Lupita Tovar—was shot at night after the English version production team left the set. It had an entirely different cast and crew, and a lower budget. DIRECTED BY: George Melford. WRITTEN BY: Baltasar Fernández Cué. WITH: Carlos Villarías, Barry Norton, Lupita Tovar, Pablo Álvarez Rubio. 1931. 104 min. USA. B&W. Spanish. 4K DCP.
Jack and Harry Cohn, along with Joe Brandt—all former employees of Universal—established their studio Cohn-Brandt-Cohn in 1918. Rebranding as Columbia Pictures in 1924, it gained enough traction to absorb neighboring low-budget studios. Originally known for comedy shorts, Columbia rose to prestige through the talent of contracted director Frank Capra, whose delightful rom-com Platinum Blonde was the first of his many collaborations with the future Oscar-winning screenwriter Robert Riskin ( It Happened One Night ). DIRECTED BY: Frank Capra. WRITTEN BY: Robert Riskin. STORY BY: Harry E. Chandlee, Douglas W. Churchill. WITH: Loretta Young, Robert Williams, Jean Harlow, Halliwell Hobbes. 1931. 90 min. USA. B&W. English. [Format TBD].
THE BIG PARADE
The Big Parade Thu, Oct 31 | 2pm | TMT Mon, Nov 4 | 2pm | TMT Wed, Nov 6 | 2pm | TMT
King Vidor’s 1925 silent war drama The Big Parade depicts World War I through a realistic lens and became the fundamental guide for other war films in Hollywood. It was produced by Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), which was formed in 1924 by Jewish theater chain magnate Marcus Loew and is considered by many to be the grandest of all Hollywood studios. The film was met with spectacular reception upon its release, becoming one of the biggest hits of the 1920s. The Big Parade elevated the careers of its cast and crew and complemented the studio’s reputation for spectacle, high production values, and a roster of top-tier stars under the later management of Louis B. Mayer. DIRECTED BY: King Vidor. WRITTEN BY: Laurence Stallings, Harry Behn, Joseph W. Farnham. WITH: John Gilbert, Reneé Adorée, Hobart Bosworth, Claire McDowell. 1925. 151 min. USA. B&W. Silent. DCP.
PLATINUM BLONDE
Platinum Blonde Thu, Nov 7 | 2pm | TMT Wed, Nov 13 | 2pm | TMT Thu, Nov 14 | 2pm | TMT
Columbia Pictures began as a “Poverty Row” studio, a producer of B-movies located on a low-rent strip of Gower Street in Los Angeles. Jewish brothers
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