Tonight at UCLA...precodes!

Saturday February 16 2008, 7:30PM

CLOSE HARMONY
(1929) Directed by John Cromwell and Edward Sutherland

This early Paramount talkie stars Nancy Carroll as a popular song-and-dance girl working the pre-show entertainment at a New York movie palace. When her jazz musician boyfriend seeks a gig on the same stage, she schemes to break up the other opening act, a vaudeville comedy duo, by seducing both members.

Paramount. Story: Elsie Janis. Screenplay: Percy Heath, John V. A. Weaver. Cinematographer: J. Roy Hunt. Cast: Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Nancy Carroll, Harry Green, Jack Oakie. 35mm, 70 min.

MANSLAUGHTER
(1930) Directed by George Abbott

Claudette Colbert plays a spoiled flapper with a lead foot who is accustomed to slinking out of speeding tickets with bribery. When her reckless driving finally causes the death of a police officer, she must face Dan O'Bannon (Fredric March), an honest district attorney who sends her to the slammer—despite being secretly in love with her.

Paramount. Screenwriter: George Abbott. Cinematographer: Archie J. Stout. Editor: Otto Levering. Cast: Claudette Colbert, Fredric March, Emma Dunn, Natalie Moorhead. 35mm, 85 min.

        Location        

Billy Wilder Theater
          Courtyard Level, Hammer Museum
          10899 Wilshire Boulevard (intersection of Wilshire and Westwood Boulevards)
          Los Angeles, CA 90024
        310.206.8013