American Cinematheque at Egyptian Theatre

%3cdiv%3e Director Curtis Hanson brings James Ellroy’s epic%2c muckraking crime novel to vivid life%2c zeroing in on a racially charged murder case%2c media scandal-mongering and police corruption in 1950s Los Angeles. %3cbr%3e %3cbr%3e Discussion before the film with author James Ellroy. %3c/div%3e %3cdiv%3e%3c/div%3e %3cdiv%3e %3ca href%3d%22http%3a//www.americancinemathequecalendar.com/content/la-confidential-1%22 target%3d%22_blank%22%3ewww.americancinemathequecalendar.com/content/la-confidential-1%3c/a%3e %3c/div%3eDesignHTMLWords: 39   Characters: 309

In PITFALL%2c Dick Powell’s bored insurance man indulges an extra-marital dalliance with tough-luck model Lizabeth Scott. %26nbsp%3bIn JEALOUSY%2c a perky female cabbie gets embroiled in a dangerous triangle involving her suicidal writer husband and an aloof%2c high-toned doctor. %3cbr%3e %3ca href%3d%22http%3a//www.americancinemathequecalendar.com/content/pitfall-jealousy%22 target%3d%22_blank%22%3e%3cbr%3ewww.americancinemathequecalendar.com/content/pitfall-jealousy%3c/a%3eDesignHTMLWords: 39   Characters: 317

%3cp%3eIn THE BLUE DAHLIA%2c hard luck WWII vet Alan Ladd returns to Los Angeles only to become the prime suspect in the murder of his two-timing wife. In I LOVE TROUBLE%2c Franchot Tone is a wisecracking private eye sleuthing his way through a bevy of treacherous dames in a playful homage to Raymond Chandler.%3c/p%3e %3cp%3e%3ca […]

In THE PROWLER%2c corrupt cop Van Heflin sexually dominates a married woman for material gain.%26nbsp%3bM is the American version of Fritz Lang’s 1931 classic%2c about a child murderer. And in THE BIG NIGHT%2c John Barrymore Jr. witnesses his father absorb a beating from a gangster and seeks revenge. %3cbr%3e %3cbr%3e %3ca href%3d%22http%3a//www.americancinemathequecalendar.com/content/the-prowler-m-the-big-night%22 target%3d%22_blank%22%3ewww.americancinemathequecalendar.com/content/the-prowler-m-the-big-nigh%3c/a%3etDesignHTMLWords: 50   Characters: […]

%3cdiv%3e In THE TURNING POINT%2c prosecutor Edmond O’Brien leads a government probe into a crime syndicate. In THE SCARLET HOUR%2c seductress Carol Ohmart and her lover Tom Tryon overhear plans for a jewel robbery%2c and believe the scheme will be their deliverance from Ohmart’s possessive husband. %3cbr%3e %3cbr%3e %3ca href%3d%22http%3a//www.americancinemathequecalendar.com/content/the-turning-point-the-scarlet-hour%22 target%3d%22_blank%22%3ehttp%3a//www.americancinemathequecalendar.com/content/the-turning-point-the-scarlet-hour%3c/aDesignHTMLWords: 46   Characters: 359

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Art Directors Guild Film Society Screening%21 Sci-fi classic PLANET OF THE APES stars Charlton Heston as an astronaut who lands on a planet where simians rule. Discussion following with production designer William J. Creber%2c moderated by production designer and ADG Film Society founder John Muto.DesignHTMLWords: 45   Characters: 289

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%3cspan%3eAn evening of some of the best new short films to come out of Spain this year. Including the Goya winner “Mother”.%3c/span%3eDesignHTMLWords: 22   Characters: 112

%3cspan%3eCombining Italian neorealism and conventional melodrama%2c Luchino Visconti%27s stirring and expansive family epic%26nbsp%3b%3c/span%3e %3cstrong%3eROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS%3c/strong%3e %3cspan%3e%26nbsp%3bis set in 1950s Milan%2c telling a tale of changing times%2c family ties%2c conflicting moral codes%2c human weaknesses%2c jealousy%2c rape and murder with realistic trappings and operatic style.%3c/span%3eDesignHTMLWords: 45   Characters: 310