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Billy Wilder

For never being pigeonholed into a certain genre, for his unique and brilliant diversity.

Everyone knows the line. From the opening scene in the pool, this is an all-time classic.

Not as famous as some of Wilder's other flicks, but a laugh riot. Who ever thought an unplanned pregnancy, a Coca Cola plant, and communists could be so funny?

Another classic, and one of Marilyn Monroe's best. So many *perfect* lines in this movie, from "Story of my life. I always get the fuzzy end of the lollipop." to "Well, nobody's perfect."

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Los Angeles Classic Films Early Report for June 15, 2012

June 15th, 2012

The Los Angeles Classic Films Early Report is a listing of classic films playing in Los Angeles for the next month. We list films made from 2002 back (with a few notable exceptions), playing in theaters, museums, and other locations. This week we've added a few upcoming films at the Billy Wilder Theater, and a few others.

Friday, June 15, 2012

Casablanca, 1942
Notes: Oscar Outdoors screening.
Director: Michael Curtiz
Theater: Academy Hollywood
Showtime: 6:30pm gates; show starts at sunset

Double Feature
The Last Waltz, 1978
Notes: Screening.
Director: Martin Scorsese
Theater: Aero Theatre
Showtime: 7:30pm
&
Coal Miner's Daughter, 1980
Notes: Screening.
Director: Michael Apted

Airport, 1970
Notes: Screening.
Director: George Seaton
Theater: Billy Wilder Theater
Showtime: 7:30pm

Double Feature
The Muppet Movie, 1979
Notes: Screening.
Director: James Frawley
Theater: The Cinefamily
Showtime: 7:30pm
&
Phantom of the Paradise, 1974
Notes: Screening.
Director: Brian De Palma

Triple Feature
The Man With the Golden Gun, 1974
Notes: Screening.
Director: Guy Hamilton
Theater: Egyptian Theatre
Showtime: 7:30pm
&
The Spy Who Loved Me, 1977
Notes: Screening.
Director: Lewis Gilbert
&
Moonraker, 1979
Notes: Screening.
Director: Lewis Gilbert

Double Feature (NEW LISTING)
Arsenic and Old Lace, 1944
Notes: Screening.
Director: Frank Capra
Theater: New Beverly Cinema
Showtime: 7:30pm
&
Only Angels Have Wings, 1939
Notes: Screening.
Director: Howard Hawks

The Firefly, 1937
Notes: Screening.
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Theater: Old Town Music Hall
Showtime: 8:15pm

From Beyond, 1986
Notes: Director Stuart Gordon in person.
Director: Stuart Gordon
Theater: The Cinefamily
Showtime: Midnight

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, 2010
Notes: Screening.
Director: Edgar Wright
Theater: New Beverly Cinema
Showtime: Midnight

Ghostbusters, 1984
Notes: Screening.
Director: Ivan Reitman
Theater: Nuart Theatre
Showtime: Midnight

Saturday, June 16, 2012

Mildred Pierce, 1945
Notes: Illustrated talk by Veronica Gelakoska before the film.
Director: Michael Curtiz
Theater: Egyptian Theatre
Showtime: 2pm

The Firefly, 1937
Notes: Screening.
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Theater: Old Town Music Hall
Showtime: 2:30pm, 8:15pm

Double Feature (NEW LISTING)
Arsenic and Old Lace, 1944
Notes: Screening.
Director: Frank Capra
Theater: New Beverly Cinema
Showtime: Arsenic: 2:40pm, 7:30pm
&
Only Angels Have Wings, 1939
Notes: Screening.
Director: Howard Hawks

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, 1937
Notes: Oscar Outdoors screening.
Director: William Cottrell, etc.
Theater: Academy Hollywood
Showtime: 6:30pm gates; show starts at sunset

Triple Feature
For Your Eyes Only, 1981
Notes: Screening.
Director: John Glen
Theater: Aero Theatre
Showtime: 7:30pm
&
Octopussy, 1983
Notes: Screening.
Director: John Glen
&
A View to a Kill, 1985
Notes: Screening.
Director: John Glen

Triple Feature
The Terminator, 1984
Notes: Screening.
Director: James Cameron
Theater: Egyptian Theatre
Showtime: 7:30pm
&
Terminator 2: Judgment Day, 1991
Notes: Screening.
Director: James Cameron
&
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, 2003
Notes: Screening.
Director: Jonathan Mostow

Cheech and Chong's Up in Smoke, 1978
Notes: Screening.
Director: Lou Adler
Theater: Cinespia - Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Showtime: 9pm

The Rocky Horror Picture Show, 1975
Notes: With Live LB Original Shadowcast.
Director: Jim Sharman
Theater: Art Theatre
Showtime: Midnight

Urban Legend, 1998
Notes: Screening.
Director: Jamie Blanks
Theater: New Beverly Cinema
Showtime: Midnight

The Rocky Horror Picture Show, 1975
Notes: Featuring Sins O' The Flesh Live.
Director: Jim Sharman
Theater: Nuart Theatre
Showtime: Midnight

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Back to the Future, 1985
Notes: Screening.
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Theater: Billy Wilder Theater
Showtime: 11am

The Firefly, 1937
Notes: Screening.
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Theater: Old Town Music Hall
Showtime: 2:30pm

Double Feature
Love and Death, 1975
Notes: Screening.
Director: Woody Allen
Theater: New Beverly Cinema
Showtime: Love: 3:45pm, 7:30pm
&
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask), 1972
Notes: Screening.
Director: Woody Allen

The Kid, 1921
Notes: "A Dog's Life" (1918) also screens.
Director: Charles Chaplin
Theater: The Cinefamily
Showtime: 4pm

Ziegfeld Follies, 1945
Notes: Clip show and presentation beginning at 5:30pm.
Director: Lemuel Ayers
Theater: Egyptian Theatre
Showtime: 6pm

Double Feature
High Plains Drifter, 1973
Notes: Screening.
Director: Clint Eastwood
Theater: Billy Wilder Theater
Showtime: 7pm
&
Winchester '73, 1950
Notes: Screening.
Director: Anthony Mann

Monterey Pop, 1968
Notes: Monterey Pop impresario Lou Adler and Michelle Phillips (The Mamas and The Papas) will both be here to introduce the screening, and for a Q&A after the film!
Director: D.A. Pennebaker
Theater: The Cinefamily
Showtime: 7pm

Double Feature
The Living Daylights, 1987
Notes: Book signing of Bill Desowitz’ James Bond Unmasked at 6:30 PM in the Aero lobby.
Director: John Glen
Theater: Aero Theatre
Showtime: 7:30pm
&
Licence to Kill, 1989
Notes: Screening.
Director: John Glen

Monday, June 18, 2012

The Sting, 1973
Notes: Screening.
Director: George Roy Hill
Theater: Billy Wilder Theater
Showtime: 7:30pm

Double Feature
Love and Death, 1975
Notes: Screening.
Director: Woody Allen
Theater: New Beverly Cinema
Showtime: 7:30pm
&
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask), 1972
Notes: Screening.
Director: Woody Allen

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Double Feature
The Bank Dick, 1940
Notes: Screening.
Director: Edward F. Cline
Theater: LACMA
Showtime: 1pm
&
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break, 1941
Notes: Screening.
Director: Edward Cline

Double Feature
The Kid With a Bike, 2011
Notes: Screening.
Director: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
Theater: New Beverly Cinema
Showtime: 7:30pm
&
Kes, 1969
Notes: Screening.
Director: Ken Loach

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Double Feature
The Bad News Bears, 1976
Notes: Free admission.
Director: Michael Ritchie
Theater: The Cinefamily
Showtime: 7:30pm
&
Take This Job and Shove It, 1981
Notes: Screening.
Director: Gus Trikonis

Wait Until Dark, 1967
Notes: Screening.
Director: Terence Young
Theater: Egyptian Theatre
Showtime: 7:30pm

Double Feature
The Kid With a Bike, 2011
Notes: Screening.
Director: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
Theater: New Beverly Cinema
Showtime: 7:30pm
&
Kes, 1969
Notes: Screening.
Director: Ken Loach

Dirty Dancing, 1987
Notes: Free admission.
Director: Emile Ardolino
Theater: Westfield Century City - Movies on the Terrace
Showtime: Sunset

Los tres mosqueteros, 1942
Notes: Screening.
Director: Miguel M. Delgado
Theater: Last Remaining Seats - Million Dollar Theatre
Showtime: 8pm

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Double Feature
The Mill and the Cross, 2011
Notes: Screening.
Director: Lech Majewski
Theater: New Beverly Cinema
Showtime: 7:30pm
&
The Draughtsman's Contract, 1982
Notes: Screening.
Director: Peter Greenaway

Friday, June 22, 2012

Raising Arizona, 1987
Notes: Oscar Outdoors screening.
Director: Joel Coen
Theater: Academy Hollywood
Showtime: 6:30pm gates; show starts at sunset

Double Feature
Goldeneye, 1995
Notes: Screening.
Director: Martin Campbell
Theater: Aero Theatre
Showtime: 7:30pm
&
Tomorrow Never Dies, 1997
Notes: Screening.
Director: Roger Spottiswoode

The Birds, 1963
Notes: Screening.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Theater: Billy Wilder Theater
Showtime: 7:30pm

Double Feature
Freaks, 1932
Notes: Screening.
Director: Tod Browning
Theater: Egyptian Theatre
Showtime: 7:30pm
&
Carnival of Souls, 1962
Notes: Screening.
Director: Herk Harvey

Double Feature
The Mill and the Cross, 2011
Notes: Screening.
Director: Lech Majewski
Theater: New Beverly Cinema
Showtime: 7:30pm
&
The Draughtsman's Contract, 1982
Notes: Screening.
Director: Peter Greenaway

Lilac Time, 1922
Notes: Screening.
Director: George Fitzmaurice
Theater: Old Town Music Hall
Showtime: 8:15pm

Forbidden Zone, 1982
Notes: Screening.
Director: Richard Elfman
Theater: Art Theatre
Showtime: 11:55pm

Thank God it's Friday, 1978
Notes: Screening.
Director: Robert Klane
Theater: New Beverly Cinema
Showtime: Midnight

Beavis and Butthead Do America, 1996
Notes: Screening.
Director: Mike Judge
Theater: Nuart Theatre
Showtime: Midnight

Saturday, June 23, 2012

Lilac Time, 1922
Notes: Screening.
Director: George Fitzmaurice
Theater: Old Town Music Hall
Showtime: 2:30pm, 8:15pm

L'Inferno, 1911
Notes: Screening.
Director: Giuseppe de Liguoro
Theater: Getty Museum
Showtime: 3pm

Ferris Bueller's Day Off, 1986
Notes: Oscar Outdoors screening.
Director: John Hughes
Theater: Academy Hollywood
Showtime: 6:30pm gates; show starts at sunset

Dante's Inferno, 2007
Notes: Screening.
Director: Sean Meredith
Theater: Getty Museum
Showtime: 7pm

Double Feature
Forbidden Zone, 1982
Notes: Discussion between films with director Richard Elfman.
Director: Richard Elfman
Theater: Aero Theatre
Showtime: 7:30pm
&
The American Astronaut, 2001
Notes: Screening.
Director: Cory McAbee

Inglourious Basterds, 2009 (NEW LISTING)
Notes: Screening.
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Theater: Billy Wilder Theater
Showtime: 7:30pm

Double Feature
The World is Not Enough, 1999
Notes: Screening.
Director: Michael Apted
Theater: Egyptian Theatre
Showtime: 7:30pm
&
Die Another Day, 2002
Notes: Screening.
Director: Lee Tamahori

Chinatown, 1974
Notes: Screening.
Director: Roman Polanski
Theater: Cinespia - Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Showtime: 9pm

The Rocky Horror Picture Show, 1975
Notes: With Live LB Original Shadowcast.
Director: Jim Sharman
Theater: Art Theatre
Showtime: Midnight

The Rocky Horror Picture Show, 1975
Notes: Featuring Sins O' The Flesh Live.
Director: Jim Sharman
Theater: Nuart Theatre
Showtime: Midnight

Sunday, June 24, 2012

Lilac Time, 1922
Notes: Screening.
Director: George Fitzmaurice
Theater: Old Town Music Hall
Showtime: 2:30pm

Dante's Inferno, 1924
Notes: Screening.
Director: Henry Otto
Theater: Getty Museum
Showtime: 3pm

Jaws, 1975
Notes: Screening.
Director: Steven Spielberg
Theater: Billy Wilder Theater
Showtime: 7pm

Double Feature
L.A. Confidential, 1997
Notes: Screening.
Director: Curtis Hanson
Theater: New Beverly Cinema
Showtime: 7pm
&
Devil in a Blue Dress, 1995
Notes: Screening.
Director: Carl Franklin

Monday, June 25, 2012

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, 1984
Notes: Screening.
Director: W.C. Richter
Theater: The Cinefamily
Showtime: 7:30pm

Double Feature
L.A. Confidential, 1997
Notes: Screening.
Director: Curtis Hanson
Theater: New Beverly Cinema
Showtime: 7:30pm
&
Devil in a Blue Dress, 1995
Notes: Screening.
Director: Carl Franklin

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

All that Heaven Allows, 1955
Notes: Screening.
Director: Douglas Sirk
Theater: LACMA
Showtime: 1pm

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

3 Women, 1977
Notes: Screening.
Director: Robert Altman
Theater: Aero Theatre
Showtime: 7:30pm

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, 1943
Notes: Screening introduced by Thelma Schoonmaker. West Coast premiere of newly restored print.
Directors: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
Theater: Samuel Goldwyn Theater
Showtime: 7:30pm

My Big Fat Greek Wedding, 2002
Notes: Free admission.
Director: Joel Zwick
Theater: Westfield Century City - Movies on the Terrace
Showtime: Sunset

Robin Hood, 1922
Notes: Screening.
Director: Alan Dwan
Theater: Last Remaining Seats - Orpheum Theatre
Showtime: 8pm

Thursday, June 28, 2012

Double Feature
Don't Look Back, 1967
Notes: Screening.
Director: D.A. Pennebaker
Theater: Aero Theatre
Showtime: 7:30pm
&
The Carter, 2009
Notes: Screening.
Director: Adam Bhala Lough

Double Feature
Rebellion, 2011
Notes: Discussion between films with actor-director Mathieu Kassovitz.
Director: Mathieu Kassovitz
Theater: Egyptian Theatre
Showtime: 7:30pm
&
La Haine, 1995
Notes: Screening.
Director: Mathieu Kassovitz

Friday, June 29, 2012

A Star is Born, 1937
Notes: Oscar Outdoors screening.
Director: William A. Wellman
Theater: Academy Hollywood
Showtime: 6:30pm gates; show starts at sunset

Double Feature
Pink Floyd - The Wall, 1982
Notes: Screening.
Director: Alan Parker
Theater: Aero Theatre
Showtime: 7:30pm
&
When the Wind Blows, 1986
Notes: Screening.
Director: Jimmy Murakami

Double Feature
Thunderbirds are Go, 1966
Notes: Screening.
Director: David Lane
Theater: Egyptian Theatre
Showtime: 7:30pm
&
Thunderbird Six, 1968
Notes: Screening.
Director: David Lane

Morocco, 1930
Notes: Screening.
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Theater: Old Town Music Hall
Showtime: 8:15pm

Arachnophobia, 1990
Notes: Screening.
Director: Frank Marhsall
Theater: The Cinefamily
Showtime: Midnight

The Warriors, 1979
Notes: Screening.
Director: Walter Hill
Theater: Nuart Theatre
Showtime: Midnight

Saturday, June 30, 2012

The Wizard of Oz, 1939
Notes: Screening.
Director: Victor Fleming
Theater: Last Remaining Seats - Saban Theatre
Showtime: 2pm, 8pm

Morocco, 1930
Notes: Screening.
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Theater: Old Town Music Hall
Showtime: 2:30pm, 8:15pm

The Goonies, 1985
Notes: Oscar Outdoors screening.
Director: Richard Donner
Theater: Academy Hollywood
Showtime: 6:30pm gates; show starts at sunset

Double Feature
Stop Making Sense, 1984
Notes: Screening.
Director: Jonathan Demme
Theater: Aero Theatre
Showtime: 7:30pm
&
Stax Revue, 1967, 2007
Notes: Screening.
Director: ?

National Lampoon's Animal House, 1978
Notes: Screening.
Director: John Landis
Theater: Egyptian Theatre
Showtime: 7:30pm

Labyrinth, 1984
Notes: Screening.
Director: Jim Henson
Theater: Cinespia - Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Showtime: 9pm

The Rocky Horror Picture Show, 1975
Notes: With Live LB Original Shadowcast.
Director: Jim Sharman
Theater: Art Theatre
Showtime: Midnight

The Rocky Horror Picture Show, 1975
Notes: Featuring Sins O' The Flesh Live.
Director: Jim Sharman
Theater: Nuart Theatre
Showtime: Midnight

Sunday, July 1, 2012

Morocco, 1930
Notes: Screening.
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Theater: Old Town Music Hall
Showtime: 2:30pm

Monterey Pop Festival, 1968
Notes: Followed by "Jimi Plays Monterey" (1986) and "Shake! Otis at Monterey" (1967).
Director: D.A. Pennebaker
Theater: Aero Theatre
Showtime: 7:30pm

1776, 1972
Notes: Screening.
Director: Peter H. Hunt
Theater: Egyptian Theatre
Showtime: 7:30pm

Monday, July 2, 2012

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

1776, 1972
Notes: Screening.
Director: Peter H. Hunt
Theater: LACMA
Showtime: 1pm

What Price Glory, 1962
Notes: Free admission.
Director: John Ford
Theater: Skirball Museum
Showtime: 1:30pm

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Spider-Man, 2002
Notes: Free admission.
Director: Sam Raimi
Theater: Westfield Century City - Movies on the Terrace
Showtime: Sunset

Thursday, July 5, 2012

Friday, July 6, 2012

Stagecoach, 1939
Notes: Oscar Outdoors screening.
Director: John Ford
Theater: Academy Hollywood
Showtime: 6:30pm gates; show starts at sunset

Tras-os-Montes, 1976 (NEW LISTING)
Notes: Screening.
Directors: Antonio Reis and Margarida Cordeiro
Theater: Billy Wilder Theater
Showtime: 7:30pm

Never Too Young to Die, 1986
Notes: Screening.
Director: Gil Bettman
Theater: The Cinefamily
Showtime: Midnight

The Apple, 1980
Notes: Screening.
Director: Menahem Golan
Theater: Nuart Theatre
Showtime: Midnight

Saturday, July 7, 2012

The Nutty Professor, 1996
Notes: Oscar Outdoors screening.
Director: Tom Shadyac
Theater: Academy Hollywood
Showtime: 6:30pm gates; show starts at sunset

Ana, 1985 (NEW LISTING)
Notes: Screening.
Directors: Antonio Reis and Margarida Cordeiro
Theater: Billy Wilder Theater
Showtime: 7:30pm

The Rocky Horror Picture Show, 1975
Notes: With Live LB Original Shadowcast.
Director: Jim Sharman
Theater: Art Theatre
Showtime: Midnight

The Rocky Horror Picture Show, 1975
Notes: Featuring Sins O' The Flesh Live.
Director: Jim Sharman
Theater: Nuart Theatre
Showtime: Midnight

Sunday, July 8, 2012

Double Feature (NEW LISTING)
The Love Parade, 1929
Notes: Screening.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Theater: Billy Wilder Theater
Showtime: 7pm
&
The Smiling Lieutenant, 1931
Notes: Screening.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch

Monday, July 9, 2012

Double Feature (NEW LISTING)
The Sand Rose, 1989
Notes: Screening.
Directors: Antonio Reis and Margarida Cordeiro
Theater: Billy Wilder Theater
Showtime: 7:30pm
&
Jaime, 1974
Notes: Screening.
Director: Antonio Reis

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

The Notorious Landlady, 1962
Notes: Screening.
Director: Richard Quine
Theater: LACMA
Showtime: 1pm

Daddy Long Legs, 1955
Notes: Free admission.
Director: Jean Negulesco
Theater: Skirball Museum
Showtime: 1:30pm

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Piccadilly, 1929
Notes: Screening.
Director: Ewald Andre Dupont
Theater: The Cinefamily
Showtime: 7:30pm

Casablanca, 1942
Notes: Free admission.
Director: Michael Curtiz
Theater: Westfield Century City - Movies on the Terrace
Showtime: Sunset

Thursday, July 12, 2012

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