The Dryden will screen The Pirate (Vincente Minnelli, U.S. 1948, 102 min., 35mm). On a Caribbean Island in the 1820s, native girl Judy Garland fantasizes about a notorious pirate named Macoco, whom strolling minstrel Gene Kelly impersonates to win her … Continue reading
Written during a time when stories of Sapphic love could not be expressed on the stage, Mercedes de Acosta has crafted a taut drama of unrequited love, passion and vengeance mirroring her own love affairs with some of the foremost … Continue reading
In Ken Ludwig's (Lend Me A Tenor, Fox on the Fairway, Shakespeare in Hollywood) latest comedy, it's Christmas Eve, 1936 and Broadway star William Gillette, admired the world over for his leading role in the play Sherlock Holmes, has invited … Continue reading