QUEEN CHRISTINA

(Rouben Mamoulian) As the cross-dressing 17th century Swedish queen, Greta Garbo renounces all for an impossible love (John Gilbert, the star’s ex-flame). Mamoulian instructed Garbo to empty her mind for the legendary final close-up. Approx. 99 min. 35mm.
2:55, 7:00

“Not only one of Greta Garbo’s finest performances, but one of her very best films… Erotic, romantic, and a feast for the eyes.”
– Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

“Garbo turns her character into a living entity… and glides through Mamoulian’s winding camera movements with grace, wit and beauty.”
– Time Out (London)

THE SONG OF SONGS

(Rouben Mamoulian) Naive country lass Marlene Dietrich poses nude for sculptor Brian Aherne out of love, but gets conned into marrying his patron, decadent Lionel Atwill. With Pre-Code closeups of the nude Dietrich — her statue, that is. Plus Hearst Metrotone News! Approx. 90 min. 35mm.
1:00, 4:55, 9:00

“Dietrich is luminous in her first Hollywood film not directed by Josef von Sternberg.”
– Leonard Maltin

“Dietrich positively glows with demure innocence or malice aforethought as the need arises… and the whole thing has a glitteringly opulent beauty, sparked with an irresistible sense of the absurd.”
– Time Out (London)