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SUMMARY:Pitfall
DESCRIPTION:Visit the UCLA Film & Television Archive website to learn more 
 about upcoming screenings and events.\n\nFree admission. No advance 
 reservations. Ticketing is on a first come\, first served basis. Seats will 
 not be assigned.\n\nScreening 1 of 5\n\nHearst Metrotone News: “Now 
 They're Mr. and Mrs. Dick Powell”\n\nYear: 1936\nCountry: U.S.\nLanguage: 
 English\nRuntime: 30 sec.\nDigital. B&W.\n\nScreening 2 of 5\n\nHearst 
 Metrotone News: “That ‘New Look’ In Men's Hats!”\n\nYear: 
 1948\nCountry: U.S.\nRuntime: 1 min.\nDigital. B&W. Silent.\n\nScreening 3 
 of 5\n\nHearst Metrotone News: “Those He-Men Are Here Again!”\n\nYear: 
 1948\nCountry: U.S.\nRuntime: 30 sec.\nDigital. B&W. Silent.\n\nScreening 4 
 of 5\n\nHearst Metrotone News: “Police Test TV — Cops Play 
 Robbers”\n\nYear: 1954\nCountry: U.S.\nLanguage: English\nRuntime: 1 min 
 30 sec.\nDigital. B&W.\n\nScreening 5 of 5\n\nPitfall\n\nYear: 
 1948\nCountry: U.S.\nLanguage: English\nRuntime: 86 min.\nDigital. 
 B&W.\n\nWorld Premiere of New Restoration\n\nDescribed as “tight\, swift 
 and sexy” by the Los Angeles Daily News\, Jay Dratler’s 1947 novel The 
 Pitfall was a perfect vehicle for Hungarian émigré and hard-hitting genre 
 director André de Toth. Despite jettisoning the novel’s more salacious 
 moments due to Hays Code restrictions\, screenwriter Karl Kamb and an 
 uncredited William Bowers perfectly capture the trappings of infidelity\, 
 larceny and obsession\, played out in sun-drenched post-war Southern 
 California (as opposed to the rainy back alleys typical of the noir genre). 
 The Regal Films production was shot at General Service Studios in Hollywood 
 by longtime RKO cinematographer and frequent noir contributor Harry J. 
 Wild. Iconic Los Angeles locations such as Santa Monica Bay\, the Miracle 
 Mile May Co. Building and the Hall of Justice were also utilized.\n\nFormer 
 Warner Bros. song and dance man Dick Powell had already proven his noir 
 chops as hard-boiled private detective Philip Marlowe in 1944’s Murder\, 
 My Sweet\, and he is impeccably cast as bored\, married insurance man John 
 Forbes\, whose life is about to spiral out of control after meeting the 
 alluring Mona Stevens\, played by Lizabeth Scott. Raymond Burr had mostly 
 been relegated to bit parts in the nine films he completed in 1948\; 
 Pitfall provided a breakout co-starring role\, as private investigator J. 
 B. MacDonald\, which he plays with subversively kinky malice.\n\nAided by a 
 script that flips the traditional femme fatale archetype\, Scott’s 
 luminous portrayal reveals a more textured and sympathetic victim of 
 circumstance\, given that her character is the target of three wildly 
 different and problematic men. The New York Times heralded Scott as 
 “provocative\, and acting better than she has ever done before\,” and 
 the performance is now considered one of her greatest. Despite some of its 
 atypical attributes\, Pitfall is a deftly executed meditation on the 
 degeneration of mid-century masculinity\, and it stands as one of the great 
 entries in the noir genre.—Todd Wiener \n\nProduction: Regal Films\, Inc. 
 Distribution: United Artists. Producer: Samuel Bischoff. Director: André 
 de Toth. Screenwriter: Karl Kamb. Based on the novel by Jay Dratler. 
 Cinematographer: Harry Wild. With: Dick Powell\, Lizabeth Scott\, Jane 
 Wyatt\, Raymond Burr.\n\nRestoration funding provided by the Century Arts 
 Foundation. Restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive from acetate 
 dupe picture negatives and track negatives. Laboratory services by 
 Roundabout Entertainment\, Inc.\, Audio Mechanics.
LOCATION:Billy Wilder Theater\, UCLA Film & Television Archive
ORGANIZER;CN="Jae Nguyen":MAILTO:nguyj@g.ucla.edu
CATEGORIES:Screening
CONTACT;CN="Jae Nguyen":MAILTO:nguyj@g.ucla.edu
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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URL:https://calendar.library.ucla.edu/event/16741843
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