Film Screening: Torrid Zone @ Library of Congress
July 16, 2008 by Svetlana 
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| July 17, 2008 | ||
| 7:00 pm |
free
details here:
http://www.loc.gov/rr/mopic/pickford/pickford-current.html
Torrid Zone (Warner Bros., 1940). Dir William Keighley. Wrt Richard Macaulay, Jerry Wald. With James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, Pat O’Brien, Andy Devine, Helen Vinson, Jerome Cowan. (87 min, b&w, 35mm)
with:
You Ought to Be in Pictures (Leon Schlesinger Productions/Vitaphone, 1940). Supervised by I. Freleng. Wrt Jack Miller. (7 min, b&w, 35mm)
Sweat oozes, passions boil, and wisecracks fly in this improbable comedy-adventure from Warner Bros. set on a Latin American banana plantation. James Cagney, bursting with wit and swagger, attacks the lead role with his usual gusto. Ann Sheridan, as a chanteuse and cardsharp, is a smart, appealing sparring partner. George Tobias nearly steals the show as a loopy revolutionary. James Wong Howe’s excellent cinematography and the Library’s resplendent print make Torrid Zone sparkle on the big screen. Also showing: You Ought to Be in Pictures , in which Porky Pig, abetted by an ambitious Daffy Duck, aspires to stardom in feature films. Will Porky be Bette Davis’s new leading man? (JO)
