SECRET MOVIE CLUB presents
Part of our ALFRED HITCHCOCK: THE MASTER Series, Saturday, February 18, 2023
LOCATION: The Secret Movie Club Theater, 1917 Bay Street, 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90021
*Please note entrance/parking is actually in the back of the building. Make a right on Wilson Street, then a right behind the building. We’re the first set of black steps after the big gate.
7:45pm SABOTAGE (1936, dir. Alfred Hitchcock, Park Circus, UK, 76mns, 35mm)
9:30pm YOUNG AND INNOCENT (1937, dir. Alfred Hitchcock, Park Circus, UK, 84mns, 35mm)
Tonight, we deep dive two of Hitchcock’s best but lesser known of his British period.
Sabotage, based on a Joseph Conrad novel, is an uncharacteristically somber and suspenseful tale of Mrs. Verloc (Sylvia Sidney) who comes to realize her movie theater owning husband Oscar (Oskar Homolka) may be an anarchist and domestic terrorist planting bombs around London.
Hitch learned a key lesson here (which we won’t ruin until you see the movie) about the responsibility of the filmmaker when it comes to audience expectation and character. Interestingly, Hitch would break the rule gained from his hard earned wisdom later in one of his all-time classics. . .but more on that later.
Sabotage showcased Hitchcock’s ability to balance movie entertainment with a grasp of the complexities of real-life messy themes. Unlike many master popcorn moviemakers who are a bit more skilled at spectacle than psychology, Hitchcock established very early on, he had a talent for both.
We follow Sabotage with Young and Innocent, another gem in Hitch’s innocent man accused subgenera. Here young Robert Tisdall is accused of the murder of a successful actress after he discovers her corpse and is seen fleeing the scene. When he escapes police custody by hiding on the running board of young Erica Morris’s car, the two go on an odyssey getting to know each other and trying to find the real murderer.
Young and Innocent is a fun film filled with all the stylish suspense, great shots, and reveals you’d expect of a great Hitchcock movie. It also includes one of his best shots of the 1930’s which reveals. . .well we don’t want to spoil it for you.
Come catch a pair of Hitchcock British period deep dive bangers. On 35mm!
Best always,
Craig Hammill
Secret Movie Club Founder.Programmer
*Please note that though we strive to always show titles on 35mm film if advertised, we may have to screen digitally if the print we receive is in such bad shape or if we don't receive the print in time because of a shipping delay. We will do our best to alert the audience. When this does occur, we will offer each ticket holder who chooses not to attend a complimentary ticket to a future event in exchange. (Disclaimer: Good for 90 days – Future screening must have available tickets, cannot be a fundraiser, and must be comparably priced)
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
REFUNDS:
We can offer refunds up to 24 hours before showtime. Please request a refund through Eventbrite and we will process ASAP. After that, no refunds. Sorry.
However if something last minute comes up and you can’t make the screening, for whatever reason, just write to us before showtime: community@secretmovieclub.com and we’ll offer you complimentary tickets to a future screening, good for 90 days. (Disclaimer: Future screening must have available tickets, cannot be a fundraiser, and must be comparably priced)
HELPFUL SECRET MOVIE CLUB (1917 Bay Street, 2nd Floor, LA, CA 90021) THEATER PARKING TIPS:
We recommend that you park just outside our theater. Remember our theater is actually in a beautiful street art alleyway in the back of the 1917 Bay Street building. You get to our entrance by taking a right on Wilson, then a right behind the building. We are the first set of black steps on the right after the big gate.
There is also a parking lot at the corner of Mateo and Violet Street, just 2 blocks from our theater, which costs $7 per car.
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