COMPULSION

(1959, Richard Fleischer) Fictionalized version of the 1924 Leopold-Loeb
 case, with Orson Welles arriving 
late as the Clarence Darrow figure, his summing up for the defense of thrill-killers Dean Stockwell and Bradford Dillman an electrifying tour de force. Collective Cannes Best Actor Award to Stockwell, Dillman, and Welles. See also: double feature of Rope and Swoon on August 5. Approx. 103 min. 35mm.
12:40, 4:55, 9:10

THE GIRL IN THE RED VELVET SWING

(1955, Richard Fleischer) Joan Collins’ showgirl Evelyn Nesbit is the one in that swing, elaborate foreplay for Ray Milland’s legendary architect Stanford White — but if her eventual husband, Farley Granger’s dissipated playboy Harry Thaw knew all that, why’d he pull out a gun on Madison Square Garden’s rooftop? 49 years later, the real Nesbit served as technical adviser. Approx. 109 min. 35mm.
2:45, 7:00