Please note, the start time of this lecture is 7 p.m.

Robert Rosen, Dean of the School of Theater, Film and Television of the University of California at Los Angeles, will deliver our annual lecture named in honor of the first Curator of George Eastman House’s motion picture collections. Dean Rosen founded the UCLA Film and Television Archive and is one of the America’s leading authorities on the preservation of world cinema. Ticket includes admission to 8 p.m. screening of Blood and Sand

(Rouben Mamoulian, US 1941, 123 min., 35mm)

In the second of three big-screen versions of this lusty tale, a young bullfighter (Tyrone Power) ignores his true love (Linda Darnell) and is destroyed by a wealthy femme fatale (Rita Hayworth). Director Mamoulian’s elaborate compositions and use of color yields countless visual effects, and the supporting cast includes Anthony Quinn and the memorable Nazimova as the hero’s mother. The Oscar®-winning cinematography (check out Rita’s flaming red hair!) will be seen as it was originally intended in this original, Technicolor™ nitrate 35mm print courtesy of the UCLA Film and Television Archive.

A note about nitrate film:

Discontinued around the mid-20th Century due to its highly flammable nature, nitrate film stock - the combination of a silver nitrate base and orthochromatic or panchromatic emulsion – provided a shimmering, luminous motion picture experience for moviegoers during the entire first half of movie history. One of only a handful of venues in the world that is still safely equipped to show 35mm nitrate prints, the Dryden Theatre is occasionally able to re-introduce audiences to this special kind of cinema magic with classic films from our vaults or other leading archives. Because no nitrate film stock is being produced today, these rare screenings of vintage prints may represent your only opportunity to experience this distinctive aesthetic visual pleasure.