Hollywood and the Movies of the Fifties
CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION
The Arts Club of Washington
Cinematography and Literary Committees
present a film lab:
Saturday, April 27th, beginning at 12:00 noon
The American Film Institute's Silver Theatre
8633 Colesville Road
Silver Spring, Maryland
As a follow-on to our April 4th author discussion with Foster Hirsch of his newest book, Hollywood and the Movies of the Fifties, Arts Club members and friends are invited to attend screenings of up to three films, each representing a different genre, with post-film discussions led by American Film Institute (AFI) members. Meet in the lobby seating area outside Theatre 2 after each performance to participate.
For those wishing to join a more in-depth discussion group, a casual dinner gathering will be held near the theatre following Demetrius and the Gladiators. Details are below.
Your RSVP is helpful if you would like to sit with other Arts Club/AFI members, but not necessary for this open-seating event. Ticket may be purchased online with a service charge or at the box-office the day of the screenings.
Open seating, attend as many or as few of the films as your schedule allows. Theatre is fully ADA accessible.
Nearest Metro: Silver Spring
Nearest Parking: Town Square Garage, 786 Ellsworth Drive
12:00 p.m. - Cease Fire! is one of the first uses of the docudrama, with real footage from the Korean War interspersed with dramatizations giving Americans their first realistic views of what their soldiers faced. The use of 3-Dimensional projection makes the film doubly-compelling. 85 minutes. 1952 LEARN MORE
2:00 p.m. - Bell Book and Candle, the inspiration for the television comedy Bewitched, saw the unlikely pairing of Kim Novak and Jimmy Stewart win audience's hearts and convince Alfred Hitchcock to re-team them in the immortal Vertigo. 106 minutes. 1958 LEARN MORE
4:15 p.m. - Demetrius and the Gladiators is the continuation of the box-office smash The Robe, and was one of the highest-grossing films of the 1950s. Filmed in big-screen CinemaScope and drenched in Technicolor, the AFI screening will be a rare opportunity to see the use of 35mm film (versus digital projection). 101 minutes. 1954 LEARN MORE
7:00 p.m. - Casual dinner gathering at La Malinche Spanish and Mexican Tapas. Separate checks will be provided. Meet outside Theatre 2 if you would like to attend or text 202-812-0291 to have a seat held.
