A little murder, my dear? It's free at noir film fest
Advertiser Staff
Murder and passion are in focus at Noir in the Pacific, the first UH West O'ahu/Leeward Community College Film Noir Festival, Thursday through Oct. 1 at the LCC Theatre.
All films will be shown in 16mm format. Admission is free. 454-4703.
The lineup:
Welles also produced, co-wrote and starred with then-wife and Hollywood vixen Rita Hayworth. Welles plays seaman Michael O'Hara, who enters into a dangerous relationship with the married Elsa Bannister (Hayworth). The film is especially noteworthy for its climax, shot in a hall of mirrors.
Special guest speaker: Marc Dolezal, noirfilm.com, of San Francisco.
6-9 p.m. Thursday
Wendell Corey, Evelyn Keyes and Elsa Lanchester star in a tale of murder in a seedy section of Honolulu. Ex-racketeer Chet Chester (Corey) wants to go straight, but his girlfriend murders one of his ex-cohorts and is murdered, too.
Discussion moderator: professor Stan Orr, UH-West O'ahu.
6-9 p.m. Sept. 30
Robert Ryan and Robert Stack star in the first American film made in Japan after World War II. It's the hard-boiled tale of an ex-GI (Ryan) who is the leader of a gang and the Army investigator (Stack) on his trail.
Discussion moderator: professor Jayson Chun, UH-West O'ahu
6-8 p.m. Oct. 1
Glenn Corbett and former Honolulan James Shigeta star as Korean War Army buddies who are now Los Angeles cops working to solve the murder of a stripper.
Discussion moderator: Cheryl Edelson, English department, Chaminade University.
8-10 p.m. Oct. 1
