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Film: Double Feature

Three Coins in the Fountain (1954) and The Best of Everything (1959)

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Critics are gushing over Mad Men and its nuanced portrayal of mid-century Madison Avenue's working gals, but Jean Negulesco's office drama The Best of Everything beats the Emmy-nominated series to the punch by more than 40 years. Focusing on the intertwined professional lives and loves of the female workers at a paperback publishing house, The Best of Everything is an unflattering portrait of a time when sexism was as ubiquitous in the workplace as smoking. Joan Crawford rules the roost as an exacting editor in a performance that makes Meryl Streep's Miranda Priestly look positively saintly. Negulesco's far lighter, secretaries-on-holiday fairy tale Three Coins in the Fountain kicks off tonight's double bill.

Note:

The Best of Everything starts at 4:35 & 9:35pm.

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