I Wake Up Dreaming Noir Festival — hollywoodtheatre.org

I WAKE UP DREAMING

Four 35mm prints of classic film noir for the month of September! Curated and hosted by noir expert Elliot Lavine, each of these films possesses its own cult-like reputation as an extraordinary example of this enduring cinematic style.

Out Of The Past

Monday, September 2, 10:30 PM

35mm print! Plays as part of the I Wake Up Dreaming series, hosted by noir expert Elliot Lavine.

OUT OF THE PAST (1947) With a look of doom in his sad eyes, private detective Jeff Markham sets out to find Kathie, the mistress of ruthless mobster Whit Sterling. When he catches up with her in Mexico, he falls hopelessly in love and willingly winds up in her twisted web of manipulation. Back home, Je…

Ride The Pink Horse

Monday, September 9, 10:30 PM

35mm print! Plays as part of the I Wake Up Dreaming series, hosted by noir expert Elliot Lavine.

RIDE THE PINK HORSE (1947) A sullen and determined WWII veteran arrives in a dusty border town intent on avenging the death of his buddy at the hands of a ruthless mobster. But fate, in the form of a mysterious young Mexican girl, intervenes with startling and possibly supernatural results.

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99 River Street

Monday, September 23, 10:30 PM

35mm print! Plays as part of the I Wake Up Dreaming series, hosted by noir expert Elliot Lavine.

99 RIVER STREET (1953) Washed-up prize fighter Ernie Driscoll, now an embittered cabbie, suddenly becomes the number one suspect in the murder of his faithless wife. With the law closing in, his chances of finding the real killer are growing slimmer by the hour! A struggling young actress becomes Drisc…

Kiss Me Deadly

Monday, September 30, 10:30 PM

35mm print! Plays as part of the I Wake Up Dreaming series, hosted by noir expert Elliot Lavine.

KISS ME DEADLY (1955) Mickey Spillane's brutal bedroom dick, Mike Hammer, slugs and slogs his way through the dankest alleys and sewers of Los Angeles in his quest for the "great whatsit," an elusive and explosive key to nothing short of the end of the world. This is one of noir's m…