DESTRY RIDES AGAIN

Directed by George Marshall
Starring James Stewart and Marlene Dietrich

(1939, George Marshall) Milk-drinking sheriff Jimmy Stewart refuses to pack a gun, even as saloon singer Marlene Dietrich pauses from checking in to “see what the boys in the backroom will have” to tangle in an epic catfight with Una Merkel. 35mm. Approx. 94 min.
2:30, 6:35

“Stewart’s pacifist sheriff bestows a gentle ballast to this lively, enjoyable comic western.”
– Eric Monder, Film Journal

DAISY KENYON

Directed by Otto Preminger
Starring Joan Crawford, Henry Fonda, and Dana Andrews

(1947) Eternal triangle time: designer Joan Crawford messes up two marriages as only she can, with super-laid-back ex-Sergeant Henry Fonda waiting out her tormented affair with married Dana Andrews. With Ruth Warrick, Peggy Ann Garner. 35mm. Approx. 99 min.
12:30, 4:25, 8:30

“The camera style is implacably objective, observant of such detail, that even Joan Crawford is made touching.”
– David Shipman

“A stately soap opera with some of the ambience of a film noir.”
– Jonathan Rosenbaum