Film Festival:The City by the Bay BARBARY COAST takes us back to the rough-and-tumble days of the California gold rush. Miriam Hopkins stars in 1935’s Barbary Coast, a successful blend of action, history and romance set in one of our country’s most beautiful cities during one of its most notorious eras. The Barbary Coast of Africa was…
Howard Hawks
Lisa’s Home Bijou: The Big Sleep film noir mystery
Film Festival: Vices The Big Sleep (1946) is a classic film noir that has women, Los Angeles at night, gangsters, and a persistent private detective. Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall star in a complicated Raymond Chandler plot with fantastic dialogue, directed by Howard Hawks. The VICE: Gambling (and a host of others!) Private eye Philip…