MARCH 4 THU (2 FILMS FOR 1 ADMISSION)

GUN FURY

(1953, RAOUL WALSH) Her honor cried out for vengeance. . . and he rode south to get it! When his stage is held up and fiancée Donna Reed abducted, left-for-dead Rock Hudson vows vengeance — but that’s easier said than done. Lively Western, with Arizona locations in stunning stereo — effects not fully appreciated by one-eyed director Walsh. With Lee Marvin and Neville Brand.

PARDON MY BACKFIRE

(1953, JULES WHITE) 3 STOOGES 3-D! When escaped criminals invade their garage, knuckleheads Moe, Larry and Shemp have a whole arsenal of tools to throw at them — and you!
BOTH FILMS AT 1:00, 3:10, 5:20, 7:30, 9:40

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MAN IN THE DARK

(1953, LEW LANDERS) Terror strikes in 3 dimensions! Gangster Edmond O’Brien gets amnesia after having experimental brain surgery to cure his criminal tendencies — then his old gang wants to know where he stashed the loot. With Audrey Totter. 2:30, 5:30, 8:30

“A rescued gem, Lew Landers’s MAN IN THE DARK (1953) is a black-and-white thriller about a criminal (Edmond O’Brien) who, after a brain operation, forgets where he has stashed his loot. This seems to be the 3-D flick that most exploits the short-lived medium. An endless array of stuff comes whiffling at your face – a lit cigar, a repulsive spider, scissors, forceps, fists, falling bodies, and a roller coaster. The prolific Landers may not have been a great director, but he was a pretty good pitcher.”
– Elliott Stein, Village Voice

DRUMS OF TAHITI

(1953, WILLIAM CASTLE) 19th-century adventurer Dennis O’Keefe gets involved with South Seas gunrunners while trying to tame shrewish bride Patricia Medina . . . but there’s some strange rumblings coming from the volcano. With Francis L. Sullivan. 3:55, 6:55, 9:55

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THE STRANGER WORE A GUN

(1953, ANDRÉ DE TOTH) For him death has two faces — and he faces them both, alone! Randolph Scott in one of his most complex roles: an ex-member of Quantrill’s Raiders in no hurry to go straight. With Claire Trevor, Lee Marvin, and Ernest Borgnine. From the one-eyed director of the 3-D classic House of Wax. 1:40, 5:20, 9:00

THE NEBRASKAN

(1953, FRED F. SEARS) Three men and a woman face death beside a man they want to kill! Assault on Precinct 13, Old West-style: six disparate characters hole up in an isolated outpost while hordes of Sioux try to pick them off. With Philip Carey, Roberta Haynes, Lee Van Cleef, Wallace Ford, and, in a bit part, Jay “Tonto” Silverheels! 3:35, 7:15

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FORT TI

(1953, WILLIAM CASTLE) Rare French and Indian War Eastern, with colonial George Montgomery teaming up with the Redcoats as they go toe-to-toe against those Frenchies at upstate’s Fort Ticonderoga. If you like being showered with arrows, this is the picture for you! 3:55, 7:20

JESSE JAMES VS. THE DALTONS

(1954, WILLIAM CASTLE) Brett King believes he’s the son of the notorious bandit, and hooks up with the Daltons to try and learn the truth. But 3-D’d sexpot Barbara Lawrence, no relation to anyone, is raison d’être enough for this intriguing Castle oater. 2:15, 5:40, 9:05

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THE MAD MAGICIAN

(1954, JOHN BRAHM) Much of the House of Wax team reunited for this low-rent variant, with Vincent Price as a turn-of-the-century illusionist who believes his new tricks are being swiped by rivals. With Patrick O’Neal and Eva Gabor.

SPOOKS

(1953, JULES WHITE) They’ll poke YOUR eyes out — in 3-D! It’s Moe, Larry and Shemp to the rescue as a mad scientist and his assistant menace a frightened girl in an old dark house. Even non-Stooges fans will be impressed by the special effects (a whole arsenal of objects comin’ at ya) in the best 3-D short ever.

BOTH FILMS AT 1:20, 3:20, 5:20, 7:20, 9:20

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MISS SADIE THOMPSON

(1953, CURTIS BERNHARDT) Rita Hayworth turns it on... IN 3-D! Rita is the eponymous Sadie, a good-time gal stuck on a South Seas island for a week between ships, to the delight of fun-loving sergeant Aldo Ray and the stern disapproval of do-gooder José Ferrer. Third film version of Maugham’s racy Rain; though slightly scrubbed for the Eisenhower era, Rita’s shimmy through a crowd of sweaty, shouting GI’s still had it banned in some places. “One of the very best performances of Hayworth’s career.” – Clive Hirschhorn. 1:20, 3:20, 5:20, 7:20*, 9:20
See Added Attraction below during the 7:20 show

“HAROLD LLOYD’S 3-D NUDES”–
EXTRA ADDED ATTRACTION ON APRIL 8 AT 7:20 SHOW

As an extra added attraction to our final 3-D program on April 8, we present a selection of movie legend Harold Lloyd's stunning 3-D photos from the same era. An avid amateur shutterbug, Lloyd was a leading pioneer in 3-D photography and one-time president of the Los Angeles Stereoscopic Society.

From the 1940s to the 60s, he took almost 100,000 3-D photographs, including Hollywood stars like Roy Rogers, Jayne Mansfield, and Marilyn Monroe, as well as hundreds of young women, most of them nude. A new collection of these photos by Lloyd, Hollywood Nudes in 3-D, will be published in October by Black Dog & Leventhal. Greg Dinkins, director of the New York Stereoscopic Society, will present a selection of Lloyd's 3-D slides (both nudes & stars) during the intermission of the 7:20 screening of Miss Sadie Thompson on Thursday, April 8.

We wish to thank The Harold Lloyd Trust and Suzanne Lloyd, grand-daughter of Harold Lloyd, for making these slides available.