Current & Upcoming Films
MAN'S CASTLE/VIRTUE
Tuesday, March 5:
MAN'S CASTLE
At the height of the Great Depression, a beaten down but beautiful young woman is helped along by a garrulous bindlestiff. Desperate to avoid a life of prostitution she agrees to set up housekeeping with him at an indigent hobo camp and eventually they fall in love. But his freewheeling ways soon draw him back to the open road until he learns that his girl is carrying his baby! A tough and tender pre-code masterpiece! Starring Spencer Tracy, Loretta Young, Glenda Farrell, Walter Connolly. Cinematography by Joseph August. Directed by Frank Borzage. In B&W. 35mm Studio Print! 75 mins. 1933. TUESDAY at 8:00 only!
VIRTUE
A gritty yet poignant example of life in the big city---pre-code style! A sassy young street-walker winds up in a difficult love relationship with a good natured cabbie. Their life together is one provocative challenge after another, from Depression-level poverty to the always looming possibility of a life of crime. Starring Carole Lombard, Pat O'Brien, Ward Bond, Mayo Methot, Jack La Rue. Cinematography by Joseph Walker. Directed by Edward Buzell. In B&W. 35mm Studio Print! 68 mins. 1932. TUESDAY at 6:30 and 9:40.




