Rated: NR    Runtime: 100 91 min
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!

Saturday, September 19, 2009

KNOCK ON ANY DOOR
Within a few short years of making this, his second feature, Nicholas Ray would establish himself as a cinematic master with films like “In A Lonely Place,” “On Dangerous Ground,” “Johnny Guitar,” and “Rebel Without A Cause.” This one lands him squarely in noir territory: Humphrey Bogart plays a cynical criminal lawyer hired to defend a young punk in a cop killing. As the punk, young John Derek gave birth to the line "Live fast, die young and leave a good looking corpse." Also in the cast are George Macready and Allene Roberts. Directed by Nicholas Ray. 100 mins. B&W. 35mm studio archive print. 1949. Shows at 4:10 and 8:00

CONVICTED
Glenn Ford stars as a man wrongfully accused of manslaughter after a barroom brawl leaves another man dead. The sympathetic DA who helped send him to prison does all he can to lighten the sentence but to no avail. Life behind bars embitters the young con and when the opportunity to join a violent, bloody break presents itself, he seizes the moment! An exciting noir drama, ripe for rediscovery! Also starring Broderick Crawford, Millard Mitchell, Dorothy Malone. Photographed by Burnett Guffey. Directed by Henry Levin. 91 mins. B&W. 35mm studio archive print. 1950. Shows at 2:20, 6:15 and 9:55.

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