Matinee Double Feature: CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE, 1945 SIGN OF THE RAM, 1948 May 6, 2012

Sunday, May 6 – 3:00 PM
Matinee Double Feature: CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE, 1945, 20th Century Fox, 68 min. Lloyd Nolan plays a noble postman trying to save a father (Michael O’Shea) accused of killing the grumpy SOB who roughed up his young son. A deep roster of B-movie stalwarts gives life to this creaky, preachy but hugely entertaining warning about the dangers of “circumstantial evidence.” Directed by John Larkin. [35mm] NOT ON DVD
SIGN OF THE RAM, 1948, Sony Repertory, 84 min. This unusual film was fashioned as a vehicle for star Susan Peters, who plays a sociopathic, paraplegic matriarch bent on destroying her family. Peters, injured the year before in a tragic hunting accident, gives a remarkable performance - all the more haunting for the fact that her paralysis is real. John Sturges directs the quirky screenplay by frequent Hitchcock collaborator Charles Bennett (THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH, FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT). [35mm] NOT ON DVD

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