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10 Howard HawksMONKEY BUSINESSHoward HawksThe final three films in our season of the workof one of Hollywood’s greatest directors. An IvyLeague-educated born storyteller who workedhis way up from assistant prop man to becomea screenwriter, director and producer (all beforethe movies could even talk), Howard Hawks wenton to become one of the most consistent andcommercially successful independent directorsof the Studio System era, excelling in filmsranging from screwball comedies and musicals towesterns, action-adventures and film noir crimedramas.Monkey BusinessSun 6 Mar at 8.45pmHoward Hawks • USA 1952 • 1h37m • 35mm • UCast: Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Charles Coburn, Marilyn Monroe,Hugh Marlowe.Immaculate screwball comedy by its greatest practitioners,in which Cary Grant plays an absent-minded chemistin search of a youth drug. The chaos starts when amischievous chimp accidentally mixes the magic formulainto the water cooler, whereupon Grant and wife GingerRogers take turns to regress into childhood. The classicinverted-world comedy, where kids and animals bringanarchy into the demure adult world, leaving all inhabitantsmuch refreshed and highly amused.GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDESGentlemen Prefer BlondesTue 8 Mar at 6.15pm & Wed 9 Mar at 6.15pmHoward Hawks • USA 1953 • 1h28m • Digital projection • UCast: Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn, Elliott Reid,Tommy Noonan.Lorelei Lee (Marilyn Monroe) and her friend DorothyShaw (Jane Russell) are a pair of showgirls, Dorothythe sassy one looking for true love, Lorelei the blondehoping to marry a millionaire, with her sights set on GusEsmond, a wealthy nerd stuck under his father’s thumb.When Lorelei and Dorothy take a transatlantic cruiseto Paris, an undercover detective follows to find out ifLorelei is really a gold-digging schemer. Unfortunately, theirrepressible Lorelei is a born flirt, and soon finds herself ina compromising position with Sir Francis Beekman (CharlesCoburn), owner of a diamond mine. The girls have to useall their wits to get out of trouble and still find love andmarriage.RIO BRAVORio BravoMon 14 Mar at 8.15pmHoward Hawks • USA 1959 • 2h21m • 35mm • PGCast: John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson,Walter Brennan.Annoyed that the acclaimed and popular High Noonportrayed a sheriff so afraid of his adversaries that hespends most of the movie asking the townsfolk for help,Hawks decided to make a filmed response, namely RioBravo. A small Texas border town is under the control ofevil cattle baron Russell and his dim-witted brother, Akins.When Akins commits a murder, the sheriff (John Wayne),throws him in jail to await the arrival of a US Marshall.Russell lays seige to the jailhouse, and Wayne is forcedto rely on the town drunk (Dean Martin), a cranky oldman (Walter Brennan), and an untested young gunslinger(Ricky Nelson) for help. Beautifully acted, wonderfullyobserved, and scripted with enormous wit and generosity.TICKETDEALSSee any three (or more) films in this season and get 15% offThese packages are available online, in person and on thephone, on both full price and concession price tickets.Tickets must all be bought at the same time.