The eagerly anticipated 2017 Silver Screen Festival and it’s line-up of 11 classic films from the golden age of Hollywood is now released…

St. George’s Cinema comes alive for the 2017 Silver Screen Festival (Friday, 3 February – Saturday, 11 February) with an edge-of-the-seat theme guaranteed to set the blood racing. Taut plots, dark storylines, tense cliff-hangers and gritty performances abound in this festival of classic film that looks through the cinematic lens at the forces of good and evil, and the fight for right over wrong. Some of cinema’s greatest names in acting are immortalised in eleven award-winning movies from the golden age of Hollywood that see ruthless and spine-chilling villains pitted against courageous heroes and feisty heroines.

‘Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy night’

Saturday 4 February 7.00pm

On the Waterfront (1954)

Marlon Brando, Lee J. Cobb, Eva Marie Saint

In this electrifying and career-defining performance, Brando plays Terry Malloy, a onetime prize-fighter working on New York docks ruled by the iron fist of mob-connected, union boss Johnny Friendly. Nominated for 12 Oscars and winning 8, this unforgettable melodrama follows Terry’s heroic struggle to bring down Friendly’s corrupt empire.

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Sunday 5 February 6.00pm

All about Eve (1950)

Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders

A Machiavellian story of ambition and betrayal starring Bette Davis as Margo Channing, a highly regarded but aging Broadway star. Anne Baxter plays Eve Harrington, an ambitious young fan who insinuates herself into Channing’s life, ruthlessly threatening her career as she climbs the greasy pole towards success. Marilyn Monroe co-stars in this acclaimed classic, recipient of the most nominations in film history.

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Tuesday 7 February 3.00pm

Notorious (1946)

Clark Gable, Ingrid Bergman, Claud Rains

Alicia Huberman’s (Bergman) notorious reputation earns her the dangerous mission as a U.S. spy in post-war Rio de Janeiro. Helped by agent Devlin (Grant), she is ordered to seduce Alexander Sebastian (Rains), a member of a covert group of exiled Nazis, but at what cost? Containing one of silver screen’s most intimate and erotic two-and-a-half-minute kisses, this psychological espionage thriller is the most elegant expression of Hitchcock’s visual style.

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Tuesday 7 February 7.00pm

Night of the Hunter (1955)

Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters

Starring Robert Mitchum in one of his most sinister and villainous roles, this legendary masterpiece of American cinema blatantly sets forces of good and evil in stark opposition. Night of the Hunter is a chilling thriller-fantasy, telling the story of psychopathic preacher Harry Powell, a truly terrifying and diabolical self-appointed preacher, in pursuit of $10,000 in cash.

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Wednesday 8 February 3.00pm

Ivanhoe (1952)

Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine

Loyal knight Wilfred of Ivanhoe (Taylor) sets out to free the kidnapped Richard, the Lionheart, and rescue England from the clutches of evil prince John in this rousing adventure where the chivalric and daring stand strong. Joining forces with Robin of Locksley, Ivanhoe must confront England’s machinating foes while juggling the affections of beautiful maidens Rowena (Fontaine) and Rebecca (Taylor).

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Wednesday 8 February 7.00pm

Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)

James Cagney, Pat O’Brien, Humphrey Bogart

This slick, hard-hitting film follows the lives of two childhood friends, ‘Rocky’ Sullivan and Jerry Connolly, who grow up in the tough New York slum – Hell’s Kitchen. Taking opposite paths in life, Rocky becomes a career criminal and Jerry a Catholic priest. Rocky’s pugnacious character is idolised by local juvenile delinquents who Jerry is working hard to keep on the straight and narrow. When Rocky is sentenced to the electric chair, Jerry asks him for one last favour.

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Thursday 9 February 3.00pm

Scott of the Antarctic (1953)

John Mills

One of Ealing Studios’ most lavish productions, Scott of the Antarctic is the epitome of the well-made British film, a meticulous recreation of Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s doomed 1910-12 expedition to the South Pole, with John Mills as the stiff-upper-lipped hero, and a memorably bleak, desolate score by Ralph Vaughan Williams.

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Thursday 9 February 7.00pm

The 39 Steps (1935)

Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll      

In this heart-racing story, Richard Hannay (Donat) is thrust into a vortex of espionage, intrigue and murder, without understanding exactly how or why. Falsely accused of murder and on the run, this unexpected hero finds himself both pursued and the pursuer as he must outwit a dastardly spy ring. Packed with twists and turns, this tightly-plotted adaption of the John Buchan novel is one of Hitchcock’s cleverest and most entertaining films.

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Friday 10 February 7.00pm

Dial M for Murder (1954)

Ray Milland, Grace Kelly

When ex-tennis pro Tony Wendice discovers his wealthy wife is having an affair with a handsome crime writer, burning rage turns to cold calculation. Driven by revenge, and greedy for her substantial wealth, he embarks on an elaborate plot to commit the perfect murder. With its taut script and glorious villain, with snake-like charm stylishly epitomising upper-class evil, this gripping noir thriller, transforms the classic ‘whodunnit’ into the ‘will he get away with it?’

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Join us on the red carpet for two iconic Hollywood masterpieces on the Gala Opening and Finale Night of Silver Screen… 

GALA OPENING: Friday 3 February 7.00pm

North by Northwest (1959)

Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason

In this quick-paced, thrilling tale of mistaken identity an innocent man finds himself thrust into a world of spies and web of intrigue. Pursued across the United States by an evil crime syndicate, Roger Thornhill, a suave, successful advertising executive must evade capture with the help of beautiful blonde Eve Kendall, but is she just an innocent bystander?

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FINALE: Saturday 11 February 7.00pm

The Maltese Falcon (1941)

Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre           

Ushering in an uneasy world of knife-edged heroes, femmes fatales and unscrupulous villains, The Maltese Falcon marks the birth of film noir. Suspenseful, labyrinthine, and brilliantly cast, it follows cynical private detective Sam Spade in a cat-and-mouse contest for a priceless jewel-encrusted statuette, The Maltese Falcon. Spade is pitted against three treasure hunting criminals who will resort to anything to get their hands on the Falcon, even committing murder.

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Tickets

Red-carpet Gala & Finale Nights:

Adults £16.00
Concession/Students: £15.00
Members: £14.50

Includes bubbly and posh popcorn (cocktail dress)

Single Screenings:

Adults: £11.00
Concession/Students: £10.00
Children (8-16): £7.00
Members: £9.50

Multiple screenings (excl. Gala & Finale):

5 screenings for the price of 4

Group bookings (5+ on any one night):

£9.00pp

 

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