Something of Value (1957)
Battle Circus (1953)

April 2, 2011 - 2:00 pm

Billy Wilder Theater

Something of Value (1957)

Directed by Richard Brooks

In British-ruled Kenya, youthful friends Peter (Hudson) and Kimani (Sidney Poitier) find their friendship riven when an insurgent movement forms in response to colonial oppression. Meeting each other again as guerilla and counter-insurgent, the former friends face the impossibility of their country’s pained way of life. Coinciding with the establishment of Kenya’s first post-colonial government, the film was timely, and remarkably sensitive to Africa’s modern struggles.

MGM. Producer: Pandro S. Berman. Screenwriter: Richard Brooks. Cinematographer: Russell Harlan. Editor: Ferris Webster. Cast: Rock Hudson, Dana Wynter, Sidney Poitier, Wendy Hiller, Juano Hernandez. 35mm, Black and White, 113 min.

Battle Circus (1953)

Directed by Richard Brooks

Depicting the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital units of the Korean War, Brooks’ film depicts the horrors of combat and the human bonds that war sometimes fosters. Humphrey Bogart’s love affair with nurse June Allyson, interrupted by duty, recalls many of his previous self-immolating roles, while their vernacular together suggests a younger generation, perhaps Brooks’ generation, bred on the old Hollywood and working toward a new one.

MGM. Producer: Pandro S. Berman. Screenwriter: Richard Brooks. Cinematographer: John Alton. Editor: George Boemler. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, June Allyson, Keenan Wynn, Robert Keith, William Campbell. 16mm, Black and White, 90 min.

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