Julie Adams at NOIR CITY Hollywood

[Anne H]

NOIR CITY Hollywood, 7:30 tonight at the Egyptian Theatre: Julie Adams In Person! SLAUGHTER ON TENTH AVENUE & EDGE OF THE CITY.

Julie Adams will sign copies of her new book THE LUCKY SOUTHERN STAR: REFLECTIONS FROM THE BLACK LAGOON at 6:30 PM in the Egyptian lobby. Introduction by the FNF's own Alan K. Rode. Discussion between films with actress Julie Adams.
http://www.americancinemathequecalen...ge-of-the-city
New 35mm Print!
SLAUGHTER ON TENTH AVENUE

1956, Universal, 103 min, USA, Dir: Arnold Laven
This stepson to ON THE WATERFRONT packs a wallop of its own. An upstart district attorney (Richard Egan) tries to crack the New York waterfront’s mob-enforced code of silence and mete out justice for a murdered whistleblower. Jan Sterling is terrific as the victim’s widow, heading a dynamite supporting cast of familiar and fantastic character actors, including Dan Duryea, Charles McGraw, Sam Levene and Walter Matthau. Lawrence Roman’s fact-based script is vigorously directed by Arnold Laven. NOT ON DVD

Followed by...

EDGE OF THE CITY

1957, Warner Bros., 85 min, USA, Dir: Martin Ritt
Another gritty exploration of life on the Manhattan docks that’s also a powerful look at 1950s race relations. Sidney Poitier and John Cassavetes play working-class pals driven apart by ignorance and racism (exemplified by a virulent thug, played brilliantly by Jack Warden). Martin Ritt’s stunning directorial debut, based on Robert Alan Aurthur’s 1955 teleplay “A Man Is Ten Feet Tall.” Not entirely noir, but a smart and suspenseful drama overdue for rediscovery!