Something splendid is going on next month: The Film Noir Foundation’s Noir City 9, San Francisco’s annual film festival celebrating classic dark-side flicks.
The schedule of films and the new poster will be revealed Wednesday at the first Noir City Xmas double feature. The films are: “Remember the Night” 1940 and “Mr. Soft Touch” 1949.
“Remember the Night” stars Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray (they reunited for the ultra-famous noir classic “Double Indemnity” 1944) as well as Beulah Bondi. Preston Sturges wrote the original screenplay and Mitchell Leisen directed.
“Mr. Soft Touch,” a comedy-drama set in San Francisco, stars Glenn Ford and Evelyn Keyes. It was directed by Gordon Douglas and Henry Levin.
Film Noir Foundation founder and president Eddie Muller always does an amazing job with the festival and I can’t wait to hear the details for next year.
Noir City Xmas is Wednesday Dec. 15 and Noir City 9 runs Jan. 21-30, 2011, both at the Castro Theatre. For full details, visit www.noircity.com.
Last year’s highlights included:
Marilyn is both steamy and scheming in "Niagara" from 1953 by Henry Hathaway.
Marilyn Noir: “Niagara” 1953 and “The Asphalt Jungle” 1950.
Bad Girls of Film Noir: “One Girl’s Confession” 1953 and “Women’s Prison” 1955.
The Magnificent Gloria Grahame: “Human Desire” 1954 and “Odds Against Tomorrow” 1959.
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