Thursday, February 16 – 7:30 PM
Raymond Chandler, the most famous and arguably best writer of the noir fiction genre, set many scenes from his stories in Bay City, his sobriquet for Santa Monica. The inaugural NoirFest Santa Monica today honors the captivating novelist’s characteristic use of place in literature, film, photography and music.
Double Feature: THE BRASHER DOUBLOON, 1947, Janus Films, 72 min. Dir. John Brahm. When a rare coin appears to be connected to a string of murders, ace detective Philip Marlowe is on the case. George Montgomery plays Marlowe in this twisty adaptation of Raymond Chandler's The High Window. [35mm]
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MURDER, MY SWEET, 1944, Warner Bros., 95 min. Dir. Edward Dmytryk. In this adaptation of the Raymond Chandler novel Farewell, My Lovely, quintessential L.A. private eye Philip Marlowe searches for an ex-con's girlfriend but, as always, winds up swimming in deceit and double crosses, all of it washing up at a lavish Malibu beach house. Featuring former hoofer Dick Powell as Marlowe, and Claire Trevor as the fabulous femme fatale. [35mm]Introduction by noir experts Alan Rode and Helen K. Garber.

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