FRI MAR 22, 2024 7:30 PM NEVER OPEN THAT DOOR / THE WINDOW $15.00 (member) ; $20.00 (general admission) Egyptian Theatre | Opening Night cocktail reception prior to screening! ‘NOIR CITY: Hollywood 2024’ Checking Event Status... *This is an RSVP which means first come first served. This RSVP does not guarantee a seat. Not a Member? Join Today. Already a Member? Be sure you are logged in to your account. Your RSVP is being held for 1 minute, please select the quantity and fill out your contact info to complete the RSVP First Name Last Name Email Quantity Subscribe to our newsletter FINISH
ABOUT THE EVENT: 6:00pm | Cocktail Reception Special thanks to our official spirits sponsors Hendrick’s Gin and The Balvenie 7:30pm | NEVER OPEN THAT DOOR 9:45pm | Intermission 9:55pm | THE WINDOW Start times are approximate. ABOUT THE FILMS: NEVER OPEN THAT DOOR, Dir. Carlos Hugo Christensen, 85 Min, Film Noir Foundation, Argentina Originally released May 23, 1952 In Spanish with English subtitles. NOIR CITY and the American Cinematheque are proud to present a new FNF restoration of this duo of suspense stories from the pen of Cornell Woolrich. The fabulous cinematography of Pablo Tabernero heightens to several masterful sequences of spine-tingling suspense. Critic Horacio Bernades declared, “Rarely as an Argentine film been more purely cinematic than this.” FORMAT: DCP Digital restoration by the UCLA Film & Television Archive with funding by the Film Noir Foundation THE WINDOW, Dir. Ted Tetzlaff, 73 Min, Park Circus, USA Originally released May 21, 1949 The screen adaptation of Cornell Woolrich’s “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” is one of Hollywood’s classic suspense films. Ten-year old Bobby Driscoll is a chronic fibber — except after he witnesses a murder. Unfortunately, he can’t convince his parents (Barbara Hale and Arthur Kennedy) to believe him. Co-starring Ruth Roman and Paul Stewart as the sinister couple upstairs FORMAT: 35mm 35mm print courtesy of the Film Noir Foundation Collection at the UCLA Film & Television Archive