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performance as the Dietrichesque “Lili Von Shtupp,” part of a peerless cast that includes Gene Wilder, Harvey Korman, and Brooks himself in multiple roles. DIRECTED BY: Mel Brooks. WRITTEN BY: Mel Brooks, Norman Steinberg, Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, Alan Uger. STORY BY: Andrew Bergman. WITH: Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, Madeline Kahn. 1974. 94 min. USA. Color. Scope. English. Rated R. DCP. APRIL & MAY: WARNER BROS. CENTENNIAL 42nd Street Sun, Apr 2 | 7:30pm | DGT “You’re going out a youngster but you’ve got to come back a star!” Few lines better sum up the Golden Age of the Hollywood musical than theater producer Warner Baxter’s command to ingenue Ruby Keeler in this classic Warner Bros. hit that earned nominations for Best Picture and Sound Recording in the sixth year of the Academy Awards. With songs by Al Dubin and Harry Warren, the stunning Busby Berkeley-staged musical numbers include the title song and “Shuffle Off To Buffalo.” DIRECTED BY: Lloyd Bacon. WRITTEN BY: Rian James, James Seymour. WITH: Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent, Ruby Keeler. 1933. 89 min. USA. B&W. English. 35mm.
girlfriend and the troubled, sensitive Plato (Sal Mineo). Director Nicholas Ray was nominated for his original story, and Natalie Wood and Mineo were also nominated for their supporting performances as Jim’s new friends. DIRECTED BY: Nicholas Ray. WRITTEN BY: Stewart Stern. ADAPTATION BY: Irving Shulman. STORY BY: Nicholas Ray. WITH: James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Jim Backus. 1955. 111 min. USA. Color. Scope. English. Rated PG-13. 4K DCP.
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Sun, Apr 23 | 7:30pm | DGT
Edward Albee’s controversial Broadway hit about two university professors and their very different wives enjoying a long night of drinking and confrontation became an equally startling film, with theater director Mike Nichols making his feature debut at the helm, and screen legends Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor starring as the battling George and Martha. George Segal and Sandy Dennis provided able support as the younger couple, and the film received 13 nominations including Best Picture, winning for its black-and-white Art Direction, Cinematography, and Costume Design; as well as the performances of Taylor and Dennis. DIRECTED BY: Mike Nichols. WRITTEN BY: Ernest Lehman. WITH: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal, Sandy Dennis. 1966. 131 min. USA. B&W. English. 35mm. New print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.
Barry Lyndon Sun, Apr 30 | 7:30pm | DGT
Stanley Kubrick’s follow-up to the forbidding A Clockwork Orange (1971) is a stately, gorgeously crafted epic adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray’s novel about the curious fates of an Irish rogue. Ryan O’Neal portrays Lyndon, and the film earned seven nominations including Best Picture, Directing, and Adapted Screenplay (all for Kubrick), with Oscars going to the Art Direction, Costume Design, Adaptation Score, and John Alcott’s painterly, natural and candlelit cinematography which remains immensely influential. DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Stanley Kubrick. WITH: Ryan O’Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee, Hardy Kruger. 1975. 187 min. UK. Color. English. Rated PG. 35mm. New print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.
The Maltese Falcon
The Maltese Falcon Sun, Apr 9 | 7:30pm | DGT
This faithful adaptation of Dashiell Hammett’s private eye mystery—the directorial debut of Oscar-nominated screenwriter John Huston—was actually the third film version that Warner Bros. had produced in 10 years, but was such an immediate classic that no one has dared attempt to film it again in the eight decades since. The film earned nominations for Best Picture, Huston’s screenplay, and the supporting performance of Sydney Greenstreet, making his film debut, part of an impeccable cast led by Humphrey Bogart in the role that helped secure his permanent stardom. DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: John Huston. WITH: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Sydney Greenstreet. 1941. 100 min. USA. B&W. English. 35mm. New print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive. Rebel without a Cause Sun, Apr 16 | 7:30pm | DGT James Dean’s second film as a leading man reached theaters less than a month after the star’s death at the age of 24, and his performance helped solidify his image as the embodiment of youthful angst in the decades since. Dean plays Jim Stark, a Southern California teen with a strained relationship with his parents, who finds solace with a new
Purple Rain
Purple Rain Sun, May 7 | 7:30pm | DGT Prince broke into his imperial period thanks to this feature film debut and accompanying diamond-certified soundtrack LP. The artist plays a lightly fictionalized version of himself in this lively movie musical, brimming with live
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