Fog Over Frisco/Heat Lightning

Rated: NR Runtime: 131 mins. Thursday, March 7:

A Special Tribute to Screen Legend LYLE TALBOT!! Margaret Talbot in Person!! Lyle Talbot appeared in scores of Hollywood films in a career that spanned nearly sixty years. He worked alongside such iconic stars as Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck and for legendary directors like William Dieterle, Mervyn LeRoy, Michael Curtiz, William Wellman and yes, Edward D. Wood. His daughter, Margaret Talbot is a staff writer for the New Yorker… Show more and has just published a delightful new book about her father called The Entertainer: Movies, Magic and My Father's Twentieth Century. We are thrilled to have Margaret as our guest on this very special night. She will introduce the films and regale the crowd with wonderful stories about her legendary dad. FOG OVER FRISCO A high-strung San Francisco society girl leads a dangerous life, consorting with unsavory underworld types and causing her uptight, straight-laced father no shortage of headaches. Her angelic sister is determined to set her on a smarter track, but is it too late? A thrilling pre-code classic and one of the fastest and friskiest films to ever come out of Hollywood; not to be missed! Starring Bette Davis, Donald Woods, Margaret Lindsay, Lyle Talbot. Cinematography by Tony Gaudio. Directed by William Dieterle. In B&W. Digital. 68 mins. 1934. THURSDAY at 8:00 only! HEAT LIGHTNING Out on the Arizona desert along a lonely highway, two sisters (one world-weary, the other innocent) run an auto camp which plays host to an unusual assortment of characters. Among them are a pair of desperate gangsters on the lam--one of whom has a strange hold over one of the sisters. An unsung little gem of pre-code attitude! Starring Aline MacMahon, Ann Dvorak, Preston Foster, Lyle Talbot, Glenda Farrell. Cinematography by Sid Hickox. Directed by Mervyn Le Roy. In B&W. Digital. 63 mins. 1934. THURSDAY at 6:30 and 9:40.

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