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2 April 2013

Insanely great movies to sear Egyptian screen @ NOIR CITY

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Shady dames and murderous mobsters converge for dark tales of jaded gumshoes, femmes fatale and menacing heavies in gloriously gritty black and white — it’s the 15th annual Noir City festival. [...]

3 March 2013

Russ recalls Rusty Tamblyn, child star of GUN CRAZY @ UCLA Film & Television Archive

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In the film, Russ Tamblyn plays a sweet little boy raised by a single mom … he gains self esteem by popping off pistols. [...]

27 February 2013

“Gun Crazy” (1950) with Russ Tamblyn in person at UCLA Film & Television Archive

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It’s pulpily written, torridly performed, and a wild cinematic ride: “Gun Crazy” this Friday at the Billy Wilder Theatre. [...]

16 February 2013

My dad, Dana Andrews, at the Egyptian Wednesday

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Looking forward to the screening of the early film noir, Laura, directed by Otto Preminger and starrring Gene Tierney, Clifton Webb and Dana Andrews. [...]

15 April 2012

TCM Fest: Good god! Peggy Cummins heats up “Gun Crazy”

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An in-person appearance by Peggy Cummins, the British-born star of “Gun Crazy” a cult film noir classic, at TCM Fest. [...]

2 April 2012

Noir City: Hollywood, 14th annual festival of film noir opens soon @ Egyptian Theatre

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Anticipates with a tingling spine the annual film noir festival at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. [...]

2 August 2010

Julius Garfinkle’s integrity

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Actress Julie Garfield remembers her father John Garfield in a curtain talk following the screening of “Body and Soul” (1947, dir. Robert Rossen, d.p., James Wong Howe, screenplay Abraham Polansky.

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20 July 2010

As a dad, Alan Ladd walked tall

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“The Blue Dahlia” a hard-boiled crime film written as an original screenplay by novelist Raymond Chandler had a marvelous screening at the Academy, with a curtain talk by star Alan Ladd’s second son, David Ladd. [...]

29 June 2010

Lizabeth Scott @ the Academy

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87-year-old film noir femme fatale Lizabeth Scott in an in-person appearance at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences in Los Angeles in tandem with a screening of “The Strange Loves of Martha Ivers” during the Academy’s summer 2010 film noir festival. [...]

30 May 2010

Robert Ryan fan club

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We honor actor Robert Ryan. [...]