*All times are PT. Please check your local listings to confirm dates and times.
Saturday, November 30, 9:00 PM & Sunday, December 1, 7:00 AM
NAKED ALIBI (1954): A murder suspect (Gene Barry), released for lack of evidence, vows vengeance on the cops who brutalized him. When one of those cops turns up dead, his partner (Sterling Hayden) hunts down the "innocent" man to prove him guilty. Both end up in thrall to border town bad girl Gloria Grahame, whose unique sexiness is on full display in this ultra-rare potboiler! Dir. Jerry Hooper
Thursday, December 5. 3:00 PM
MANHATTAN MELODRAMA (1934): In this Pre-code crime drama, orphans "Blackie" Gallagher and Jim Wade are lifelong friends who take opposite paths in life. Jim (William Powell) becomes a D.A., while Blackie (Clark Gable) becomes a racketeer. Despite Blackie's lifestyle, the two men remain bonded through thick and thin. Even when Jim’s association with Blackie threatens his chances of winning the governorship and Jim falls in love with Blackie’s girlfriend Eleanor (Myrna Loy). Director Woody Van Dyke spotted the playful chemistry between Powell and Loy when bantering between takes and insisted on casting the pair as Nick and Nora Charles against MGM’s initial objections. The glamorous pair became one of the movies' great romantic teams. Dir. Woody Van Dyke
Saturday, December 7, 3:15 AM
PETE KELLY’S BLUES (1955): Ex-doughboy turned jazz musician Pet Kelly (Jack Webb) leads a quartet playing at a Kansas City speakeasy during the Roaring 20s. The quartet gets crossed up with a gangster (Edmond O’Brien) and his alcoholic girlfriend (Peggy Lee). Cynical Kelly finds that he has to take a stand. Ella Fitzgerald makes a memorable cameo as singer Maggie Jacks. Look for Jayne Mansfield as a cigarette girl. Dir. Jack Webb
Saturday, December 7, 3:15 PM &
Monday, December 23, 5:00 PM &
Wednesday, December 25, 1:15 PM
HOLIDAY AFFAIR (1949): Big bad Bob Mitchum is on the run from one of his RKO noir thrillers when he gets a job as house dick at a department store and busts adorable Janet Leigh, who's spying for the competition. Okay, it's not noir. It's a warm and witty romantic Christmas movie minus all the sappy sentiment. Hey, a little love never killed anybody! Dir. Don Hartman
Saturday, December 7, 9:00 PM & Sunday, December 8, 7:00 AM
ACT OF VIOLENCE (1949): An embittered veteran (Robert Ryan) tracks down Frank R. Enley, a POW camp informer (Van Heflin) now a respected member of his community and married to a wife (Janet Leigh) unaware of his actions during the war. Mary Astor steals the film as the boozy bar fly and prostitute trying to help Enley. Dir. Fred Zinnemann
Sunday, December 8, 5:00 PM
BORN TO BE BAD (1950): A coterie of affluent San Franciscans is turned inside-out by the appearance of Christabel Caine (Joan Fontaine), a sweet and demure waif who turns out to be "about as helpless as a wildcat." In short order, she replaces her cousin (Joan Leslie) in the affections of a millionaire philanthropist (Zachary Scott) while carrying on a torrid affair with a bohemian novelist (Robert Ryan).. Dir. Nicholas Ray
Monday, December 9, 6:45 PM
ALL NIGHT LONG (1963): In this modern take on Shakespeare’s Othello—taking place over the course of a party— jazz musician Aurelius Rex (Paul Harris) fears his wife Delia (Marti Stevens) is unfaithful. Patrick McGoogan plays the Iago character, Johnny Cousin, the jealous drummer in Rex’s band. A bevy of contemporary musicians lends credence to the film’s 1960s London jazz scene setting: Dave Brubeck, Charles Mingus, Tubby Hayes, John Dankworth and many more. Dir. Basil Dearden
Tuesday, December 10, 5:00 PM
NOWHERE TO GO (1959): Con artist Paul Gregory (George Nader) escapes from jail and attempts to recover his stashed loot but is shunned by the criminal community and hunted by the police. With the manhunt rapidly approaching, Gregory tries to escape with the help of the disillusioned niece of a chief constable, Bridget Howard (Maggie Smith). Based on ex-con Donald MacKenzie's Nowhere To Go: A Novel. Surprisingly this was released by Ealing Studios, famous for their comedies like Passport to Pimlico and The Ladykillers. Dir. Seth Holt
Thursday, December 12, 11:0 AM
KILLER McCOY (1947): After Tommy McCoy (Mickey Rooney) knocks out his mentor in the ring and accidentally kills, gambler Jim Caighn (Brian Donlevy) sees opportunity and buys his contract. He wants to manipulate McCoy to better the odds on the boxing matches to make himself more money. To make matters worse, Tommy falls in love with Jim's daughter, Sheila (Ann Blyth). Dir. Roy Rowland
Friday, December 13, 9:45 PM
CAPE FEAR (1962): Ex-convict, sex offender, and sociopath Max Caddy (Robert Mitchum) plots to destroy Sam Bowden (Gregory Peck) the district attorney who sent him to prison. Caddy wages a ruthless game of psychological warfare on Bowden, seemingly threatening Sam’s wife (Polly Bergen) and 12-year-old daughter without breaking any actual laws. Dir. J. Lee Thompson
Saturday, December 14, 9:30 PM & Sunday, December 15, 7:00 AM
BLACK GRAVEL (Schwarzer Kies) Sohnen, a small village in rural postwar Germany, undergoes a nasty transformation when the American military decides it’s the perfect spot for a missile base. Even though the locals detest the occupying force, they all angle for ways to personally cash in, legal and otherwise, on the sudden economic boom. Robert Neidhardt (Helmut Wildt), a prototypical noir character, is squeezing out a living as a trucker in this blackest of markets, playing both sides of the law. His hustling turns horrifying, however, when he’s involved in a fatal accident during a run of stolen gravel. Fleeing the law plunges him further into ruthlessness and mayhem. The West German film caused controversy on initial release due to its uncompromising depiction of a nation in the grip of bitter defeat, lawlessness, and lingering anti-Semitism. Several offending scenes were cut, but its rediscovery as a lost noir classic has resulted in this new, and complete, digital restoration. Dir. Helmut Käutner
Saturday, December 14, 11:30 PM – Sunday, December 15, 3:00 AM
11:30 PM
I LOVE YOU AGAIN (1940): Cheap, stuffy small town business man Larry Wilson (William Powell) gets conked in the head and when he regains his consciousness remembers that he is in fact con man George Carey who has been suffering from amnesia. Carey decided to go back to his small town as Wilson and fleece the Community Chest and Anti-Vice crusade. When he encounters the wife he married during his amnesiac period as Wilson who is desperate to divorce him due to boredom, things take a turn. Why? Well, she is played by Myrna Loy. Dir. W. S. Van Dyke II
1:15 AM
DOUBLE WEDDING (1937): Margit (Myrna Loy) who has definite ideas on how to organize her and everyone else’s lives tries to break up her younger sister's relationship to the free-living artist Charlie (William Powell). Charlie’s not actually involved with the sister, but strings Margit along because he is interested in her. Dir. Richard Thorpe
Sunday, December 15, 4:45 AM
MEET JOHN DOE (1941): In this final collaboration between director Frank Capra and actress Barbara Stanwyck, she plays cynical sob sister Ann Mitchell who publishes a fake letter to her own column from “John Doe” in order to save her job after the newspaper she works for is bought out. John Doe is disgusted by the state that America is in and pledges to protest it by jumping from the roof of City Hall at midnight on Christmas Eve. When the mayor wants to meet him, Ann and her new managing editor D. B. Norton (Edward Arnold) hire an ex-baseball player on the skids (Gary Cooper) to impersonate her fictional creation. As John Doe becomes nationally famous, Norton develops a plan to use him for his own agenda. Dir. Frank Capra
Sunday, December 15, 7:30 PM
A STOLEN LIFE (1946): Wealthy aspiring painter Kate (Bette Davis) falls for Bill (Glenn Ford). Her manipulative twin Pat, also played by Davis, steals him away. Kate tries to concentrate on her art after the pair marries, taking lessons from a talented but arrogant painter (Dane Clark). A twist of fate gives her the chance to impersonate her sister and fulfill her dream of being Bill’s wife, but things do not go as planned. Dir. Curtis Bernhardt
Monday, December 16, 9:15 PM
ROPE (1948): Two wealthy and louche pseudo-intellectuals (John Dahl and Farley Granger) murder a friend in a Nietzschean demonstration of will and folly. Then they throw a party inviting the victim’s friends, family and their old schoolteacher (Jimmy Stewart) who begins to suspect something odd when the guest of honor doesn’t arrive for his own party. Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Thursday, December 19, 3:00 AM – Friday, December 20, 5:00 AM
Here are the noirs...
3:00 AM
QUICKSAND (1950): Petty theft, stealing $20 from his boss to finance a hot date, leads a mechanic (Mickey Rooney) into a life of crime. Peter Lorre helps corrupt him along the way. Dir. Irving Pichel
4:30 AM
THE STRIP (1951): Veteran and drummer Stanley Maxton (Mickey Rooney) moves to Los Angeles with dreams of opening his own club but becomes entangled with a racketeer (James Craig) and a nightclub dancer with ambitions for Hollywood (Sally Forrest) and ends up accused of murder. The film features Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra as well as Monica Lewis and Vic Damone as themselves. Much of the picture was shot on location in and around the Sunset Strip. Interiors were shot at popular nightclubs Mocambo and Ciro's and at restaurants Little Hungary and Stripps. Dir. László Kardos
7:30 AM
KING OF THE ROARING 20S: THE STORY OF ARNOLD ROTHSTEIN (1961): Despite a decent upbringing by devout Jewish parents, Arnold Rothstein (David Janssen) is destined for a life of crime. This film depicts his rise and fall in the gambling rackets of 20’s New York. Star Jansen is ably supported by Mickey Rooney, Jack Carson, Keenan Wynn and William Demarest. Dir. Joseph M. Newman
Friday, December 20, 6:30 AM
I LOVE YOU AGAIN (1940): Cheap, stuffy small town business man Larry Wilson (William Powell) gets conked in the head and when he regains his consciousness remembers that he is in fact con man George Carey who has been suffering from amnesia. Carey decided to go back to his small town as Wilson and fleece the Community Chest and Anti-Vice crusade. When he encounters the wife he married during his amnesiac period as Wilson who is desperate to divorce him due to boredom, things take a turn. Why? Well, she is played by Myrna Loy. Dir. W. S. Van Dyke II
Saturday, December 21, 4:30 AM
THE CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE (1944): This is far from a traditional sequel as it focuses on the trauma resulting from the events of the first film. The survivors from Cat People, Oliver (Kent Smith) and Alice (Jane Randolph) are now married and have a child, Amy (Ann Carter). Oliver fears Amy’s vivid imagination, due to the events leading to the death of his first wife Irena (Simone Simon) whom he believes was driven mad by her belief in her homeland’s legends. When the lonely Amy wishes for a friend, Irena appears. Meanwhile, Amy is also befriended by an elderly neighbor whose daughter envies their connection to an unhealthy degree and who may well be dangerous. Dir. Gunther von Fritsch & Robert Wise
Sunday, December 22, 12:45 AM
THE SILENT PARTNER (1978): In this Canadian heist film, a remake of the 1969 Danish film Think of a Number (Tænk på et tal) based on the novel of the same name by Anders Bodelsen, bored bank teller Miles Cullen (Elliott Gould) accidentally learns that his bank branch is about to be robbed and the identity of the future robber. He begins stashing the cash from his window's transactions in an old lunch box rather than in the bank's till. The Santa Claus thief, a sadistic psychopath (Christopher Plummer), figures out what happened after his robbery and makes a series of violent attempts to steal the money that Miles kept for himself. Based on a novel by Danish writer Anders Bodelsen. Screenplay by Curtis Hanson. Dir. Daryl Duke
Sunday, December 22, 7:00 AM
LADY IN THE LAKE (1947): A lady editor (Audrey Totter) hires Phillip Marlowe to investigate the disappearance of her boss’ wife. First time director Robert Montgomery, who also starred as Marlowe, chose to shoot the entire film from Marlowe’s POV using a subjective camera to replicate visually Raymond Chandler’s first-person narrative from the novel. Dir. Robert Montgomery
Sunday, December 22, 7:00 PM
REMEMBER THE NIGHT (1940): Preston Sturges wrote this Christmas tale which features his unique blend of comedy, romance and pathos. Assistant DA Fred MacMurray brings suspected shoplifter Barbara Stanwyck home for the holidays, so she doesn’t have to spend them in jail. This was the first of the four big screen pairings of the incendiary on-screen couple. Three guesses as to how it turns out for them. Dir. Mitchell Leisen
Monday, December 23, 5:30 AM
I WOULDN’T BE IN YOUR SHOES (1948): Vaudeville dancer Tom Quinn (Don Castle) and his wife Ann (Elyse Knox) are barely getting by on her job at a dance hall. One night as he anxiously awaits her return from work, Tom impulsively throws his shoes out the window at howling cats. When his shoe prints are found at a murder scene, he is arrested. Ann follows the trail of clues to find the real perpetrator. Adapted from Cornell Woolrich’s novella of the same name by Steve Fisher. Dir. William Nigh
Monday, December 23, 9:00 AM
THE MAN I LOVE (1947): In this rather soapy noir, singer Petey Brown (Ida Lupino) lands a job at small-time-hood Nicky Toresca's (Robert Alda) nightclub while visiting her two sisters and brother, all of whom are in a rather remarkable amount of trouble, romantic and otherwise. While evading Toresca's unwanted advances, she falls for an ex-jazz pianist San Thomas (Bruce Bennett), who still carries a torch for his ex-wife. Will Sand start a new life with the songbird or run off to sea. Dir. Raoul Walsh
Monday, December 23, 1;00 PM
BACKFIRE (1950): On Christmas Eve, wounded war veteran Bob Corey (Gordon MacRae), recovering from multiple surgeries is approached by a mysterious woman (Viveca Lindfors) who tell him that his army buddy (Edmond O'Brien) who disappeared has been in an accident and wants to commit suicide. Bob gets out of the hospital and is promptly questioned by the police about Steve who they believe murdered a local gambler and racketeer. Bob and his nurse and girlfriend (Virginia Mayo) try to find evidence to clear him. Dir. Vincent Sherman
Monday, December 23, 8:45 PM – Tuesday, December 24,2:15 AM
8:45 PM
MEET JOHN DOE (1941): In this final collaboration between director Frank Capra and actress Barbara Stanwyck, she plays cynical sob sister Ann Mitchell who publishes a fake letter to her own column from “John Doe” in order to save her job after the newspaper she works for is bought out. John Doe is disgusted by the state that America is in and pledges to protest it by jumping from the roof of City Hall at midnight on Christmas Eve. When the mayor wants to meet him, Ann and her new managing editor D. B. Norton (Edward Arnold) hire an ex-baseball player on the skids (Gary Cooper) to impersonate her fictional creation. As John Doe becomes nationally famous, Norton develops a plan to use him for his own agenda. Dir. Frank Capra
11:00 PM
THE THIN MAN (1934): Dashiell Hammett’s urbane but fun-loving sleuths Nick and Nora Charles, along with their pup Asta, investigate the disappearance of an inventor in this classic blend of laughs and suspense. Shot in just two weeks by director Woody "One-Shot'' Van Dyke and cinematographer James Wong Howe, this gem set the gold standard for the sophisticated comedy—inspiring five sequels as well as countless inferior imitations. Van Dyke previously directed Myrna Loy and William Powell in Manhattan Melodrama and spotted the terrific chemistry of their off-screen banter between takes. He insisted on casting the pair as Hammett’s hard-drinking super-couple and the glamorous pair became one of the movies' great romantic teams. Shot by the legendary cinematographer James Wong Howe. The film garnered four Oscar nominations, Best Picture, Best actor for Powell, Best Director, and Best Writing, Adaptation for Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. Dir. Woody Van Dyke
12:45 AM
COVER UP (1949): An insurance investigator (Dennis O'Keefe) smells a rat when he starts to look into a small-town suicide. He soon believes it is murder, but the locals including the sheriff (William Bendix), are inexplicably reluctant to believe him or aid him with his investigation. Dir. Alfred E. Greene
Tuesday, December 24, 5:45 AM
CHRISTMAS EVE (Sinner's Holiday) (1947): A rich widower (Ann Harding) will be swindled out of her fortune by a shady executor unless her three ne'er-do-well sons (George Raft, Randolph Scott and George Brent) can ALL make it home by Christmas to stake a claim to the estate! They find themselves aided by three lovely love interests (Joan Blondell, Virginia Field and Dolores Moran). Dir. Edwin L. Marin
Wednesday, December 25, 1:30 AM
KIND LADY (1951): In this period noir, Ethel Barrymore stars as a wealthy art collector who takes in a young painter and his ill wife. When another couple (Angela Lansbury and Keenan Wynn) shows up, things get ugly, and she finds herself held captive in her own home. Walter Plunkett and Gile Steele received Oscar nominations for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White for their work on the film. Dir. John Sturges
Friday, December 27, 8:45 AM – 5:00 PM
Here are the noirs...
7:15 AM
THE MALTESE FALCON (1941): How do I love this movie, let me count the ways… In arguably the first, and greatest, film noir, hard-boiled detective Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) gets caught up in the deadly search for a priceless statue. Along the way he tangles with a murderous liar (Mary Astor), a foppish thug (Peter Lorre) and an obese mastermind (Sydney Greenstreet). Director John Huston brilliantly adapted it from the Dashiell Hammett novel and earned an Oscar nomination for Best Writing, Screenplay. The film also garnered nominations for Best Picture and for Sydney Greenstreet, in his film debut, Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Dir. John Huston
9:00 AM
BACKGROUND TO DANGER (1943): An American (George Raft) gets caught up in wartime action in Turkey. Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre add to the fun. A little piece of trivia, Raft had an earlier chance to act with that duo; he turned down first dibs on John Huston’s The Maltese Falcon (1939) and Michael Curtiz’s Casablanca (1942). He also turned down an earlier chance to work with director Raoul Walsh on High Sierra (1941). What might have happened? Dir. Raoul Walsh
10:30 PM
CONFLICT (1945): A seemingly happily married man, (Humphrey Bogart) murders his wife so he can be free to marry her sister (Alexis Smith) who unfortunately does not return his affection. His friend and neighbor, a kindly psychologist (Sydney Greenstreet) starts to suspect something. Dir. Curtis Bernhardt
12:00 PM
THE MASK OF DIMITRIOS (1944): The eternal noir duo of Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre star in this film adaptation of the Eric Ambler novel which also features Zachary Scott in his film debut. Novelist Cornelius Leyden (Lorre) investigates the mysterious death of international criminal Dimitrios Makopoulus (Scott) after Dimitrios’ body is discovered in Istanbul. The mysterious Peters (Greenstreet) encourages Leyden and promises him a financial reward. But what is Peters’ motivation for the investigation? The always wonderful character actress Fay Emerson plays a supporting role as a lover formerly fleeced by Dimitrios. Dir. Jean Negulesco
1:45 PM
THREE STRANGERS (1946): Noir strays into the supernatural realm in this fantastic tale of three strangers (Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, and Geraldine Fitzgerald) whose fates entwine with a mysterious Chinese idol and a winning lottery ticket. Deeply cynical, gloriously atmospheric Screenplay by John Huston and Howard Koch. Dir. Jean Negulesco
3:30 PM
THE VERDICT (1946): Scotland Yard Superintendent George Edward Grodman (Sydney Greenstreet) is fired after an investigation he headed ends in the execution of an innocent man. He teams up with artist Victor Emmric (Peter Lorre) to solve a new murder to ruin his arrogant replacement (George Coulouris). Dir. Don Siegel
Friday, December 27, 5:00 PM
LE SAMOURAÏ (1967): A hit-man (Alain Delon pretty much wearing Alan Ladd’s costume from This Gun for Hire) tries to get away with murder but a beautiful pianist spells his doom. Achingly beautiful and sublimely meditative. Five stars. Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville
Friday, December 27, 5:00 PM
BLOOD SIMPLE (1984): In the Coen brother’s debut, a paranoid Texan bar (Dan Hedaya) owner hires a private detective (M. Emmett Walsh) to investigate his younger wife (Frances McDormand) and his employee (John Getz) whom he believes to be having an affair. Murder and madness follow. Dir. Joel Coen
Saturday, December 28, 9:30 PM & Sunday, December 29, 7:00 AM
THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (1946): Drifter Frank (John Garfield) takes a job with roadside diner owner Nick Smith (Ceil Kellaway). Frank begins a torrid affair with Nick’s younger and extremely sexy wife (Lana Turner). Betrayal, murder, perversion of the law, and divine justice follow. Based on the novel by James M. Cain. Dir. Tay Garnett
Sunday, December 29, 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM
5:00 PM
MILDRED PIERCE (1945): Joan Crawford won an Oscar for her performance as a woman who builds herself up from grass widow to successful restaurateur in a desperate effort to win the love of the most ungrateful brat in the history of cinema, her daughter Veda, brilliantly played by Ann Blyth. A marriage of convenience, adultery and murder ensue. At least Mildred has the greatest best friend ever, a wisecracking Eve Arden. Based on the James M. Cain story. Dir. Michael Curtiz
7:30 PM
DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944): Barbara Stanwyck—in a platinum blonde wig—plays Phyllis Dietrichson—the consummate femme fatale who lures insurance salesman and all-around chump Walter Neff (Fred McMurray) into a plot involving murder and insurance fraud. His friend, and insurance adjuster, Barton Keyes (Edward G. Robinson) smells a rat. Nominated for seven Oscars: Best Actress in a Leading Role; Best Cinematography, Black-and-White; Best Director; Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture; Best Picture; Best Sound, Recording; and Best Writing, Screenplay. Dir. Billy Wilder
Monday, December 30, 5:00 AM
THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM (1955): A recovering heroin addict (Frank Sinatra) struggles to stay clean when returning to Chicago’s South side, to old friends and old temptations, after a prison stint. His drug dealer Nifty Louie (Darren McGavin) wants to get his hooks back into Frankie, but his love for Molly (Kim Novak) and his dreams of becoming a jazz drummer keep him on the straight and narrow. When Louie is killed, the cops figure him for the murder and come after him. Dir. Otto Preminger
Monday, December 30, 9:45 AM
THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1963): In this late era noir, ex-G.I. Bennett Marco (Frank Sinatra) slowly begins to realize that he was brainwashed by the Koreans while he was a P.O.W. He soon suspects that his former comrade in arms Raymond Shaw (Laurence Harvey), who is also the stepson of a presidential candidate, is being manipulated by the Communists Angel Lansbury gives a remarkable performance as Shaw’s icy mother. Based on the novel of the same name by Richard Condon novel. Dir. John Frankenheimer
Monday, December 30, 7:00 PM
THE LAST OF SHELIA (1973): Movie producer Clinton Greene hopes to solve the mystery surrounding his wife's death the year before by inviting the suspects aboard his yacht and engaging them in an elaborate mystery game. He assigns everyone a secret that they are not to share with anyone. Every day for the next six days, they will call into a port where they will be given clues to discover one person's secret. The game takes a deadly twist when a murder takes place. The guests comprise Richard Benjamin, James Mason, Joan Hackett, Raquel Welch, Dyan Cannon, and Ian McShane. Co-writers Stephen Sondheim and Anthony Perkins used to host murder mystery parlor games. Guests included producer and director Herbert Ross, who encouraged them to write a script based on this type of party. Dir. Herbert Ross
Monday, December 30, 11:15 PM
TEN LITTLE INDIANS (1966): This adaptation of the classic Agatha Christie novel transplants the story of ten strangers brought to an isolated house to face death for their previously unpunished crimes of murder from a remote English island to an Austrian castle in the Alps. Dir. George Pollock
Tuesday, December 31, 6:15 AM – 5:00 PM
6:15 AM
THE THIN MAN (1934): Dashiell Hammett’s urbane but fun-loving sleuths Nick and Nora Charles, along with their pup Asta, investigate the disappearance of an inventor in this classic blend of laughs and suspense. Shot in just two weeks by director Woody "One-Shot'' Van Dyke and cinematographer James Wong Howe, this gem set the gold standard for the sophisticated comedy—inspiring five sequels as well as countless inferior imitations. Van Dyke previously directed Myrna Loy and William Powell in Manhattan Melodrama and spotted the terrific chemistry of their off-screen banter between takes. He insisted on casting the pair as Hammett’s hard-drinking super-couple and the glamorous pair became one of the movies' great romantic teams. Shot by the legendary cinematographer James Wong Howe. The film garnered four Oscar nominations, Best Picture, Best actor for Powell, Best Director, and Best Writing, Adaptation for Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. Dir. Woody Van Dyke
8:00 AM
AFTER THE THIN MAN (1936): In this delightful follow up to The Thin Man, Nick (William Powell) and Nora (Myrna Loy) return to their home in San Francisco determined to rest up from their previous New York adventures, but Nora’s snooty family unintentionally embroils them in a murder mystery. Joseph Calleia, Sam Levene, George Zucco and a young Jimmy Stewart add to the fun. Writers Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett received a Best Writing, Screenplay Oscar nomination. Dir. W. S. Van Dyke
10:00 AM
ANOTHER THIN MAN (1939): Another fun outing with hard drinking husband and wife team Nick and Nora Charles (William Powell and Myrna Loy) and their faithful companion Asta. This time their son Nicky, Jr. is along for the ride. In this third installment of the series, Nick and Nora venture out to Long Island to aid Nora’s former business manager Colonel MacFay (C. Aubrey Smith). An old enemy of the Colonel’s, the mysterious Mr. Church (Sheldon Leonard), claims that he’s seen MacFay die in a dream and has come to watch his premonition come true. It does and the police quickly suspect him of McFey’s murder. However, the Charleses soon find McFey was surrounded by quite a few people who benefited from his death. Based loosely on one of Dashiell Hammett’s Continental Op stories, “The Farewell Murder”. Dir. W S Van Dyke II.
11:45 AM
SHADOW OF THE THIN MAN (1941): Dashiell Hammett’s hard drinking power couple Nick and Nora Charles (William Powell and Myrna Loy) return for their fourth outing in MGM’s sophisticated and witty whodunit series. This time, the pair investigates a murder at a racetrack with the help of their son Nick, Jr. and faithful wirehaired terrier Asta. Dir. W. S. Van Dyke II
1:30 PM
THE THIN MAN GOES HOME (1945): Nick Charles (William Powell) takes Nora (Myrna Loy) and Asta to his hometown of Sycamore Springs to visit his parents and celebrate his birthday. A murder and espionage soon disrupt their holiday and Nora’s plans to buy Nick the perfect gift. Dir. Richard Thorpe
3:15 PM
SONG OF THE THIN MAN (1947): This was the last outing for Nick (William Powell), Nora (Myrna Loy) and Asta Charles, they investigate the shooting of a band leader in New York. Gloria Grahame plays a sultry jazz singer whose romantic missteps lead to death, another foreshadowing of her career in noir. Dir. Edward Buzzell
Tuesday, December 31, 9:00 PM
REPEAT PERFORMANCE (1947): Consider it the noir version of It's a Wonderful Life. Broadway actress Sheila Page (Joan Leslie) rings in the New Year by shooting her husband (Louis Hayward) to death. She blurts out a confession to her friend, the poet William Williams (Richard Basehart), but as she leads him to the crime scene . . . the preceding year begins again! Will Sheila be able to correct what went so dreadfully wrong, or will Fate demand a . . . Repeat Performance? Back-stabbing backstage melodrama is crossed with The Twilight Zone. This rarely seen fantasy-noir hybrid was restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive, funded in part by the Film Noir Foundation. Dir. Alfred L. Werker
Wednesday, January 1, 1:00 AM
SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950): Film Noir meets Hollywood Gothic meets biting satire in this piece of perfection. A failed, and drowned, screenwriter, William Holden, tells us how he fell into a mercenary romance with a faded silent-film star, Gloria Swanson who probably would have told us a rather different story. Admirable support provided Erich von Stroheim as Max, her devoted butler and chauffeur. Dir. Billy Wilder
Eddie Muller presents Naked Alibi on the November 30-December 1 edition of NOIR ALLEY
Myrna Loy and Clark Gable in Manhattan Melodrama on December 5
Three chances to see Janet Leigh and Robert Mitchum in Holiday Affair on December 7, 23, and 25
Eddie Muller presents Act of Violence on the December 7-8 edition of NOIR ALLEY
Betsy Blair, Paul Harris, and Patrick McGoohan in All Night Long on December 10
George Nader in Nowhere To Go on December 10
Mickey Rooney stars in Killer McCoy on December 12
Robert Mitchum in Cape Fear on December 13
Eddie Muller presents Black Gravel on the December 14-15 edition of NOIR ALLEY
Myrna Loy and William Powell in I Love You Again on December 14 and 20
William Powell in Double Wedding on December 15
Glenn Ford and Bette Davis in A Stolen Life on December 15
Farley Granger and John Dahl in Rope on December 16
Mickey Rooney stars in Quicksand on December 19
King of the Roaring 20s: The Story of Arnold Rothstein on December 19
The Curse of the Cat People on December 21
Elliot Gould stars in The Silent Partner on December 22
Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray in Remember the Night on December 22
Robert Alda and Ida Lupino in The Man I Love on December 23
Virginia Mayo and Gordon MacRae in Backfire on December 23
Stanwyck and Cooper in Meet John Doe on December 23
Dennis O'Keefe and Barbara Britton in Cover Up on December 24
Christmas Eve on Christmas Eve! 
George Raft stars in Background to Danger on December 27
The Mask of Dimitrios screens December 27
Peter Lorre and Geraldine Fitzgerald in The Verdict on December 27
Alain Delon stars in Le Samourai on December 27
Frances McDormand in Blood Simple on December 27
Eddie Muller presents The Postman Always Rings Twice on the December 28-29 edition of NOIR ALLEY
Double Indemnity screens December 29
The Manchurian Candidate on December 30
Dyan Cannon in The Last of Sheila on December 30
The Thin Man returns December 31
After The Thin Man on December 31
William Powell in The Thin Man Goes Home on December 31
Repeat Performance screens—most appropriately—on New Year's Eve
Sunset Boulevard — Norma's New Year's Eve party continues into the wee hours of January 1