LACMA’s Fiftieth Anniversary Tribute to Elmer Bernstein
Friday, November 9
Bernstein and Jazz
The Man with the Golden Arm (1956/b&w/119 min.) scr: Walter Newman, Lewis Meltzer; dir: Otto Preminger; w/ Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak.
Sweet Smell of Success (1957/b&w/96 min.) scr: Clifford Odets, Ernest Lehman, dir: Alexander Mackendrick; w/ Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis.
Saturday, November 10
Bernstein and Scorsese
Clips from other Scorsese collaborations, including Cape Fear and The Grifters.
The Age of Innocence (1993/color/138 min.) scr: Jay Cocks, Martin Scorsese; dir. Martin Scorsese; w/ Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder.
Friday, November 16
Bernstein and the South
To Kill A Mockingbird (1962/b&w/129 min.) scr: Horton Foote; dir: Robert Mulligan; w/ Gregory Peck, Mary Badham.
Summer and Smoke (1961/Technicolor/118 min./Scope) scr: James Poe, Meade Roberts; dir: Peter Glenville; w/ Geraldine Page, Laurence Harvey.
Saturday, November 17
Bernstein and the Western
The Magnificent Seven (1960/color/138 min./Scope) scr: William Roberts; dir: John Sturges; w/ Yul Brenner, Steve McQueen, James Coburn, Charles Bronson.
The Tin Star (1957/b&w/93 min.) scr: Dudley Nichols; dir: Anthony Mann; w/ Henry Fonda, Anthony Perkins.
Friday, November 23: Thanksgiving Weekend
Bernstein and Adventure
The Great Escape (1963/color/173 min./Scope) scr: James Clavell, W.R. Burnett; dir: John Sturges w/ James Garner, Steve McQueen.
Saturday, November 24: Thanksgiving Weekend
Bernstein and Comedy
Stripes (1981/color/101 min.) scr: Len Blum, Dan Goldberg, Harold Ramis; dir: Ivan Reitman; w/ Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Warren Oates.
An American Werewolf in London (1981/color/97 min.) scr: John Landis; dir: John Landis; w/ David Naughton, Griffin Dunne Jenny Agutter
Friday, November 30
Bernstein and Chamber Drama
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962/b&w/147 min.) scr: Guy Trosper; dir: John Frankenheimer; w/ Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Thelma Ritter.
Saturday, December 1
Bernstein and Americana
Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967/color/140 min.) scr: Richard Morris; dir: George Roy Hill; w/ Julie Andrews, Mary Tyler Moore, John Gavin.