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(re)Discovery |
Legendary producer Val Lewton brought sophistication and psychological complexity to the creaky horror genre (and saved RKO form ruin) with this very successful low budget creeper. Simone Simon is a newly-wed full of anxiety and fearful that consummating her ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1942 | Not Rated | Drama, Horror | d. Jacques Tourneur Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Tom Conway Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Wednesday, Aug 11 at 03:00 PM
Archival 35mm
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The Brothers Warner finally saw fit to give Busby Berkeley full directing control over the third of five “Gold Diggers” films - but this was no freshman outing for the former Army parade director. Berkeley had already mined plenty of ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1935 | Not Rated | Comedy, Musical | d. Busby Berkeley Dick Powell, Adolphe Menjou, Gloria Stuart Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Saturday, Aug 14 at 03:30 PM
Archival 35mm
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“What is the Law?!” Charles Laughton may just be the most menacing mad scientist in all of cinema - especially at night, in a jungle, snapping a whip and admonishing the half-man creatures he’s carved from living animal flesh! ... read more |
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Sponsored by Charles and Ann Horak 1932 | | Adventure, Horror | d. Erle C. Kenton Charles Laughton, Richard Arlen, Bela Lugosi Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Wednesday, Aug 11 at 01:00 PM
Archival 35mm
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The beautiful Gene Tierney, in an Oscar-nominated role, gives a bone-chilling performance as a woman so jealous of her novelist husband (Cornel Wilde) that she is willing to do anything to keep him solely to herself – including murder those ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1945 | Not Rated | Drama, Thriller | d. John M. Stahl Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Vincent Price Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Monday, Aug 9 at 01:00 PM
Restored 35mm
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(re)Discovery |
"'Okay Marlowe,' I said to myself. 'You're a tough guy. You've been sapped twice, choked, beaten silly with a gun, shot in the arm until you're crazy as a couple of waltzing mice. Now let's see you do something really ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1944 | Not Rated | Crime, Drama | d. Edward Dmytryk Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Friday, Aug 13 at 10:00 AM
Archival 35mm
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Anyone worrying about the fate of Jane after seeing Tarzan the Ape Man, could rest easy with this second Wesimuller/O’Sullivan outing. From the outset it’s clear that Jane hasn’t succumbed to the jungle, but domesticated the jungle man. ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1934 | Not Rated | Action, Adventure | d. Cedric Gibbons Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Neil Hamilton Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Thursday, Aug 12 at 03:00 PM
Archival 35mm
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Based on the characters created by Edgar Rice Burroughs in 1912, this is the film that introduced audiences to former Olympic swimming medalist Johnny Weissmuller and marked the first of six Tarzan movies starring both him and Irish-born actress Maureen ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1932 | Not Rated | Action, Adventure | d. W.S. Van Dyke Maureen O'Sullivan, Johnny Weissmuller, Neil Hamilton Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Thursday, Aug 12 at 01:00 PM
Archival 35mm
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A young ballerina finds herself torn between her passion for dancing and her love for her composer-husband. The wonderful performances, breathtaking Technicolor cinematography and Oscar-winning music have earned this film its status as an enduring classic. Alternating between stark ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1948 | Not Rated | Drama, Romance | d. Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger Marius Goring, Jean Short, Gordon Littmann Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Saturday, Aug 14 at 12:30 PM
Restored 35mm
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Plaza Art House / (re)Discovery |
“Tools of the trade…” says Joe Shishido’s jowly assassin Jo as he opens a large and heavy metal case revealing sniper rifles, handguns and an assortment of knives. Later he’ll set a man’s hair on fire with an aerosol ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1963 | Not Rated | Action, Crime | d. Seijun Suzuki Jo Shishido, Ichiro Kijima, Misako Watanabe Philanthropy Theatre
Friday, Aug 13 at 09:30 PM
Digital Japanese with English Subtitles
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