NOIR CITY returns to Hollywood April 15-17 with a slate of eight films and a new venue, the Hollywood Legion Theater. Screenings will be introduced by Film Noir Foundation founder and president Eddie Muller and board member Alan K. Rode. This year's festival kicks off with two FNF-funded restorations of Cy Endfield directed noirs, Try and Get Me! (1951) and the Los Angeles premiere of The Argyle Secrets (1948). The former is inspired by the true story of a 1933 kidnapping and murder in San Jose, California, and stars Lloyd Bridges and Frank Lovejoy. The latter is our latest 35mm restoration and features William Gargan as a hardboiled reporter hunting down a book listing prominent WWII traitors who put profits above fighting fascism.
Highlights include The Film Foundation's 35mm print of Michael Curtiz' The Breaking Point (1950) based on Ernest Hemmingway's To Have and Have Not and starring John Garfield, as well as The Library of Congress' 35mm print of The Accused (1949), starring Loretta Young.
Also to be screened: the Film Noir Foundation's restoration of Joseph Losey's envelope-pushing The Prowler (1951), as well as the 35mm preservation print of Cy Endfield's The Underworld Story (1950) starring Dan Duryea in a rare protagonist role. FNF proceeds from the NOIR CITY festival benefit the foundation's efforts to rescue and restore noir films in danger of being permanently lost or damaged.
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All patrons aged 18 and up will be required to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination. Tickets for NOIR CITY: Hollywood are $18 per show. Discounts are available for students, military, and Post 43 members. Tickets, full schedule, and program notes are available on the Hollywood Legion Theater's website.
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