![]() ![]() Director Bogdanovich later made some quality films like All they Laughed (1981), Mask (1985) and Noises Off…(1992) but nothing came close to his earlier best works: The Last Picture Show and Paper Moon, the later one was treasured and so memorable, thanks to the performance of little Tatum O’Neal.īased on Joe David Brown’s novel ‘Addie Pray’, the script for the film was written by Alvin Sargent (who won 2 Oscars later for ‘Julia’ and ‘Ordinary People’). It was followed by the director’s most famous work Paper Moon (1973), a road-movie/dramedy set in the Great Depression era. Bogdanovich took on the classic and distinct Hollywood genre of screwball comedy. The Last Picture Show (1971) – nominated for 8 Oscars – is a bittersweet tale set in the suburbs of small-town Texas which set the precedent for this dramatic sub-genre. The debut feature Targets (1968) was a taut thriller about an insane sniper killing off strangers on the street. His first four films made between the years 19 belonged to entirely different genres. In memory of Yoram Kahana (1939-2021), champion of film preservation.American New Wave director Peter Bogdanovich (also a critic and film historian) was a skilled cinematic craftsman. Special thanks to the British Film Institute. Laboratory services by Roundabout Entertainment, The PHI Stoa Lab, Audio Mechanics, Simon Daniel Sound, DJ Audio, Inc. Restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive from a 35mm nitrate composite dupe negative. Restoration funding provided by the Film Noir Foundation and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Charitable Trust (the HFPA Trust). With: William Gargan, Marjorie Lord, Ralph Byrd, Jack Reitzen, John Banner. Based on the radio play The Argyle Album by Cy Endfield. Through with Hollywood, Endfield moved to England in 1951 where he made one of his most famous films, the historical biopic, Zulu.ĭCP, b&w, 64 min. Eventually, Endfield was brought before the House Un-American Activities Committee and, after refusing to name names, was branded a sympathizer. Endfield tended towards leftist thinking and his first film, a short subject documentary entitled Inflation (1943), a subtle attack on corporate greed, drew the ire of studio executives. Nearly unrecognizable at 163 pounds, Banner enjoys one of the longest explanatory climaxes in film history amidst acetylene torch mayhem.ĭirector Cy Endfield learned his craft on the set of Orson Welles’ The Magnificent Ambersons, hired by Welles to help hone his magic skills. John Banner, a Jewish émigré from Austria best known for playing the affable Sergeant Schultz in the situation comedy Hogan’s Heroes (1965-1971), plays Winter, the menacing leader of the blackmail ring. The Brooklyn-born Gargan tried his hand at bootlegging and detective work before settling on acting, which would prove to be a good background for many of the roles he would play. His treatment of women should at the very least make you wince, if not out-right gasp. He is a selfish reporter after a hot story and lets nothing stand in his way. Mitchell is not, even by film noir standards, a good guy. In this jacked-up version of The Maltese Falcon, the Argyle Album becomes a much sought-after MacGuffin by Harry, international blackmailers (John Banner and Jack Reitzen) and femme fatale Marla (Marjorie Lord). While explaining his possession of the Argyle Album, an exposé of Nazi sympathizers, the boss is murdered and Harry becomes the prime suspect. Special thanks to Mark Toscano from the Academy Film Archive.Īn investigative reporter is confined in the hospital with a great story that every newspaper in town wants-but he’ll only speak to his colleague, Harry Mitchell (William Gargan). Laboratory services by FotoKem, Audio Mechanics, DJ Audio, Inc., Simon Daniel Sound. Restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive from the 16mm original color reversal and a 16mm print. Restoration funding provided by the National Film Preservation Foundation. Times described in 2011 as a “West Side Story-style romance told in the vocabulary of cut and torn paper.”ġ6mm, color, 4 min. Later a faculty member at UCLA, as a student, Mock specialized in mixed-media collages such as Paper Moon (1949), an animated interpretation of the Nat King Cole song that the L.A. ![]() As a woman enrolled in the UCLA animation department at mid-century, Flora Mock (1914-2014) was one such pioneering voice. Student films can be one of the most critically and historically overlooked types of production but they can also yield surprising treasures, especially with regards to promising voices from marginalized communities that may not have had an equitable opportunity to build careers beyond school.
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