Alan Ladd Tribute Double Feature: New 35mm Print! THE GREAT GATSBY, 1949, THIS GUN FOR HIRE, 1942, April 20, 2012

Friday, April 20 – 7:30 PM
Alan Ladd Tribute Double Feature: New 35mm Print! THE GREAT GATSBY, 1949, Universal, 91 min. Resurrected at last is this Golden Age version of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel, unseen for decades. Thanks to our friends at Universal Pictures, Alan Ladd’s noir-tinged take on the timeless tale of shady success and lost love can be seen again, in a brand-new print made exclusively for Noir City! Screenplay by Cyril Hume and Richard Maibaum, based on the novel and a play by Owen Davis. Directed by Elliott Nugent. An intriguing take on an American classic. [35mm]
THIS GUN FOR HIRE, 1942, Universal, 81 min. Alan Ladd skyrocketed to stardom playing vengeful assassin Philip Raven in this stylish adaptation of Graham Greene’s classic novel of espionage, transposed to the California coast. Veronica Lake sizzles in her first of seven onscreen pairings with Ladd, and noir favorites Laird Cregar and Marc Lawrence lend memorable support. Directed by Frank Tuttle, from a screenplay by W.R. Burnett (THE ASPHALT JUNGLE) and Albert Maltz (NAKED CITY). [35mm] Introduction by film noir experts Eddie Muller and Alan Rode.
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