Archival Treasures: Recent Columbia Restorations
Every spring, the Cinematheque devotes a series to recent restorations by a world-renowned preservation department. This year we are bringing Columbia restorations from the Sony Film Archive to Madison, which presents a rare opportunity for our audience to (re)discover some of the best American films from the 50s and early 30s. With films directed by Otto Preminger, Nicholas Ray, and Frank Capra, and starring James Stewart, Humphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck, and Dan Duryea, this series truly covers all the bases. We are thrilled that Grover Crisp, Vice President of Asset Management and Film Restoration at Sony Pictures Entertainment, will join us on May 9th to introduce his restoration of Capra's pre-Code masterwork, American Madness (1932).
Co-sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, UW Madison Student Chapter. This series was made possible with the assistance of Grover Crisp. Special thanks to Helena Brissenden, Suzanne LeRoy and Sony Pictures Entertainment.
Friday, March 7, 7:30 p.m.
The Burglar
USA, 1957, 35mm, b/w, 90 min.
Directed by Paul Wendkos
With Dan Duryea, Jayne Mansfield, Martha Vickers
Nat Harbin (film noir's favorite cad, Duryea) steals a diamond necklace from a spiritualist's mansion with the help of Gladden (Mansfield in her first "serious" role). Things go wrong when a crooked cop muscles in on the action. Directed by newcomer Wendkos, this is among the oddest of late noirs. Restored print!
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Saturday, March 29, 7:30 p.m.
Anatomy of a Murder
USA, 1959, 35mm, b/w, 161 min.
Directed by Otto Preminger
With James Stewart, Ben Gazzara, Eve Arden
When an army lieutenant (Gazzara) is accused of murder in a sleepy Michigan town, attorney Paul Biegler (Stewart) takes the case. Come to see Jimmy Stewart and George C. Scott clash in court over Muff the dog and women's undergarments-stay for Duke Ellington's groundbreaking score. Restored print!
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Saturday, April 12, 7:30 p.m.
In a Lonely Place
USA, 1950, 35mm, b/w, 94 min.
Directed by Nicholas Ray
With Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy
In one of Ray's greatest and deeply most resonant features, Steele, an embittered screenwriter, is hired to adapt a bestseller. Instead of reading the book himself, he asks a hatcheck girl to summarize the plot. But when she is found brutally murdered, he becomes the prime suspect... Restored print!
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Saturday, April 19, 7:30 p.m.
Forbidden
USA, 1932, 35mm, b/w, 83 min.
Directed by Frank Capra
With Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou, Ralph Bellamy
In this pre-Code melodrama, bored librarian Lulu (25-year-old Stanwyck in white fox fur) sets off on a luxury cruise, where she has an illicit affair with a married politician. Back home, she reinvents herself as a journalist, but her editor threatens to expose her secret unless she marries him. Restored print!
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Saturday, April 19, 9:10 p.m.
Shopworn
USA, 1932, 35mm, b/w, 72 min.
Directed by Nicholas Grinde
With Barbara Stanwyck, Regis Toomey, ZaSu Pitts
In the second half of this Stanwyck double feature, waitress Kitty gets engaged to high society son David Livingston, only to be framed as a prostitute by his disapproving mother. After a prison stint, she becomes an overnight musical sensation and renews her romance with David. Restored print!
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Friday, May 9, 7:30 p.m.
American Madness
USA, 1932, 35mm, b/w, 76 min.
Directed by Frank Capra
With Walter Huston, Pat O'Brien, Kay Johnson
This is a Capra you've never seen before: While bank president Thomas Dickson is admonished for overly generous lending practices, a bank teller is pressured into helping a gangster rob the bank. Things only get worse as a bank-run and a suicide loom on the horizon. Archivist Grover Crisp will introduce the restored print!
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