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Film Series - Spring 2001

New York Love Stories

Love comes in many varieties, shapes, sizes, styles, and forms. This film series is about some of them... NYC Skyline

***** This film series is brought to you by the CUNY Ph.D. Program in Mathematics *****

All screenings will be held at the Martin E. Segal Theatre on the first floor of the CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue (between 34th- 35th Streets), NYC.

There are eight films in this series. They will be shown in chronological order based on the historical time in which each film is set. The days on which the films will be shown vary - - either a Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday evening - - to permit a larger segment of the GC community to attend. A film will be shown every other week during the spring 2001 semester, from early February through the middle of May. [There is an exception to this rule, however, due to scheduling difficulties: film #6 will be shown three weeks after film #5, and consequently only one week prior to film #7.]

The starting time for every show is 6pm. The running time of each film is indicated in the table below following the year in which the film was released.

The films in this series are as follows (upcoming film & date in boldface):

#

Screening Date [Starting Time: 6pm]

Film Title

Year

Running Time

1

Tuesday, Feb. 6th

The Heiress

('49)

115 min.

2

Thursday, Feb. 22nd

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

('45)

128 min.

3

Wed., March 7th

Portrait of Jennie

('49)

86 min.

4

Wednesday, Mar. 21st

The Clock

('45)

90 min.

5

Tuesday, April 3rd

The Lost Weekend

('45)

101 min.

6

Wed., April 25th

Marty

('55)

91 min.

7

Wednesday, May 2nd

The Apartment

('60)

125 min.

*

Wednesday, May 16th @ 2pm

* Special Event:
Our Hospitality  w/live piano accompaniment

('23)

75 min.  (plus brief intro talk)

8

Thursday, May 17th

Annie Hall

('77)

93 min.

Note: The films in this series will be projected from DVD or video.
Seating is limited to approximately 60; first-come, first-served.
Admission is free.  Fresh, hot popcorn will be available for sale!
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The Heiress Divider Bar

1) The Heiress (‘49)

Dir. by William Wyler. Starring Olivia de Havilland, Ralph Richardson,
Montgomery Clift, & Miriam Hopkins.

A bitter love story set among the upper-class in mid-19th century Greenwich Village.

[Click here to see a photo of "Catherine & Morris" in the film.]

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Divider Bar

2) A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (‘45)

Dir. by Elia Kazan. Starring Dorothy McGuire, James Dunn,
Peggy Ann Garner, & Joan Blondell.

The tender love between a girl and her father in an impoverished Williamsburg, Brooklyn family at the turn of the 20th century.

[Click here to see a photo of "Francie" with her dad in the film;
click here to see a photo of Francie's mom, "Katie Nolan."]

Portrait of Jennie Divider Bar

3) Portrait of Jennie (‘49)

Dir. by William Dieterle.   Starring Joseph Cotten, Jennifer Jones, Ethel Barrymore & Cecil Kellaway.

Can love transcend time and space? The story of an otherwordly love between a struggling New York artist and a mysterious girl he meets in Central Park.

[Click here to see a photo of Jennifer Jones; click here to see a photo of

"Jennie & Eben."]

The Clock Divider Bar

4) The Clock (‘45)

 Dir. by Vincente Minnelli. Starring Judy Garland & Robert Walker.

A sentimental, whirlwind romance between a WWII soldier and an office worker he meets at Penn Station while on a two-day pass in Manhattan.

[Click here to see a photo of Judy Garland; click here to see an original magazine ad
for the film; click here to see the original poster.]

The Lost Weekend Divider Bar

5) The Lost Weekend (‘45)

 Dir. by Billy Wilder. Starring Ray Milland & Jane Wyman.

An Upper East Side writer’s respectable life is undermined by
his love for alcohol.
[Click here to see a photo of Ray Milland; click here to see a photo of
"Don & Helen" in the film; click here to see the original poster.]

Marty Divider Bar

6) Marty (‘55)

 Dir. by Delbert Mann. Starring Ernest Borgnine & Betsy Blair.

 A lonely Bronx bachelor must overcome the resistance of his family and friends to pursue a relationship with a woman he meets at a ballroom dance.

[Click here to see a photo of Ernest Borgnine; click here to see an original ad for the film.]

The Apartment Divider Bar

7) The Apartment (‘60)

  Dir. by Billy Wilder.  Starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine,
  Fred MacMurray, & Ray Walston.

Living on the Upper West Side, an aspiring ad agency junior executive falls in love with an elevator operator while lending out his apartment to his boss in order to advance his career.

[Click here to see a photo of "Bud" & "Fran." Click here to see an original poster for the film.]


Buster KeatonDivider Bar
   Special Event:
Our Hospitality (‘23) with live piano accompaniment

Dir. by Buster Keaton & Jack Blystone.  Starring Buster Keaton
& Natalie Talmadge.

Set in 1830's Kentucky, a man and a woman from rival families that are holding a long-standing blood feud fall in love.  
[The film features some spectacular stunts.]

[Click here to see a photo of Buster Keaton in the film; click here to see the electronic flyer for the film.]


Annie HallDivider Bar

8) Annie Hall (‘77)

Dir. by Woody Allen.  Starring Woody Allen & Diane Keaton.

An on-again, off-again neurotic romance between a New York comedy writer and an aspiring singer.

[Click here to see the original poster for the film.]


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