September 24, 2019
NEW RESTORATION
Introduced by Sam Staggs
(1952) 1890, and in the eponymous night club, José Ferrer’s Toulouse-Lautrec immortalizes Zsa Zsa Gabor (as real-life Jane Avril) in lithographs and paintings, but searches all the rest of his life for a love of his own. Seven Oscar nominations, including Picture, Director and Actor, but none for Oswald Morris’ dazzling color photography, now restored. DCP. Approx. 119 min.
Introduced by Sam Staggs, author of the new book Finding Zsa Zsa: The Gabors Behind the Legend (available at our concession both days). Book signing in lobby following the 7:00 screening on Monday, September 23.
Restored by The Film Foundation in collaboration with Park Circus, Romulus Films, and MGM with additional funding provided by the Franco-American Cultural Fund, a unique partnership between the Directors Guild of America (DGA), the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), Société des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Editeurs de Musique (SACEM), and the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW).
