SISTER AIMEE Q&A’s following the 7:40 pm show with Anna Margaret, Bettina Barrow, Michael Mosley and moderated by Lily Rabe on Friday, 9/27; with Marie Schlingmann, Samantha Buck, Anna Margaret, Michael Mosley, Amy Hargreaves and moderated by Danielle DiGiacomo on Saturday, 9/28 and with Marie Schlingmann, Samantha Buck, Bettina Barrow; moderator TBD.
CRACKED UP Q&A’s with Cast & Crew Opening Weekend at the Monica Film Center.
CRACKED UP Q&A’s moderated by Trudy Goodman following the 7:20 pm show on Friday, 9/20 and Saturday, 9/21. Friday’s participants: Bonnie Greenberg with director Michelle Esrick, star Darrell Hammond, Macy Gray and Diane Warren. Saturday’s participants: Michelle Esrick and Darrell Hammond.
HEADING HOME: THE TALE OF TEAM ISRAEL Q&A with Zack Thornton at the Royal
HEADING HOME: THE TALE OF TEAM ISRAEL is a stirring story of sports, patriotism and personal growth, charting the underdog journey of Israel’s national baseball team competing for the first time in the World Baseball Classic.
After years of defeat, Team Israel is finally ranked among the world’s best in 2017, eligible to compete in the prestigious international tournament. Their line-up included several Jewish American Major League players―Ike Davis, Josh Zeid and ex-Braves catcher Ryan Lavarnway―most with a tenuous relationship to Judaism, let alone having ever set foot in Israel.
Their odyssey takes them from Tel Aviv and Jerusalem where they are greeted as heroes, to Seoul where they must debunk their has-been, wannabe reputations. With their Mensch on the Bench mascot by their side, the team laughs, cries, and does much soul-searching, discovering the pride of representing Israel on the world stage.
HEADING HOME: THE TALE OF TEAM ISRAEL Zack Thornton will participate in a Q&A following the 5:20 pm show and into the 7:45 pm show on Saturday, 9/14.
3 DAYS WITH DAD Q&A’s Opening Weekend with Cast & Crew at the Music Hall.
3 DAYS WITH DAD filmmaker and star Larry Clarke will participate in Q&A’s following the 7:20 pm show on Friday, 9/13 and Saturday, 9/14. Larry will be joined by actress Lesley Ann Warren on Friday.
THE LAST PHOTOGRAPH Q&A’s with filmmaker opening weekend at the Monica Film Center.
THE LAST PHOTOGRAPH director and star Danny Huston will participate in Q&A’s following the 7:30 pm show on Friday, 9/6 and Saturday, 9/7.
ODE TO JOY Q&A with Cast & Crew Opening Weekend at the Monica Film Center.
ODE TO JOY Q&A with director Jason Winer, actress Melissa Rauch and writer Max Werner following the 7:10 pm show on Saturday, 8/10.
THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING Q&A with Geena Davis on Opening Night at the Monica Film Center.
THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING Geena Davis and Jackie Cruz will participate in a Q&A moderated by Madeline DiNonno following the 7:00 pm show on Friday, 8/9.
Sixtieth Anniversary Screening of THE YOUNG PHILADELPHIANS with Actress Barbara Rush In Person
Laemmle Theatres and the Anniversary Classics Series present a rediscovery of a juicy melodrama from 1959: THE YOUNG PHILADELPHIANS, which boasted a vibrant cast headed by Paul Newman and our special guest, Barbara Rush. As Leonard Maltin wrote in his review, “Newman and Rush have memorable roles as poor lawyer who schemes to the top and society girl he hopes to win.”
Newman was rising to major stardom at the time he made this film. He was coming off acclaimed performances in Somebody Up There Likes Me and The Long Hot Summer and had just earned his first Oscar nomination for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. As the Motion Picture Herald observed in its review of The Young Philadelphians, “Newman demonstrates once again that he stands in the forefront of the crop of young players who have come to the screen in recent years.”
The film was adapted by James Gunn from the best-selling novel by Richard Powell that many compared to the enormously successful Peyton Place in exposing the sexual shenanigans and professional rivalries among a tight-knit community surrounding Philadelphia’s Main Line. Newman plays an ambitious young man with a shady past who is determined to rise to the top ranks of society. He becomes a lawyer who learns how to inveigle a number of wealthy clients but rediscovers his principles when he defends an old friend on a murder charge.
Robert Vaughn, in a breakthrough performance of his own, plays the murder suspect, and he earned an Oscar nomination for his compelling performance in the film. But the entire cast was strong. As Film Daily observed, “The story is given life and fire through an imposing array of performances.” Rush plays Newman’s love interest, though he also has a dalliance with a married socialite played by Alexis Smith. The supporting cast includes established actors Billie Burke, Otto Kruger, and John Williams, along with newer faces Brian Keith, Diane Brewster, and Adam West (later to play TV’s Batman) in his film debut.
Vincent Sherman (All Through the Night, Old Acquaintance, Mr. Skeffington, The Damned Don’t Cry) directed, and The Hollywood Reporter declared, “The direction by Vincent Sherman is the best in his long and able career.” The film received two additional Oscar nominations, for black-and-white cinematography by veteran Harry Stradling and black-and-white costume design by Howard Shoup.
Barbara Rush also co-starred with Newman in Hombre, and her many other film credits include Magnificent Obsession with Rock Hudson and Jane Wyman, Bigger Than Life with James Mason, Strangers When We Meet with Kirk Douglas, Come Blow Your Horn and Robin and the 7 Hoods with Frank Sinatra, along with two early sci-fi classics, When Worlds Collide and It Came From Outer Space. Rush had a co-starring role on the Peyton Place TV series of the 60s, and she later starred in the series Flamingo Road and 7th Heaven. Just in the last year, she was discovered by a whole new audience portraying a wealthy widow in a series of witty commercials for Wilshire Coin.
Our 60th anniversary presentation of THE YOUNG PHILADELPHIANS plus Q&A with Barbara Rush screens on Wednesday, August 7th at 7 PM at the Royal in West LA. Click here for tickets.
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