Spotlight Archive

Thirty Day Princess (1934); The Working Man (1933)

Saturday, March 23 @ 7:30 p.m.

Sylvia Sidney and Cary Grant star in a charming modern day take on the princess-and-the-pauper by scribe Preston Sturges, Thirty Day Princess; followed by George Arliss and Bette Davis in the proletarian situation comedy, The Working Man.

IN PERSON: Jere Guldin, UCLA Film & Television Archive.

Ornette: Made in America (1985)

Sunday, March 24 @ 4:00 p.m.

The Archive is proud to present Shirley Clarke's kaleidoscopic portrait of avant-garde jazz genius Ornette Coleman that brings together the mediums of two true visionaries.

IN PERSON: Denardo Coleman (via Skype); Ornette Coleman (via Skype, pending schedule); Ross Lipman, UCLA Film & Television Archive.

Johnny Come Lately (1943) & The Inside Story (1948)

Monday, March 11 @ 7:30 p.m.

James Cagney's softer side shines in Johnny Come Lately (1943) and comedic misunderstandings ensue in the charming The Inside Story (1948).

IN PERSON: actresses Marsha Hunt and Marjorie Lord.

Literary Icons Documentary Double-Feature!

Thursday, March 14 @ 7:30 p.m.

Shirley Clarke's Oscar-winning portrait of poet Robert Frost, Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World (1962) will screen, followed by the Oscar-nominated tribute to the life and work of playwright Eugene O'Neill, The Face of Genius (1966).

IN PERSON: director Alfred R. Kelman and screenwriter Robert Markowitz (The Face of Genius).

With the Greeks in the Firing Line (1913)

Friday, March 15 @ 7:30 p.m.

Once considered lost and restored from the only surviving print, this very early German feature-length documentary takes you inside the Second Balkan War, and is preceded by a selection of Hearst Metrotone Newsreel footage.

IN PERSON: Blaine Bartell, UCLA Film & Television Archive.

Julie Harris on Television

Saturday, March 16 @ 4:00 p.m.

Award-winning actress Julie Harris stars in a gentle satire of the TV industry, Goodyear Television Playhouse: "October Story" (1951); followed by Harris' reprisal of her Broadway portrayl of poet Emily Dickinson for TV audiences, The Belle of Amherst (1976).

IN PERSON: Dan Einstein, UCLA Film & Television Archive.

That Cold Day in the Park (1969)

Saturday, March 16 @ 7:30 p.m.

Robert Altman's second theatrical feature, starring Sandy Dennis as a lonesome young woman, was the first of his work to suggest his original, iconoclastic wit. The screening will be preceded by excerpts from the pre-release version.

IN PERSON: Kathryn Altman, agent George Litto, editor Danford B. Greene and second assistant director Graeme Clifford.

Short Subjects Restored by AMPAS-UCLA

Sunday, March 17 @ 7:00 p.m.

This program highlights the wide variety of short film generes and includes screenings of: an Our Gang comedy; "musical memories of old Russia;" the antics of cats, dogs, monkeys and bear cubs; Fleischer and Puppetoon cartoons; Lieutenant Jimmy Stewart and more!

CBS Playhouse: "The Final War of Olly Winter" (1967)

Friday, March 8 @ 7:30 p.m.

This premiere presentation of the ambitious television anthology CBS Playhouse stars Ivan Dixon and was one of the earliest television projects to realistically portray the trauma of the Vietnam War.

FREE Admission!

IN PERSON: Actress Tina Chen.

Different From the Others (1919) - A Restoration in Progress

Saturday, March 9 @ 4:00 p.m.

Existing today only as a fragment, our restoration-in-progress of this groundbreaking German silent is, as far as we know, the first fiction feature film to address a specifically gay audience.

IN PERSON: Shannon Kelley, UCLA Film & Television Archive.

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Spotlight Archive

Thirty Day Princess (1934); The Working Man (1933)

Ornette: Made in America (1985)

Johnny Come Lately (1943) & The Inside Story (1948)

Literary Icons Documentary Double-Feature!

With the Greeks in the Firing Line (1913)

Julie Harris on Television

That Cold Day in the Park (1969)

Short Subjects Restored by AMPAS-UCLA

CBS Playhouse: "The Final War of Olly Winter" (1967)

Different From the Others (1919) - A Restoration in Progress

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