Rated: NR    Runtime: 85 / 73
THE BEST OF COLUMBIA NOIR: Twenty-two Gems From The Vaults Of Columbia Pictures. All shows in beautiful 35mm archival prints!

Double Feature. 2 films. One low price!

Thursday, September 17, 2009

JOHNNY O’CLOCK This erotically offbeat noir gave Dick Powell his most vividly hard-boiled role since his re-invention as tough guy Philip Marlowe three years earlier in Dmytryk’s “Murder My Sweet.” As the darkly suave proprietor of an illegal gambling den, Johnny walks a deadly tightrope between doom and redemption. A nearly forgotten gem of sizzling noir brilliance, beautifully photographed by the legendary Burnett Guffey. Also in the top-notch cast: Evelyn Keyes, Lee J. Cobb, Thomas Gomez and Ellen Drew. Written and Directed by Robert Rossen. 85 mins. B&W. 35mm studio archive print. 1947. Shows at 8:00 ONLY!

BLIND SPOT
With a plot resembling an unhatched Cornell Woolrich tale (it isn’t), an alcoholic writer of mystery novels (hmmm…) finds himself unable to provide an alibi for himself when his publisher turns up dead in a locked room—exactly in the way he cooked up for one of his own grisly books! A highly entertaining and ingenious B noir! Starring Chester Morris, Constance Dowling, Steven Geray. Screenplay by Martin "Detour" Goldsmith. Directed by Robert Gordon. 73 mins. B&W. 35mm studio archive print. 1947. Shows at 6:30 & 9:50.

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Double Feature Admission : $11.00

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"Columbia figures large in the film noir annals" - Dennis Harvey, sf360