SERIES
December at the Trylon
Born in London, Lupino would become a force in front of the camera and the most prominent woman filmmaker in Hollywood during the 1950s. Often refusing bad roles, she was suspended from her Warner Bros. acting contract. This allowed her to work on her own scripts and directorial projects, becoming only the second woman to join the Director’s Guild. By the end of her career, she had been in nearly sixty films and had directed eight features and over a hundred television episodes in nearly every genre.
(1953, 71m) dir Ida Lupino w/Edmond O’Brien, Frank Lovejoy, William Talman. In Lupino’s taut psychopath-on-the-run film noir, two hapless friends pick up an escaped killer who, at gunpoint, tries to pull them into his madness. SUN 7:30 MON/TUE 7:00 8:30
Screenings: December 1 7:30, December 2 7:00, 8:30, December 3 7:00, 8:30
(1950, 75m) dir Ida Lupino w/Mala Powers, Tod Andrews, Robert Clarke. On the eve of her wedding, Ann Walton is sexually assaulted while coming home from work. Unable to face society, she runs away and takes a job on a ranch under an assumed name. Lupino’s film is one of the first to address recovery…
Screenings: December 8 7:00, December 9 7:00, 8:30, December 10 7:00, 8:30
(1951, 82m) dir Ida Lupino, Nicholas Ray w/Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Ward Bond. Hard-bitten city detective Jim Wilson (Ryan) is sent upstate to investigate a murder. He becomes embroiled with a blind woman (Lupino) whose brother is the prime suspect. Though Lupino codirects with Ray, her virtuoso style shines through in the handheld camera shots…
Screenings: December 15 8:00, December 16 7:00, 8:45, December 17 7:00, 8:45
(1952, 77m) dir Harry Horner w/Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Taylor Holmes. On Christmas Eve 1918, war widow and innkeeper Helen Gordon (Lupino) hires veteran and handyman Howard Wilton (Ryan) to do some work around the house. She becomes a prisoner in her own home under the paranoid, violent Howard. SUN 8:00 MON 7:00 8:45
Screenings: December 22 8:00, December 23 7:00, 8:45
(1941, 100m) dir Raoul Walsh w/Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart, Alan Curtis. Roy Earle (Bogart), convicted with a life sentence, is unexpectedly pardoned by a corrupt governor with mob connections so that he can help a crew knock over a California resort. Lupino is fantastic in the role of Marie, and the thrilling script (cowritten by…
Screenings: December 29 7:45, December 30 7:00, 9:00, December 31 7:00, 9:00