Miracle on 34th Street

December 2, 2011

6:30 P.M.

When Santa falls down drunk in the Thanksgiving Day Parade, reluctant Macy's supervisor Doris Walker (Maureen O'Hara) offers the job to a bearded Kris Kringle (Edmund Gwenn, who won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar) purporting to be the real Santa! During the Christmas season, he shares a flat with Doris's neighbor (John Payne), who has eyes for Doris. Kris hopes to unite the two while winning over Doris's skeptical 6-year-old daughter (Natalie Wood).

Niagara

November 25, 2011

6:30 P.M.

Marilyn Monroe's a shameless hussy who wears skin-tight sweaters and flirts with anybody in long pants. Joseph Cotten's her long-suffering husband who, nonetheless, remains obsessed with her. On a vacation trip to Niagara Falls, everything unravels: Marilyn and her lover plot to kill Cotten by flinging him over the falls, but their plans go awry in this fine noirish thriller. This time around, Marilyn even ... sings!

Friday Night Film Series

Gilda

Friday, November 18

6:30

Curvy bombshell Rita Hayworth "Puts the Blame on Mame" in this South American thriller that became her biggest hit and forever linked the stunning actress to the specter of her most popular character. Hayworth, Glenn Ford and George Macready comprise the three sides of a steamy love triangle that threatens to destroy Macready's thriving casino and wreck all their lives. Hayworth's sinuous vamp of the aforementioned tune is a classic moment.

Mata Hari

November 11

6:30 P.M.

During World War I, a lovely German spy, an exotic dancer and femme fatale (Greta Garbo), steals secrets from the French through her involvement with two military officers (Lionel Barrymore and Ramon Novarro). Lavish production and exquisite direction truly make this one of Garbo's best. The real Mata Hari was executed by a firing squad.

The Devil is a Woman

November 4, 2011

6:30 P.M.

One of the most sophisticated films in the Josef von Sternberg-Marlene Dietrich canon, The Devil is a Woman is an alluring romance about a cold-hearted temptress who destroys the lives of two best friends (Cesar Romero and Lionel Atwill). The plot is set in Carnival week in the port town of Seville during the Spanish Revolution. The script was written by John Dos Passos and the same source material was used as the inspiration for Luis Bufiuel's That Obscure Object of Desire.