The individual auditoriums were beautifully decorated, each differently. The projection was top-notch. No popcorn was sold during this festival. Many international celebrities were on hand for the films. I once sat behind Alain Delon when he was on the jury. I remember Fassbinder introducing a movie.
No films on Christmas Day, but the theatre was open through the winter at this time.
Films that week were The Cheaters (Les Tricheurs) by Carne', Goodbye Again by Litvak L'Avventura by Antonioni, Secrets of Women by Bergman.
Last film is ADA.
Those two Italian films were among the finest of the decade.
Godard, Rossellini, and Dearden in one week. Not bad.
De Sica, Tarkovsky, Losey.
Famous pre-code classic.
May 14, 1925 ad.
With Bette Davis, former Cape Playhouse ingenue.
THEM!, not THEN.
Michel Ray.
This was my photo from the summer of 2004.
Rob Roy was a 1953 film.
They had some illustrious programming during their couple of decades of existence.
1950s and 1960s mostly, great programming.
Remade as “Wild is the Wind” by Cukor after which this movie was suppressed. Very hard to see any more.
Remade as “Wild is the Wind” by Cukor after which this movie was suppressed. Very hard to see any more.
Pocket guide, not flyer.
Boxoffice Magazine.
“El Gran Calavera” was a 1949 film by Luis Buñuel.
The Palace can be seen a block beyond.
Canopy, left, has the word “theatre.”
Showing two 1948 films: Cry of the City and Far Frontier.
The individual auditoriums were beautifully decorated, each differently. The projection was top-notch. No popcorn was sold during this festival. Many international celebrities were on hand for the films. I once sat behind Alain Delon when he was on the jury. I remember Fassbinder introducing a movie.
This was the first showing in North America of the uncut version. I flew up from Boston to see it.