Rated: M    Runtime: 101/58 min
I WAKE UP DREAMING: The Haunted World of the B Film Noir

Tuesday May 26
Double Feature! 2 films. 1 low price.

SUSPENSE
One of the classiest of all poverty row films, a nightclub noir about a deadly romantic quadrangle that threatens to destroy the lives of everyone involved. A thoroughly unusual and visually rich thriller that is all but forgotten today. Starring Barry Sullivan, Belita, Albert Dekker, Bonita Granville, Eugene Pallette. Directed by Frank Tuttle. 101 mins. 1946. Showtime: 8:00.

THE PRETENDER
This remarkably timely noir oddity about a financier who has been plundering the assets of a wealthy client mixes equal measures of suspense with “Twilight Zone”-style elements of the supernatural. One of the first Hollywood films to feature a theramin-dominated score. Brilliantly shot by John Alton! Starring Albert Dekker, Catherine Craig, Linda Sterling. Directed by W. Lee Wilder. 69 mins. 1947. Showtimes: 6:35 & 9:50.

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