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Event
"Woman on the Run" Screening
WOMAN ON THE RUN (1950)
Screening Followed By Q&A with Film Historian Alan K. Rode
Date: Saturday, May 7th
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Vidiots Annex
Tickets:
$10 General Admission
$8 Students/Seniors
$5 Foundation Members
Woman on the Run (1950)
Dir. Norman Foster, Starring: Ann Sheridan, Dennis O'Keefe & Robert Keith
Restoration by UCLA Film and Television Archive
Runtime: 79 min
A lost gem rediscovered! Thanks to the efforts of the Film Noir Foundation, this terrific 1950 film noir, the only American print of which was burned in a 2008 fire, has been rescued and restored to its original luster. Join the wild chase around San Francisco as a man goes into hiding after witnessing a gangland execution. Police bird-dog his wife Eleanor (Ann Sheridan), certain shell lead them to her husband, whose testimony against the killer could bring down a crime kingpin. But Eleanor and her hubbie are Splitsvilleshe never wants to see him again. When roguish newspaperman Danny Leggett (Dennis OKeefe) charms Eleanor into helping him track down the hidden husbandthere are unexpected, stunning, and poignant results. This nervy, shot-on-location thriller is a witty and wise look at the travails of romance and marriage, and perhaps the best cinematic depiction ever of mid-20th century San Francisco.
To learn more, visit the film's page at Flicker Alley:
http://www.flickeralley.com/classic-movies/#!/Woman-on-the-Run/p/59318243
Alan K. Rode (alankrode.com)
Alan programs and hosts diverse cinema events including the American Cinematheques Festival of Horror and Fantasy and an extensive Warner Brothers retrospective The Brothers Warner at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. His original series of film noir programs including: Amnesia Film Noirs Version of the Common Cold, Greenstreet and Lorre and Red, White and Black: Film Noir and the Blacklist, played for eight consecutive months at the historic Silent Movie Theatre in Los Angeles. Alan is the director and treasurer of the Film Noir Foundation. He co-programs and co-hosts several of the renowned NOIR CITY film festivals with FNF President, the Czar of Noir Eddie Muller.
Alan contributes narrative commentaries and also appears as an expert commentator on DVD classic film releases of all genres. He is featured on the recently restored New York Confidential and The Prowler DVDs and on the forthcoming Blu-Ray editions of the 70th anniversary of Casablanca and From Here to Eternity. He is a member of the Writers Guild, the Biographers International Organization, the American Film Institute and served on the film selection board of the Los Angeles Conservancy.
All proceeds go towards the Vidiots Foundation, a non-profit 501(c)3 organization dedicated to the cinematic and media arts in the form of preserving and protecting our collection of over 50,000 rare and classic VHS, DVD and Blu-Ray titles.
Vidiots celebrates cinema and the vitality of independent art through education, archival preservation and accessibility. The Vidiots Foundation connects people to experience evolving media, taking video store culture into the 21st century.
To find out more about membership and supporting our cause, visit us at: vidiotsfoundation.org
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LocationVidiots (View)
302 Pico Blvd
Santa Monica, CA 90405
United States
Categories
| Minimum Age: 10 |
| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: Yes! |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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