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Posted on: Friday, September 23, 2005

A little murder, my dear? It's free at noir film fest

Advertiser Staff

Murder and passion are in focus at Noir in the Pacific, the first UH West O'ahu/Leeward Community College Film Noir Festival, Thursday through Oct. 1 at the LCC Theatre.

All films will be shown in 16mm format. Admission is free. 454-4703.

The lineup:

  • "The Lady From Shanghai" (1947, directed by Orson Welles).

    Welles also produced, co-wrote and starred with then-wife and Hollywood vixen Rita Hayworth. Welles plays seaman Michael O'Hara, who enters into a dangerous relationship with the married Elsa Bannister (Hayworth). The film is especially noteworthy for its climax, shot in a hall of mirrors.

    Special guest speaker: Marc Dolezal, noirfilm.com, of San Francisco.

    6-9 p.m. Thursday

  • "Hell's Half Acre" (1954, directed by John M. Auer).

    Wendell Corey, Evelyn Keyes and Elsa Lanchester star in a tale of murder in a seedy section of Honolulu. Ex-racketeer Chet Chester (Corey) wants to go straight, but his girlfriend murders one of his ex-cohorts and is murdered, too.

    Discussion moderator: professor Stan Orr, UH-West O'ahu.

    6-9 p.m. Sept. 30

  • "House of Bamboo" (1955, directed by Sam Fuller).

    Robert Ryan and Robert Stack star in the first American film made in Japan after World War II. It's the hard-boiled tale of an ex-GI (Ryan) who is the leader of a gang and the Army investigator (Stack) on his trail.

    Discussion moderator: professor Jayson Chun, UH-West O'ahu

    6-8 p.m. Oct. 1

  • "The Crimson Kimono" (1959, directed by Sam Fuller).

    Glenn Corbett and former Honolulan James Shigeta star as Korean War Army buddies who are now Los Angeles cops working to solve the murder of a stripper.

    Discussion moderator: Cheryl Edelson, English department, Chaminade University.

    8-10 p.m. Oct. 1