The Dryden will screen Broadway Danny Rose (Woody Allen, U.S. 1984, 84 min., 35mm) as part of the L'chaim: Celebrating Jewish Life series.

In a film that exults in the tradition of Jewish storytelling, Woody Allen added an extra air of authenticity by casting several revered comics, his own manager, and the owner of the Carnegie Deli as themselves. Allen, Mia Farrow, and Nick Apollo Forte star in this black-and-white comedy about a love triangle and a jilted gangster. Danny Rose (Allen) is a dedicated and hapless New York talent agent who represents a washed-up lounge singer, Lou Canova (Forte), who is finally making a comeback. Lou convinces Danny to accompany his mistress, Tina Vitale (Farrow), as her beard at an important gig at the Waldorf so that she can attend without raising the suspicions of his wife. After Tina's jealous ex-boyfriend mistakes Danny for her real boyfriend, trouble ensues. Roger Ebert praised the performances of the three main actors as "wonderfully off-the-wall characterizations" in one of Woody Allen's best comedies of errors.

[source: George Eastman Museum calendar, 2019-Jan-14]