Seattle 16mm Series

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Come catch the last 2 movies in our Rainy Day Film Series at Kenyon Hall in Seattle.
ESCAPADE IN JAPAN is a shamefully forgotten minor classic. While the story is merely a framework, the location photography and promotion of good will makes this a very special film. The scene of the kibuki chorus line is amazing. And, of course, Max Steiner's music gives the picture wonderful pacing and enhances the drama.
Hope to see you there.

http://www.kenyonhall.org/

7:30pm Wednesday, $5 person.

February 20
Escapade in Japan
The exciting adventures of two little runaway boys in Japan!
1957, 93 min. Color
Adventure
Arthur Lubin - Director / Producer, Winston Miller - Writer, William E. Snyder - Cinematographer, Max Steiner - Composer
The exciting adventures of two little runaway boys in Japan!

A plane on its way to Japan is forced to land at sea just off the Japanese coast. A small American boy survives the ditching but is separated from the rest of the passengers and crew and is picked up by a Japanese fisherman who takes the boy back to his village. The boy is befriended by the fisherman's son, but when they see Japanese police swarming over the village, they are afraid that they've done something wrong and run away, although the police are only searching for the missing boy. Together the two boys travel through the Japanese countryside, trying to avoid the police who are searching for them and meeting up with many different kinds of people along the way.


February 27
Death of A Scoundrel
Crime/Drama
1956, BW, 119 minutes
Charles Martin - Director / Writer / Producer, James Wong Howe - Cinematographer, Max Steiner – Composer

A contemptuous and self-serving immigrant, Clementi Sabourin (George Sanders) pulls himself up by his bootstraps by instrumenting a series of cons and seductions which bilk several very wealthy persons out of most of their money. Most of the action is related in a series of flashbacks after Sabourin's body is found dead in a Park Avenue apartment. Death of a Scoundrel is a fictionalized adaptation of the life and mysterious death of Serge Rubenstein. ~John Bush, All Movie Guide