WALK, DON’T RUN (Walk Co. / Columbia, 1966). Directed by Charles Walters. Screenplay by Sol Saks and Robert Russell, from a story by Frank Ross. With Cary Grant, Samantha Eggar, Jim Hutton, John Standing, Miiko Taka. (114 min, Technicolor, Panavision, 35mm print from the Copyright Collection)
Due to the housing shortage caused by the Summer Olympics, a British businessman in Tokyo finds himself sharing a small apartment with a young woman and a member of the U.S. Olympic team. A remake of the 1943 comedy “The More the Merrier” with Cary Grant in his final film role and Charles Walters directing his last motion picture. Suave, charming, and “at the peak of his comedy prowess” (Variety), Grant, gracefully aged at 62, gives up his traditional role of the romantic lead and instead acts as a matchmaker to his younger co-stars Samantha Eggar (fresh from her tour-de-force in William Wyler’s “The Collector”) and Jim Hutton. Quincy Jones’s Mancini-like score includes superb solos from Belgian harmonica player Toots Thielemans and trumpeter Harry “Sweets” Edison.
Seating is on a first-come first-serve basis. Doors open at 6:30 pm.
Thursday, June 26, 2025
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm EDT
Where: James Madison Building – Pickford Theater (LM302)
101 Independence Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20540