Wednesday through Friday
This exquisite film is one of the true classics of early Hollywood. Sternberg uses light and shadow to create an unforgettable exotic mood in this story of the fatal attraction between legionnaire Gary Cooper and cabaret singer Dietrich.
With Marlene Dietrich, Gary Cooper, Adolphe Menjou, Ulrich Haupt, Juliette Compton, Francis McDonald.
Directed by Josef von Sternberg. Produced by Louis D. Lighton. Screenplay by Jules Furthman, from the novel Amy Jolly by Benno Vigny. Photographed by Lee Garmes. Music by Karl Hajos. Paramount. 97 minutes.
Wednesday through Friday (June 16-18) at 7:30.
This tale of obsessive love contains some of the most expressively eloquent images ever filmed, “peering through nets, veils, screens, shutters, bars, cages, mists, flowers, and fabrics to tantalize the male with fantasies of the female” (Andrew Sarris).
With Marlene Dietrich, Lionel Atwill, Cesar Romero, Edward Everett Horton, Alison Skipworth, Don Alvarado, Morgan Wallace, Tempe Pigott.
Directed by Josef von Sternberg. Screenplay by John Dos Passos, S. K. Winston. From the novel La Femme et le Pantin by Pierre Louys. Photographed by Josef von Sternberg, Lucien Ballard. Paramount. 82 minutes.
Wednesday through Friday (June 16-18) at 5:55 and 9:15.