TFS

TORONTO FILM SOCIETY

SUMMER SERIES 2009

HITCHCOCK AND FRIENDS
 

SEVEN MONDAY NIGHTS
7:30 P.M.
JULY AND AUGUST

To register for this series
 
These 14 films will be shown over seven Monday nights in July and August at Innis College Town Hall, 2 Sussex Avenue at the St. George subway station in Toronto.
Come and join us.  Celebrate our Sixty-Second Season!

 July 6

PROGRAMME 1

THE SCARLET CLAW  (1944)  74 MINUTES
Director: 
Roy William Neill
Cast:  Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Gerald Hamer.

Only a plea from a dead woman can wrestle Holmes away from a Royal Canadian Occult Society meeting to unmask the phantom murderer terrorizing a Quebec village.  By far the best of the Sherlock Holmes series.
 

I CONFESS  (1953)  95 MINUTES
Director:  Alfred Hitchcock
Cast:  Montgomery Clift, Anne Baxter, Karl Malden.

A young priest harbouring his own secrets hears a murderer's confession only to be framed instead for the crime.  Can he save himself or will his vows of silence doom him?  Filmed in Quebec City.
 

July 13

PROGRAMME 2

JOURNEY INTO FEAR  (1943)  69 MINUTES
Director:
  Norman Foster
Cast:  Orson Welles, Joseph Cotton, Dolores Del Rio.

With Nazi agents closing in on him, a US engineer attempts to throw off pursuit by fleeing on board ship only to find out that they made it on as well.  Taut, well-made thriller.
 

5 FINGERS  (1952)  108 MINUTES
Director: 
Joseph Mankeiwicz
Cast:  James Mason, Danielle Darrieux, Michael Rennie.

The brainy and overly ambitious valet of the British ambassador to Turkey finances his "early" retirement plan by selling secrets to the Nazis.  Betrayal and counter-betrayal builds to a climax of delicious irony.  One of the best Hitchcock films he never made.
 

 July 20

PROGRAMME 3

YOUNG AND INNOCENT  (1937)  UK  80 MINUTES
Director: 
Alfred Hitchcock
Cast:  Derrick de Marney, Nova Pilbeam, Mary Clare.

Hitchcock combines classic thriller techniques with his trademark black humour in this adaptation of the Josephine Tey novel of a young girl helping a runaway man prove his innocence.  Echoes of The 39 Steps run throughout.
 

THE FRANCHISE AFFAIR  (1952)  UK  88 MINUTES
Director: 
Lawrence Huntington
Cast:  Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray, Marjorie Fielding.

Based on another of Tey's great novels, an initially reluctant lawyer takes on a strange case of kidnapping and abuse over the increasing rancour of the village.  Rarely seen.
 

 July 27

PROGRAMME 4

GASLIGHT (1940)  UK  84 MINUTES
Director: 
Thorold Dickinson
Cast:  Anton Walbrook, Diana Wynyard, Robert Newton.

This gripping psychological thriller exposes dark Machiavellian roots as an emotionally fragile wife is slowly being driven insane by her husband.  The electric tension in this, the UK original, overpowers the glossier 1944 MGM remake.  Not to be missed.

DRANGONWYCK  (1945)  103 MINUTES
Director: 
Joseph Mankeiwicz
Cast:  Gene Tierney, Vincent Price, Walter Huston.

In his directorial debut, Mankeiwicz paints a dandy gothic tale of a naive young woman who is swept up into the secret desires and undertows of her cousin's family.  Richly textured with outstanding photography and a haunting score.

NO SCREENING ON MONDAY AUGUST 3
WE'LL BE IN ROCHESTER FOR OUR ANNUAL
"RAIDING THE VAULTS" AT GEORGE EASTMAN HOUSE.
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 August 10

PROGRAMME 5

DRESSED TO KILL  (1941)  74 MINUTES
Director: 
Eugene Forde
Cast:  Lloyd Nolan, William Demarest, Mary Beth Hughes.

Hardboiled P.I. Max Shayne runs into multiple predicaments trying to soothe his impatient fiancée and deal with troublesome police amidst his search for the links in a string of theatrical murders.

BLACK ANGEL  (1946)  80 MINUTES
Director: 
Roy William Neill
Cast:  Dan Duryea, June Vincent, Peter Lorre.

An alcoholic piano player attempts to wade through the booze-laden fog swirling around the night his ex-wife was killed.  Can he solve the mystery before the clock runs out for an innocent man?

August 17

PROGRAMME 6

THE MIAMI STORY  (1954)  75 MINUTES
Director: 
Fred F. Sears
Cast:  Barry Sullivan, Beverly Garland, Luther Adler.

You know Miami's tax dollars are being well spent when civic leaders hire ex-gangster Mick Flagg to tackle and bring down the local crime boss.  But old habits die hard and the politicians get a bit nervous of his means to an end.

WARNING SHOT  (1967)  99 MINUTES
Director: 
Buzz Kulik
Cast:  David Janssen, Ed Begley, Keenan Wynn.

A stakeout goes horribly wrong for a LAPD cop when he shoots a saintly doctor.  The action never stops as he chases the ever-eluding truth to clear his name.  This forgotten gem features a stellar supporting cast including Lillian Gish, Eleanor Parker, George Sanders and Carroll O'Connor.

August 24

PROGRAMME 7

 

SABOTAGE  (1936)  UK  76 MINUTES
Director:
 Alfred Hitchcock
Cast:  Sylvia Sidney, Oscar Homolka, John Loder.

This layered, visually powerful edge-of-your-seat thriller is arguably Hitch's best UK film.  As a cinema owner plots to set off a bomb in London, his wife's growing suspicions begin to unveil his monstrous secret life.  The tension mounts to a Shakespearean ending brimming with irony.  Based on Joseph Conrad's novel, The Secret Agent.

THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY (1955)  99 MINUTES
Director: 
Alfred Hitchcock
Cast:  Edmund Gwenn, Shirley MacLaine, John Forsythe.

Unease lies beneath the joviality and colourful fauna of New England as the irrepressible corpse of Harry causes all sorts of dilemmas for the peaceful inhabitants.  Another little seen, offbeat black comedy from the master.

Information provided is correct at the time of printing.

Toronto Film Society reserves the right to make changes to dates, programmes and venues in the event of unforeseen circumstances.
 

To register for this series

Seven Monday Evenings of Double Bills

Starting July 6, 2009

at the Innis College Town Hall, 2 Sussex Avenue, Toronto

Screening begins at 7:30 sharp

Doors Open at 7:00 pm

$70 for the Series