**** US 1941 119 minutes bw RKO Orson Welles A newspaper tycoon dies, and a magazine reporter interviews his friends in an effort to discover the meaning of his last words. A brilliant piece of Hollywood cinema using all the resources of the studio...almost every shot and every line is utterly absorbing both as entertainment and as craft. Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles Orson Welles Gregg Toland Bernard Herrmann Orson Welles Charles Foster Kane Joseph Cotten Jedediah Leland Dorothy Comingore Susan Alexander Kane Everett Sloane Bernstein Paul Stewart Raymond Ray Collins Boss Jim W. Gettys Agnes Moorehead Mary Kane “More fun than any great movie I can think of.” Pauline Kael “On seeing it for the first time, one got a conviction that if the cinema could do that, it could do anything.” Penelope Houston **** US 1941 101 minutes bw Warner Henry Blanke After the death of his partner, private eye Sam Spade is dragged into a quest for a priceless statuette. A remake which shows the difference between excellence and brilliance; here every nuance is subtly stressed, and the cast is perfection. John Huston John Huston Arthur Edeson Adolph Deutsch Humphrey Bogart Sam Spade Mary Astor Brigid O’Shaughnessy Sidney Greenstreet Kasper Guttman Elisha Cook Jr. Wilmer Cook Barton MacLane Lt. of Detectives Dundy Peter Lorre Joel Cairo Gladys George Lee Patrick Ward Bond Jerome Cowan “The first crime melodrama with finish, speed and bang to come along in what seems like ages.” Otis Ferguson “A work of entertainment that is yet so skillfully constructed that after many years and many viewings, it has the same brittle explosiveness - and some of the same surprise - that it had in 1941.” Pauline Kael, 1968 **** US 1932 86 minutes bw Paramount Ernst Lubitsch Jewel thieves insinuate themselves into the household of a rich Parisienne, and one falls in love with her. Samuel Raphaelson, Grover Jones (from play The Honest Finder, by Laszlo Aladar) Ernst Lubitsch Victor Milner Herbert Marshall Gaston Monescu Miriam Hopkins Lily Kay Francis Madame Colet Edward Everett Horton François Filiba Charles Ruggles The Major C. Aubrey Smith Robert Greig Leonid Kinskey “One of the gossamer creations of Lubitsch's narrative art...it would be impossible in this brief notice to describe the innumerable touches of wit and narrative skill with which it is unfolded.” Alexander Bakshy “A shimmering, engaging piece of work...in virtually every scene a lively imagination shines forth.” New York Times *** US 1965 163 minutes Technicolor Warner Martin Jurow In 1908, the Great Leslie and Professor Fate are leading contenders in the first New York to Paris car race. Elaborate comedy spectacular with many good moments, notably the early disasters, a western saloon brawl, and a custard pie fight. Elsewhere, there is more evidence of an oversize budget than of wit or finesse. Arthur Ross Blake Edwards Russell Harlan Henry Mancini Tony Curtis The Great Leslie Jack Lemmon Professor Fate Peter Falk Max Natalie Wood Maggie DuBois Keenan Wynn Hezekiah Ross Martin Baron von Stuppe Vivian Vance Hester Goodbody