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 Copyright© Greenwich Classic Film Series, 1999

Feb. 27 & 28       Adam's Rib      1949

Directed by George Cukor. Starring Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday, Tom Ewell. Smart, sophisticated comedy by Ruth Gordon & Garson Kanin about husband and wife lawyers on opposing sides of the same murder case. One of the greatest Hollywood comedies ever written about the battle  of the sexes.

Speaker: William J. Mann, author, "Kate: The Woman Who Was Hepburn"

March  5 & 6     High Noon    1952

Directed by Fred Zinnemann. Starring Cary Cooper, Gracy Kelly, Lloyd Bridges. Retiring sheriff feels responsibility to ungrateful town when challenged by gunfighter. Three Oscars -- for Cooper, for the editing which allows the story to unfold in "real time", and for the song "Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin".  Perfect movie-making. 

Speaker: Foster Hirsch, author, film historian and professor, Brooklyn College

March   19 & 20    A Face in the Crowd    1957

Directed by Elia Kazan. Starring Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Walter Mattheau, Lee Remick. Homespun drifter discovered by Neal and promoted into a successful TV star. Many celebrities appear as themselves -- Burl Ives, Mike Wallace, Walter Winchell. Perceptive script by Budd Schulberg. Fascinating story. 

 Speaker: Mark Harris, author and contributing editor for Entertainment Weekly & New York Magazine.

April 2 & 3   BReakfast at tiffany's  1961

Directed by Blake Edwards. Starring Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen, Mickey Rooney, Martin Balsam. Charming story based on Truman Capote's short story. Hepburn plays Holly Golightly, a small-town girl who comes to NYC. Oscar-winning score by Henry Mancini & for song, "Moon River." High comedy and winning romance.

 Speaker: Sam Wasson, film historian & author of "Fifth Avenue, 5a.m.,Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's and the Dawn of the Modern Woman" . Book signing after screening.

April 16 & 17      To Have and Have Not 1944

Directed by Howard Hawks. Starring Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Walter Brennan, Hoagy Carmichael. Hawks' version of Casablanca. Tough skipper-for-hire Bogart becomes involved with French Resistance and also romances Bacall in her film debut. Legendary love scenes. Terrific dialogue by William Faulkner.

 Speaker:  Tom Santopietro, author, celebrity interviewer & Broadway theater manager.

April 30, May 1        Some Like it Hot   1959

Directed by Billy wilder. Starring Marilyn Monroe, Jack lemmon, Tony Curtis. Joe E. Brown, George Raft. Legendary comedy about two musicians who witness the St. Valentine's Day Massacre and try to escape thei rpursuers by joining an all-girl band. Sensational from start to finish.

Speaker: Richard Barrios, film historian, author & guest host on Turner Classic Movies

$130 for 6-film  series

(early enrollment offer due Dec. 15-- see registration page)

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