Cool Hand Luke, July 13, 2017 at 7:30 PM Film Events July 13, 2017April 11, 2020 Cool Hand Luke (1967) celebrates its 50th Anniversary this year with Paul Newman portraying the iconic anti-hero in one of his most memorable performances. He was nominated for an Academy Award® as Best Actor along with Dustin Hoffman (The Graduate), Warren Beatty (Bonnie and Clyde), Spencer Tracy (Guess Who's Coming To Dinner) and winner Rod Steiger (In the Heat of the Night) in a watershed year for great films and great performances. Nominations for the picture also went out to Lalo Schifrin for Best Musical Score and Donn Pearce and Frank Pierson for Best Adapted Screenplay. Cinematographer Conrad Hall might have gotten an additional nod, but he was already nominated that year for In Cold Blood. In a career-changing win, George Kennedy won Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of the kind-hearted brute, Dragline. A tale of oppression and resistance on a Southern prison chain gang, Cool Hand Luke was one of the big summer hits of 1967 and possesses a spectacular lineup of supporting players. In addition to George Kennedy, there is Jo Van Fleet (Oscar® winner for East of Eden), Dennis Hopper, Harry Dean Stanton, Anthony Zerbe, Ralph Waite, Wayne Rogers and Strother Martin. In a movie with several all-time memorable quotes… it's worth remembering that: "…Sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand." Guest Host for Cool Hand Luke will be Rob Word, Emmy-nominated producer of the annual Golden Boot Awards. Along with numerous television credits, he has produced and hosted many live events, including A Word on Westerns, a monthly celebrity interview series that airs on
The Big Sleep, April 27, 2017 at 7:30 PM Film Events April 27, 2017February 28, 2017 The type of man she hated... was the type she wanted! The Big Sleep 1946 / Warner Bros. Sparks fly between Bogart and Becall and memorable dialogue abounds in this much-admired film noir. IMDB Listing | Buy tickets now!
White Heat, Thursday, February 23, 2017 at 7:30 PM Film Events February 23, 2017February 28, 2017 James Cagney portrays an explsoive psychopath that only a mother could love in our presentation of Raoul Walsh's White Heat (1949), screening on the big screen at Glendale's historic Alex Theatre. As the trailer for the film proclaims, "It's your kind of Cagney, in his kind of story, blazing his way to the top of the world!" The quintessential gangster film, White Heat packs a train robbery, an extended prison sequence, and a payroll heist at an oil refinery into an action-packed 114 minutes, propelled by Cagney's electrifying performance. Southern California locations circa 1949 include the railroad tunnel in Chatsworth, Burbank's San Val Drive-in, and the Shell Oil refinery in Torrance.
The Greatest Cartoons Ever! Monday, December 26, 2016 @ 2PM & 7PM Film Events December 26, 2016April 7, 2020 Join us for an animation celebration direct from the Cartoon Hall of Fame! The Alex Film Society has created a film festival of the most wonderful animated shorts from the Golden Age of Hollywood, featuring some of your favorite characters presented as they were intended to be seen, on the BIG screen. It’s a cinematic trip back in time, when animated cartoons were more than just the opening act. They were the greatest part of going to the movies! Buccaneer Bunny (1948, Friz Freleng) Lonesome Ghosts (1937, Burt Gillett) Me Musical Nephews (1942, Seymour Kneitel) Fair Weather Fiends (1946, Shamus Culhane) Bimbo's Initiation (1931, Dave Fleischer) The Scarlet Pumpernickel (1950, Chuck Jones) Drip Along Droopy (1954, Tex Avery) The Truce Hurts (1948, Hanna-Barbera) Beep Prepared (1961, Chuck Jones, Maurice Noble) King-Size Canary (1947, Tex Avery) 1931 - 1961 / Disney, MGM, Warner Bros., etc. IMDB Listing | Buy Tickets Now!
