Wed Apr 29, 7:30 pm @ Martha's Vineyard Film Center
$12 General Admission, $9 Member,$7 child age 14 or younger
Doors Open for admissions 30 min. prior to screeningBuy tickets at Film Center or online now
Restored Film Noir classics with a special introduction by Eisner Award winning New Yorker cartoonist Paul Karasik. Paul has selected three classic films from legendary director Billy Wilder for this screening series.
Join us in the lobby beforehand for a glass of Pinot Noir and Dark Chocolate.
In this classic film noir, insurance salesman Walter Neff (Fred MacMurray) gets roped into a murderous scheme when he falls for the sensual Phyllis Dietrichson (Barbara Stanwyck), who is intent on killing her husband (Tom Powers) and living off the fraudulent accidental death claim. Prompted by the late Mr. Dietrichson’s daughter, Lola (Jean Heather), insurance investigator Barton Keyes (Edward G. Robinson) looks into the case, and gradually begins to uncover the sinister truth.
“Arguably one of the greatest works of film noir…” – The Times (UK)
“A powerful, ruthless and almost cruelly exciting picture in which Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck do the finest acting of their respective careers.” – Boston Globe
Paul Karasik has selected these films as prime examples of Must-See Film Noir. Paul is an Eisner Award-winning cartoonist whose work has appeared in the New Yorker and whose graphic novels have been translated worldwide.
