The Dryden will screen From Here to Eternity (Fred Zinnemann, U.S. 1953, 104 min., 35mm) as part of the Academy Awards at 90 series.

The massive James Jones novel is brought forth in a powerful portrait of pre-WWII enlisted men, the women they loved, and the destiny that overtook them in the months leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor. The film is less a study of military life than a male soap opera, with love affairs involving an officer's wife and an enlisted man (Deborah Kerr, Burt Lancaster) and a military outcast and a prostitute (Montgomery Clift, Donna Reed). All the stars (including Frank Sinatra) give Oscar-caliber performances. Nominated for thirteen Academy Awards, the film won eight, including Best Picture and Best Director.

[source: George Eastman Museum, 2018-Jan-8]