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TO VIEW A COMPLETE LIST OF FILMS FROM NOIR CITY 1-6 GO HERE. |
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Noir City kicks off with a tribute to one of Hollywood’s most versatile and enduring stars, Joan Leslie. In such classics as High Sierra, Sergeant York and Yankee Doodle Dandy, Leslie made a vivid impression as an irrepressible All-American ingénue. This being Noir City, we honor Joan with screenings of her two darkest dramas:
 
d. Alfred Werker, Eagle-Lion,
1947, 93 min.
Think of it as the noir version of It’s a Wonderful Life. On New Year’s Eve, a young woman (Leslie) is given the chance to relive the previous year, leading up to the moment when she murdered her husband (Louis Hayward). Will there be a “repeat performance?” This was Leslie’s breakout role, in which the ingénue became a full-grown woman. Richard Basehart is stunning in his movie debut. (There are no playable 35mm prints of this film; we are presenting it here in 16mm, courtesy of Films Around the World). 7:00
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d. Vincent Sherman, Warner Bros., 1943, 109 min.
This backstage melodrama, featuring a blistering screenplay by Daniel Fuchs and Peter Viertel, is so dark and nasty we’re granting it honorary “noir” status so it can be appreciated on the big screen in all its mean-spirited glory. Joan Leslie plays a young woman steered into a show biz career by the Big Sister From Hell — Ida Lupino in a performance that won her the NY Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress! Legendary producer Jerry Wald gives it the full Warner Bros. "dark drama" treatment, including stunning cinematography by the great James Wong Howe. 9:30 |
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d. Joseph Losey, United Artists,
1951, 92 min.
Don’t miss the “re-premiere” of a nearly forgotten masterpiece! Joseph Losey's greatest American-made film — written by legendary blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo — has been fully restored to its original bleak splendor by the Film Noir Foundation and the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Crazed cop Webb Garwood (Van Heflin) stalks a lonely Los Angeles housewife (Evelyn Keyes) and eventually decides to win her in time-honored noir tradition: by knocking off her husband. 3:00, 7:00
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d. Joseph H. Lewis, 1950, 86 min.
Dalton Trumbo was the uncredited screenwriter of this “B” masterwork. No picture before or since has more deliriously used side arms as sexual symbols. Loopy, corny, overheated — and one stunning adrenaline rush of creative moviemaking from start to finish, highlighted by several of the most exciting action sequences ever filmed. 1:00, 9:40
Be here for the San Francisco launch of the mostly eagerly-anticipated crime fiction event of 2008! A Hell of a Woman: An Anthology of Female Noir, edited by Megan Abbott, is a collection of 26 short stories (and a dazzling array of “appreciations”) by the crème de la crème of contemporary crime writers — many of whom will be at the Castro to sign what’s already being hailed as the best noir anthology in years. Book sales and signing sponsored by M Is for Mystery bookstore. 6:00 – 7:00 on the mezzanine. |
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 scr/dir. Eddie Muller, 2008, 20 min.
Legendary blacklisted actress Marsha Hunt, 90, returns to the screen in "a noir fairy tale, based on actual events." A cache of used books leads an intrepid young “investigator” to the home of a woman who may, or may not, be the widow of America’s most notorious unapprehended serial killer. 9:00 |
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d. Frank Borzage, Republic, 1948, 90 min.
Relentlessly romantic optimist Frank Borzage is the last director you'd expect to turn out an effective film noir, but this brilliantly directed drama was his sound era masterpiece. Dane Clark gives a bruised and brooding performance as a young man convinced that his father's "bad blood" has sealed his miserable fate. Can he be saved by the love of “good girl” Gail Russell? Print courtesy of UCLA Film and Television Archive. 1:40, 5:10, 8:50 |
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d. John Farrow, 1948, 81 min.
A lost noir returns to the big screen! Edward G. Robinson stars as a man cursed with the ability to predict the future. John Farrow, a director at his most stylish in noir terrain, adapts from the novel by master of suspense Cornell Woolrich. Co-starring Gail Russell and John Lund. Universal Pictures struck this new print exclusively for Noir City! 3:30, 7:00 |
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Fri,
Jan 25
*Passport holder reception for Joan Leslie starts at 5:30
REPEAT PERFORMANCE
7:00
Onstage Interview with Joan Leslie between films!
THE HARD WAY
9:30 |
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Sat, Jan
26
THE PROWLER
3:00, 7:00
"Hell of a Woman"
booksigning on mezzanine
6:00 to 7:00
GUN CRAZY
1:00, 9:40
World Premiere Screening
THE GRAND INQUISITOR
9:00
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Sun, Jan
27
MOONRISE
1:40, 5:10, 8:50
NIGHT HAS 1000 EYES
3:30, 7:00 |
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Mon, Jan
28
WOMAN IN HIDING
7:30
JEOPARDY
9:00
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Tues, Jan
29
HANGOVER SQUARE
7:30
DANGEROUS CROSSING
9:00 |
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Wed, Jan
30
"Charles McGraw"
booksigning
on mezzanine
6:00 to 7:00
REIGN OF TERROR
7:00
BORDER INCIDENT
9:00 |
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Thu, Jan 31
D.O.A.
7:10
THE STORY OF MOLLY X
9:00
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Fri, Feb 1
CONFLICT
7:00
THE SUSPECT
9:00
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Sat, Feb
2
THE 3RD VOICE
1:00, 4:10, 7:30
THE FACE BEHIND THE MASK
2:40, 5:45, 9:00 |
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Sun, Feb 3
ROADHOUSE
3:00, 7:00
NIGHT AND THE CITY
1:00, 5:00, 9:10
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