Programmed September 2023

Directed by Allan Dwan

Featuring a new introduction by critic Farran Smith Nehme From the dawn of silent cinema to the coming of sound, color, widescreen, and even television—pioneering filmmaker Allan Dwan was there at every step of early Hollywood’s evolution. As a director, he made more than 130 features and nearly 300 shorts between 1911 and 1961. To these, he brought a master craftsman’s touch, proving adept at nearly every genre, from epic drama ( East Side, West Side ) to screwball comedy ( High Tension ) to western ( Frontier Marshal ) to noir ( The River’s Edge ). His understated yet gracefully innovative visual style (he is credited with introducing the dolly shot), compassionate humanism, and remarkable consistency exemplify studio-era classicism at its finest.

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