Film Festival: The City by the Bay THE GREAT 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire is one of the defining events in 20th century American history. The 1936 film San Francisco connects faces with some of the stories of the earthquake, from the wealthy owners of mansions up on the hills, to the politicians who…
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Lisa’s Home Bijou: Barbary Coast
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…
Lisa’s Home Bijou: Pal Joey
Film Festival: The City by the Bay THE DRAMATIC DIFFERENCE in elevation between San Francisco‘s Barbary Coast and Nob Hill has long been symbolic of the distances between the social classes in that city. In 1957’s Pal Joey, we join Frank Sinatra in his attempt to make the climb from the Coast up the Hill.The…
Lisa’s Home Bijou: After the Thin Man
Film Festival: The City by the Bay DASHIELL HAMMETT created the sparkling detective couple Nick and Nora Charles for his novel, The Thin Man. Portrayed in the movies by William Powell and Myrna Loy, this matching of matrimonial opposites attained a long-lasting popularity. 1936’s After the Thin Man is the detective duo’s second screen outing,…