THE DEVIL STRIKES AT NIGHT / FLY-BY-NIGHT

Egyptian Theatre

6712 Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood, CA 90028

Sun, Mar 8, 2020
1:00pm

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NOIR CITY: HOLLYWOOD - THE 22nd ANNUAL LOS ANGELES FESTIVAL OF FILM NOIR

Robert Siodmak Double Feature! Sunday Print Edition Matinee!

THE DEVIL STRIKES AT NIGHT / FLY-BY-NIGHT

Presented by the American Cinematheque and the Film Noir Foundation.
Noir City also pays a visit to the westside for an evening at the Aero Theatre curated by David Mamet, and to the Hollywood Legion Theater at Post 43 for a military noir double feature on March 10, of ACT OF VIOLENCE and SOMEWHERE IN THE NIGHT.

The L.A. Marathon today may slow traffic in the city. Please allow extra time to arrive at the theatre.

35 mm!

THE DEVIL STRIKES AT NIGHT

NACHTS, WENN DER TEUFEL KAM

1957, Beta Film, 97 min, West Germany, Dir: Robert Siodmak

The greatest practitioner of Hollywood noir (PHANTOM LADY, THE KILLERS, CRISS CROSS, et al), returned to Germany in the 1950s to finish his career; this powerful film was his payback to the Nazis who chased him from his homeland. Based on the true story of murderer Bruno Lüdke, it’s a tense policier that also explores how those who did not flee the Reich struggled to maintain their integrity and morality in the face of overwhelming corruption and evil.

35 mm!

FLY-BY-NIGHT

1942, Universal, 74 min, USA, Dir: Robert Siodmak

Don’t miss this little-seen gem, one of the first Hollywood efforts of noir maestro Robert Siodmak. Shifting with Hitchcockian aplomb between suggestive light comedy and thickly shadowed suspense, Siodmak stuffs two features’ worth of stylish set pieces into a sprightly running time, making this as good as wartime B picture as anything produced in the era. Richard Carlson’s and Nancy Kelly’s romance-on-the-run chemistry, laced with witty innuendo (and plenty of Kelly’s fine gams) is reminiscent of Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll in THE 39 STEPS. Great fun, and surprisingly sexy for its time.

THE DEVIL STRIKES AT NIGHT in German with English subtitles. Print courtesy of the Goethe-Institut.

Egyptian Theatre • Sun, Mar 8, 2020 • 1:00pm

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Films in this Series at the Egyptian

THE BEAST MUST DIE / GILDA Fri, Mar 6, 2020 - 7:30pm Egyptian Theatre	M (1931) / M (1951) / EL VAMPIRO NEGRO Sat, Mar 7, 2020 - 5:00pm Egyptian Theatre	THE HOUSEMAID / MY NAME IS JULIA ROSS Sun, Mar 8, 2020 - 7:30pm Egyptian Theatre
Victoria Mature In Person! THE LONG HAUL / BLACK GRAVEL Wed, Mar 11, 2020 - 7:30pm Egyptian Theatre	Cancelled: THE NAKED CITY / HARDLY A CRIMINAL Thu, Mar 12, 2020 - 7:30pm Egyptian Theatre	Cancelled: GUN CRAZY / PALE FLOWER Fri, Mar 13, 2020 - 7:30pm Egyptian Theatre
Cancelled: 5-Film Noir Marathon Sat, Mar 14, 2020 - 2:00pm Egyptian Theatre	Sunday Print Edition Matinee! Cancelled: PORTRAIT OF JENNIE / GIRL WITH HYACINTHS Sun, Mar 15, 2020 - 1:00pm Egyptian Theatre	Cancelled: THE SPIRITUALIST / IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND Sun, Mar 15, 2020 - 7:30pm Egyptian Theatre

Films in this Series at the Aero

David Mamet In Person!

David Mamet in Conversation + HOUSE OF GAMES

Mon, Mar 9, 2020 - 7:30pm

Aero Theatre