10 Oct 2020

Reel Classics: Niagara (1953) and Don't Bother to Knock (1952)

Reel Classics: Niagara (1953) and Don't Bother to Knock (1952)

Sat 10 October 1-4pm

Bookings are essential. For Reel McCoy membership and booking queries, please contact the president at reelmccoyfilm@gmail.com. For CMAG Memberships queries, please contact cmag@act.gov.au or phone us on 6207 3968

Members are invited to purchase an annual Reel McCoy membership at the discounted price of $20 (usually $50/year) upon presentation of their current ACT M&G membership card.

Reel McCoy Film Society presents bi-monthly film screenings of classic cinema.


NIAGARA (1953)
92 MINUTES, USA
DIRECTOR: HENRY HATHAWAY
CAST: MARILYN MONROE, JOSEPH COTTON, JEAN PETERS, MAX SHOWALTER

Two couples are honeymooning at Niagara Falls, and the wife of one couple plots with the husband of the other to murder her own husband. This film brought the tropes of film noir into the glossiest and sexiest Technicolor; and is—ironically—largely responsible for cementing Niagara’s reputation as a honeymoon destination.

DON’T BOTHER TO KNOCK (1952)
76 MINUTES, USA
DIRECTOR: ROY WARD BAKER
CAST: RICHARD WIDMARK, MARILYN MONROE, ANNE BANCROFT

Marilyn occasionally got a role that was a departure from ditzy blonde or femme fatale; this may be the furthest departure of all. Initially we might be watching a romantic comedy: an airline pilot falls head over heels for his babysitter neighbour. Then he comes to suspect that she may be dangerous.

Reel Classics: Niagara (1953) and Don't Bother to Knock (1952)

Sat 10 October 1-4pm

Bookings are essential. For Reel McCoy membership and booking queries, please contact the president at reelmccoyfilm@gmail.com. For CMAG Memberships queries, please contact cmag@act.gov.au or phone us on 6207 3968

Members are invited to purchase an annual Reel McCoy membership at the discounted price of $20 (usually $50/year) upon presentation of their current ACT M&G membership card.