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The Pride and the Passion

Saturday, April 2, 2022, 7:30 p.m., Dryden Theatre
still from Pride and Passion

The Pride and Passion  (1957)

still from The Pride and Passion

The Pride and Passion  (1957)

(Stanley Kramer, US 1957, 132 min., 35mm)

The unusual trio of Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, and Sophia Loren (in her first English role) star in this historical epic that is, in the words of director Stanley Kramer, “a simple but powerful study of human courage.” Grant is Anthony Trumbell, a British naval captain sent to Spain during the Napoleonic Wars to help repel the French. His mission is to retrieve a massive artillery cannon, but the local guerilla fighter, Miguel (Sinatra), insists that it first be moved to drive the French out of his hometown. The two men and 200 peasants begin the 600-mile journey with the seven-ton cannon, but along the way are distracted by Miguel’s lover, Juana (Loren), with whom Trumbell has fallen in love.

 

Event Details

Dryden Theatre
$7 members
$10 nonmembers
$5 students with ID

$5 17 and under

Advance tickets encouraged.

Patrons must show proof of COVID vaccination (regardless of age), photo ID and wear masks. 

Tickets no longer for sale

About This Series

Conscientious Director: Stanley Kramer

Producer/director Stanley Kramer made his name as a director of “message films,” works that examined and challenged notions of society and the problems it faced. From the beginning of his career, Kramer worked outside of the studio system, forming his own production company. This allowed him to work cheaply by renting space instead of owning it, and without studio control. As a producer, he tackled prejudice (Cyrano de Bergerac), social responsibility (High Noon), disaffected youth (The Wild One), and authoritarianism (The Caine Mutiny). Moving into the director’s chair allowed him to have a more direct hand on the narrative as he examined racism (The Defiant Ones and Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner), evolution vs. creationism (Inherit the Wind), and the threat of nuclear war (On the Beach). 

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