Programmed March 2024

Starring Jane Russell

Jane Russell belongs to Hollywood’s golden age, but there remains something startlingly modern and subversive about her persona—maybe it’s her signature snarl, which allured studio magnates like Howard Hughes as much as it intimidated them. Initially making a splash as a provocative pin-up, she soon proved herself a charismatic and sharp-witted performer whose mix of brassy toughness and down-to-earth likability made her one of the most popular stars of the 1940s and ’50s, enlivening everything from the offbeat noir Macao to the irresistible musical comedy Gentlemen Prefer Blondes to the punchy melodrama The Revolt of Mamie Stover with her wry and knowing presence.

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