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Some Came Running

Tuesday, July 11, 2023, 7:30 p.m., Dryden Theatre
Still from Some Came Running (1958)

Some Came Running (1958)

(Vincente Minnelli, US 1958, 137 min., 35mm)

James Jones’s second novel jumps to the period after World War II and a returning veteran attempting to put his life back together. Dave Hirsh (Frank Sinatra) returns home after sixteen years away, accompanied by Ginny Moorehead (Shirley MacLaine), whom he met on his last drunken night in Chicago. There he reconnects with his brother, Frank (Arthur Kennedy), whose standing in the community is affected by Dave’s sudden appearance. When Professor French (Larry Gates) and his daughter, Gwen (Martha Hyer), show an interest in Dave’s published novels, he settles in to resume writing. Caught between the cool Gwen and the affectionate Ginny, Dave must face his past to build a new future, while receiving questionable advice from gambler Bama (Dean Martin).

Event Details

Dryden Theatre
$7 members
$11 nonmembers
$5 students with ID

$5 17 and under

Advance tickets encouraged.

Tickets no longer for sale

About This Series

70 Years of Cinemascope

The moviegoing experience changed in 1953 with the release of the first films shot in Cinemascope. Almost doubling the width of the conventional cinema image, filmmakers could now challenge the ubiquity of television with images that far exceeded those audiences could get at home.

James Jones Adaptations

American novelist James Jones (1921-1977) is best known for penning novels based on his experiences during, and just after the second world war. He witnessed the attack on Pearl Harbor, which inspired his debut novel, From Here to Eternity. He later served on Guadalcanal, which he turned into The Thin Red Line, and Some Came Running was based on his experiences after returning home from the war.

Frank Being Frank

After a long career in the music industry and then in romantic musicals, Frank Sinatra made a big change in his career in the 1950s. Starting with From Here to Eternity in 1953, Sinatra sought out dramatic roles to lengthen his career as his voice changed and weakened. He immediately found success and an Academy Award in that supporting role and continued his film career without looking back.

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