Oct 15th
Nightmare Alley**
US 1947. Twentieth Century Fox. 112m. bw
An opportunist learns the technique for psychic predictions at a fairground show, but ends up following the same path to ruin as his predecessor.
Unusual psychic melodrama, shot like a film noir but with the occasional undercurrent of the supernatural.
Written by: James Furthman, from the novel by William Lindsay.
Producer: George Jessel.
Director: Edmund Golding.
Starring: Tyrone Power, Coleen Gray, Joan Blondell, Helen Walker, Mike Mazurki, Ian Keith, Taylor Holmes.
Photography: Lee Garmes.
Music: Cyril Mockridge.
Preceded by:
Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB**
(US 1967. University of Southern California. 15m.; Lucas's notable and visually striking student film, which he polished up into slightly more coherent feature length form (this short comes on the THX 1138 Extras DVD).; w,d: George Lucas; s: Dan Natchseim, Joy Carmichael.)
Nightmare Alley**
US 1947. Twentieth Century Fox. 112m. bw
An opportunist learns the technique for psychic predictions at a fairground show, but ends up following the same path to ruin as his predecessor.
Unusual psychic melodrama, shot like a film noir but with the occasional undercurrent of the supernatural.
Written by: James Furthman, from the novel by William Lindsay.
Producer: George Jessel.
Director: Edmund Golding.
Starring: Tyrone Power, Coleen Gray, Joan Blondell, Helen Walker, Mike Mazurki, Ian Keith, Taylor Holmes.
Photography: Lee Garmes.
Music: Cyril Mockridge.
Preceded by:
Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB**
(US 1967. University of Southern California. 15m.; Lucas's notable and visually striking student film, which he polished up into slightly more coherent feature length form (this short comes on the THX 1138 Extras DVD).; w,d: George Lucas; s: Dan Natchseim, Joy Carmichael.)
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