In Memoriam:
Katharine Hepburn, Gregory Peck, Hume Cronyn
October
19–31, 2003
This program celebrates the
distinguished screen careers of three actors who died this past
June. Each of these films is presented
in luminous, newly restored 35mm print, honoring not only three
film giants but also the behind-the-scenes efforts of our film
archive’s
preservation staff.
Organized by Steven Higgins, Curator, Department
of Film and Media. 
. 1934. USA. Hepburn appears as Joan
of Arc in this rare, silent Technicolor screen test for a film that
was never made. 3 min.
. 1932. USA. Directed by George Cukor. Screenplay
by Howard Estabrook, Harry Wagstaff Gribble. With Katharine Hepburn,
John Barrymore, Billie Burke. Hepburn secured an enormous fee from
RKO to make her screen debut opposite Barrymore in this (for the
time) daring treatment of hereditary insanity. 69 min.
. 1947. USA. Directed by Jules Dassin. Screenplay by
Richard Brooks. With Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford.
A brutal drama of prison life. Cronyn steals the show with his portrayal
of unfettered evil, playing a sadistic yet soft-spoken chief of guards.
98 min.
.
1944. USA. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Screenplay by Ben Hecht,
Angus MacPhail. With Gregory
Peck, Ingrid Bergman,
Leo G. Carroll. A psychiatrist at a prestigious sanitarium (Bergman)
unlocks the secrets buried within a troubled man (Peck) who claims
to be the institution’s new director but who soon becomes a
chief murder suspect. 118 min.
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