon star.
(Note courtesy of Noir City.)
DIR Jacques Tourneur; SCR Harold Medford, Curt
Siodmak; PROD Bert Granet. US, 1948, b&w, 87 min. In English. NOT RATED
MACAO
Tue, Oct 28, 7:00
A fabulous cast, topped by sexy costars Robert Mitchum and
Jane Russell, keeps things moving at a brisk enough pace
one may not notice that the plot is missing. At least there's a
gambling house, hot jewels, slimy gangsters — and Gloria
Grahame! Absurd, but endlessly amusing. (Note courtesy of
Noir City.)
DIR Josef von Sternberg, Nicholas Ray; SCR Bernard C. Schoenfeld, Stanley Rubin,
Robert Creighton Williams; PROD Alex Gottlieb. US, 1952, b&w, 81 min. In English. NOT RATED
STRAY DOG [Nora inu]
Thu, Oct 30, 7:00
A young policeman is disgraced when his gun is stolen on the
subway. With the help of a veteran cop, he hunts the culprit
through the Tokyo underworld. A riveting thriller and vividly
wrought portrait of post-Hiroshima Japan. Toshirô Mifune and
Takashi Shimura are reunited as the dogged cops. (Note
courtesy of Noir City.)
DIR/SCR Akira Kurosawa; SCR Ryûzô Kikushima; PROD Sôjirô
Motoki. Japan, 1949, b&w, 122 min. In Japanese with English subtitles. NOT RATED
Special Engagement
Courtesy of Janus Films
Courtesy of Warner Bros.
Courtesy of Warner Bros
Courtesy of Path
Courtesy of Universal
STRAY DOG
SABOTEUR
