Three films to bring in some classic summer enjoyment.
Desk Set (1957) ● Friday, June 13 at 7:30 p.m.
An efficiency expert shakes up a TV network’s research department by installing a computer. Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn headline this adaptation of the 1955 play by William Marchant. Color, 103 min. (Digital)
Forbidden Planet (1956) ● Saturday, June 14 at 2:00 p.m.
A starship crew arrives at a distant planet that’s home to Dr. Morbius (Walter Pidgeon), his daughter (Anne Francis), a powerful robot…and a mysterious terror. Considered one of the great science fiction films of the 1950s. Color, 98 min. (Digital)
“Forbidden Planet” was named to the National Film Registry in 2013. To learn more about the film, see this essay.
The Lady from Shanghai (1947) ● Saturday, June 14 at 7:30 p.m.
Writer-director Orson Welles also stars in this classic film noir about a romantic drifter (Welles) who gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his beautiful wife (Rita Hayworth). Black & white, 87 min. (Digital)
“The Lady from Shanghai” was added to the National Film Registry in 2018.
For more information on LC screenings, see this link.
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