I'll come running
Mark August 15-19 on your calendars NOW for a four-film retrospective at Anthology Film Archives that absolutely cannot be missed–THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: THE MELODRAMAS OF VINCENTE MINNELLI. 3 of these films are not available on DVD, and all 4 are amazing.
The series features:
- THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, a cynical, scintillating tale set within the Hollywood studio system starring Kirk Douglas, as well as my own namesake (Lana Turner)
- THE COBWEB, starring the always entrancing Gloria Grahame selecting new drapery for a mental hospital, a trivial decision that sets off a chain of events which will eventually consume and destroy an entire network of lives
- TWO WEEKS IN ANOTHER TOWN, another industry insider tale adapted from a Shaw novel, and featuring the unlikely combination of Edward G. Robinson and Cyd Charisse, among many others
- SOME CAME RUNNING, with three incredible performances by Frank Sinatra as a drunk, Dean Martin as a gambler, and Shirley MacLaine as a sweetly uncouth “good time girl” in post-World-War-II small town America–featuring one of the most moving and astounding final sequences ever put on film. DO NOT MISS!
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