College of Arts and
Letters Film Series is celebrating its 10th
Anniversary in Fall 2013!
IN SUPPORT:
UNFORGETTABLE SUPPORTING ACTORS AND
ACTRESSES
Tuesday nights, Cline Library Assembly Hall, 7 p.m.
*Sept 3 A Night at the
Opera, Directed by Sam Wood, Starring the Marx Brothers, 1935, 96 min., unrated
Groucho, Chico and
Harpo at their peak with support from singing lovers Alan Jones and Kitty
Karlisle, villainous Sig Ruman and renowned comic foil Margaret Dumont
*Sept 10 Top Hat,
Directed by Mark Sandrich, Starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, 1935, 101
min., unrated
Fred and Ginger cheek
to cheek with comic support from Edward Everett Horton, Eric Blore, Erik
Rhodes, , Helen Broderick, and Lucille
Ball
*Sept 17 The Maltese
Falcon, Directed by John Huston, Starring Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor,
1941, 100 min., unrated
Bogey vaulted to
stardom as detective Sam Spade with a supporting cast of Sidney Greenstreet,
Peter Lorre, Gladys George, Elijah Cook Jr,. Lee Patrick, Jerome Cowan, Barton
MacLane, and Ward Bond
*Sept 24 Bad Day at
Black Rock, Directed by John Sturges, Starring Spencer Tracy and Robert
Ryan, 1955, 81 min., unrated
Three Oscar
nominations, including star Tracy and director Sturges with one of the 1950s
great supporting casts: Walter Brennan, Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Anne
Francis, and Dean Jagger
* Oct. 1 Rear Window, Director
Alfred Hitchcock, Starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly, 1954, 115 min.,
unrated
A Hitchcock
masterpiece starring one of his favorite actors and actresses supported by
Thelma Ritter, Wendell Corey and Raymond Burr
*Oct. 8 Twelve Angry Men, Directed by Sidney Lumet, Starring Henry Fonda, 1957, 96 min., unrated
Oscar nominations for picture, director and screenplay; Lumet’s debut film; and the jury: Lee J. Cobb, Jack Klugman, Robert Webber, E.G. Marshall, Martin Balsam, Jack Warden, and Ed Begley
*Oct. 15 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Directed by Richard Brooks, Starring Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman, 1958, 108 min., TV-PG
Tennessee Williams’ classic, six Oscar nominations, two beautiful Oscar-nominated stars, and support from Burl Ives, Judith Anderson, and Jack Carson
*Oct. 22 Lonely Are the Brave, Directed by David Miller, Starring Kirk Douglas, 1962, 100 min., TV PG
Edward Abbey’s novel, Dalton Trumbo’s screenplay, Kirk Douglas’ favorite film with support from George Kennedy, Gena Rowland, Walter Matthau,, Carol O’Connor, and William Schallert
*Oct. 29 Arsenic and Old Lace, Directed by Frank Capra, Starring Cary Grant, 1944, 118 min., unrated
Our Halloween treat – Frank Capra directs Cary Grant in a murderous comedy featuring Josephine Hull, Raymond Massey, Peter Lorre, Priscilla Lane, Jane Adair, Jack Carson, James Gleason, and John Alexander
Nov. 5 Anatomy of a Murder, Directed by Otto Preminger, Starring James Stewart, 1959, 160 min., TV-PG
A great legal drama, seven Oscar nominations including picture, actor for Stewart and supporting actors Arthur O’Connell and George C. Scott, plus Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, and Eve Arden
*Nov. 12 A Shot in the Dark, Directed by Blake Edwards, Starring Peter Sellers, 1964, 101 min., unrated
Peter Sellers in the best of his Inspector Clouseau comedies with Elke Sommer, George Sanders, Herbert Lom as Chief Inspector Dreyfus, and Burt Kwouck as Cato
*Nov. 19 Deliverance, Directed by John Boorman, Starring Jon Voight and Burt Reynolds, 1972, 119 min., R
James Dickey’s adapted his acclaimed novel about four men on a death-defying river trip into an Oscar nominated film, featuring dueling banjos and support from Ned Beatty and Ronnie Cox
Nov. 26 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Directed by Milos Foreman, Starring Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher, 1975, 134 min., R
One of only three films to win Oscars for Best Picture, Actor, Actress, Director, and Screenplay, with support from Danny DeVito, Brad Dourif, Christopher Lloyd, Will Sampson, William Redfield, Scatman Crothers, Sydney Lassick, and Vincent Schiavelli
Dec. 3 The Deer Hunter, Directed by Michael Cimino, Starring Robert De Niro, 1978, 116 min., R
10 Oscar nominations, 5 wins: picture, director, editing, sound, and supporting actor, Christopher Walken, with supporting actress nominee Meryl Streep, and John Cazale and John Savage
Dec. 10 Animal House, Directed by John Landis, Starring John Belushi, 1978, 109 min., R
“Knowledge is Good” at Faber College; Harold Ramis wrote it; with support from Tim Matheson, John Vernon, Tom Hulce, Kevin Bacon, Karen Allen, Donald Sutherland, and Verna Bloom