Egyptian Theatre (Venue Partner)
6712 Hollywood Blvd
323.466.3456
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CASABLANCA poster
- When
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Sunday Feb 14, 2010 (7:30–11pm)
- Where
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Directions: The Egyptian Theatre is just east of Highland Avenue between Las Palmas Avenue and McCadden Place. Metro Stop: Hollywood & Highland
- Price
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$11 General, $9 Student/Senior, $7 American Cinematheque Member
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Sunday, February 14 - 7:30 PM
Double Feature: CASABLANCA, 1942, Warner Bros., 102 min. Dir. Michael Curtiz. One of the few classic perennials loved as well today as it was upon its initial release. Tough guy Humphrey Bogart is Rick, an expatriate club owner in Morocco, nursing a broken heart after his sweetheart (Ingrid Bergman) disappeared from his side in Paris during the Nazi occupation. When she re-enters his life with her fugitive, resistance leader husband (Paul Henreid), sparks fly. With an incredible cast that includes Claude Rains, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet and Conrad Veidt. Winner of three Oscars for Best Picture, Director and Screenplay.
DOUBLE INDEMNITY, 1944, Universal, 107 min. Dir. Billy Wilder. Wilder’s cunning masterpiece helped to spawn Hollywood’s dark era of mordant murder thrillers and is one of the greatest noirs ever made. Fred MacMurray plays Walter Neff, the sardonic insurance salesman who is willingly seduced by slinky Phyllis Dietrichson (Barbara Stanwyck) into planning and executing the murder of her newly insured husband. Edward G. Robinson is Keyes, Neff’s sharp colleague and gruff friend, who smells a rat when Phyllis’ hubby has a fatal train "accident," qualifying the femme fatale for the lucrative double-indemnity payout.
