All Films shown at The First Street Cafe - 440 First Street Benicia, CA phone (707) 745-1400
that treasured sequined Evening Gown because ....
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| Four San Francisco Noirs | |||||
| Wednesday Nights in Benicia | |||||
| April 5th - 26th | |||||
| dinner, drinks & a movie? | |||||
| free admission | |||||
| Dana Andrews has a date with obsession in 'Fallen Angel' | |||||
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All Films shown at The First Street Cafe - 440 First Street Benicia, CA phone (707) 745-1400 |
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| OK Noir Fans ... Dust off those Fedoras and pull out |
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that treasured sequined Evening Gown because .... |
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| Vintage clothing is encouraged for those who wish to dress up! | |||||
| - What the hell ... let's have some FUN - | |||||
| Attention 'A' Type Personalities: Flamboyant Cigarette holders are permitted!! | |||||
| But check your pistols at the door! | |||||
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The Schedule:
Printer friendly schedule
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| Wednesday April 5th - 7:30 pm |
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| 'DARK PASSAGE' 1947 - Black & White | |||||||||||
| With: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall & Agnes Moorehead | |||||||||||
| Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall a few years into their real life romance in a full-frontal assault film noir with Bogart as a wrongly accused man who escapes San Quentin prison to a famous Telegraph Hill apartment. This is classic trench coat and Fedora Bogart, packed with plenty of San Francisco location photography and loaded with that 1940's atmosphere! | |||||||||||
| Wednesday April 12th - 7:30 pm |
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| 'THE HOUSE ON TELEGRAPH HILL' 1950 - B & W | |||||||||||
| With: Valentina Cortese, Richard Basehart & William Lundigan | |||||||||||
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Lovely Italian actress
Valentina Cortese in a typically twisted Film Noir plot. Things go from
bad to weird when Victoria Kowelska survives Nazi concentration in
Europe then arrives in San Francisco to find she's inherited a fortune.
Not everyone is happy about it and they are out to raise Hell. It's fun
and games with the dysfunctional wealthy on one of the richest pieces of
real estate in the Western Hemisphere. More SF location photography.
Directed by Robert Wise who edited 'Citizen Kane'. |
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| Wednesday April 19th - 7:30 pm |
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| 'THIEVES' HIGHWAY' 1949 - Black & White | |||||||||||
| With: Valentina Cortese, Richard Conte & Lee J. Cobb | |||||||||||
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Valentina Cortese
returns in a very rare jewel. A left-of -center film shot on
location, mostly at night, on San Francisco's waterfront. Nick Garcos
(Richard Conte) returns home to the San Joaquin Valley from an overseas
stint as a merchant marine. Upon arriving he discovers that his father;
an independent produce trucker, has been ripped off and then targeted
for murder by a vicious produce dealer on the Embarcadero. In a perpetual theme found in film noir, the lone-wolf protagonist is forced to work outside the system as Nick Garcos sets out to revenge the wrongs dealt his father. Who in the story, comes to symbolize the struggles of America's lower working class. Small fry come last until 'Nick' steps in! |
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| Wednesday April 26th - 7:30 pm |
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| l'FALLEN ANGEL' 1945 - Black & White | |||||||||||
| With: Dana Andrews, Alice Faye & Linda Darnell | |||||||||||
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When Drifter Eric Staton
(Dana Andrews) is thrown off the Greyhound Bus in a small beach town
south of San Francisco it starts a whirlpool of obsession and
desperation that no one survives unscathed. Including a very hot Linda
Darnell in a classic Film Noir scene not easily forgotten. This is a wonderfully directed but rarely seen work of Otto Preminger who had just completed the acclaimed film 'Laura' before starting this project. 'Fallen Angel' is often favored over 'Laura' by fans of the noir style. 'Lit and lensed' by Joseph LaShelle, a frequent visitor to Dark City. Original music by David Raksin who also wrote (Laura '44, Force of Evil '48 & The Big Combo '55). Good cast, good crew ... and very good noir! |
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Call to reserve for dinner and a table upstairs |
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