Wednesday through Friday
Bette Davis double feature
Old Acquaintance (1943)
Two women (one noble, one decidely not) maintain a friendship and rivalry over the years.
With Bette Davis, Miriam Hopkins, Gig Young, John Loder, Dolores Moran, Philip Reed, Roscoe Karns, Ann Revere.
Dir. by Vincent Sherman. Screenplay by John Van Druten, Lenore Coffee, based on the play by John Van Druten. Photogr. by Sol Polito. Music by Franz Waxman. Warner Bros. 110 mins
Wednesday through Friday (August 27-29) at 7:30.
The Old Maid (1939)
In the 1860s, a woman bears a child out of wedlock. Her socially prominent cousin adopts the child and invites them both to live with her.
With Bette Davis, Miriam Hopkins, George Brent, Jane Bryan, Donald Crisp, Louise Fazenda, James Stephenson.
Dir. by Edmund Goulding. Screenplay by Casey Robinson, from the play by Zoe Akins. Photogr. by Tony Gaudio. Music by Max Steiner. Warner Bros. 95 mins.
Wednesday through Friday (August 27-29) at 5:56 and 9:30.
Saturday through Tuesday
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Gorgeous Technicolor photography, Elmer Bernstein’s magnificent score and enthusiastic performances make this DeMille spectacular one of the all-time great Hollywood epics.
With Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Edward G. Robinson, Anne Baxter, Nina Foch, Yvonne de Carlo, John Derek, H.B. Warner, Henry Wilcoxon, Judith Anderson, John Carradine, Douglass Dumbrille, Cedric Hardwicke, Martha Scott, Vincent Price, Debra Paget.
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille. Produced by Henry Wilcoxon. Screenplay by Aeneas Mackenzie, Jesse L. Lasky, Jr., Jack Gariss, Frederic M. Frank. Photographed by Loyal Griggs. Music by Elmer Bernstein. Paramount/Cecil B. DeMille. 219 min.
Saturday and Sunday (August 30-31) at 2:00 and 7:30; Monday and Tuesday (Sept. 1-2) at 7:30.