Ida Lupino was not just a great actress of noir pathos (see The Big Knife and While the City Sleeps, screening February 26 and March 5, respectively), she was also a groundbreaking director and producer, making films at a time women were not generally found behind the camera. As detailed in Julie Grossman’s book Ida Lupino, Director, Lupino and her husband Collier Young founded The Filmakers, their own production company that had a mission to make socially conscious films, encourage new talent, and bring realism to the screen. Producing 12 films over a seven-year period, Lupino made an indelible mark on the history of cinema. With the second edition of her book published March 10, Grossman will be on-hand to introduce The Hitch-Hiker March 12 and participate in a post-screening discussion about the film, Lupino, and her book.
Dates and Titles:
March 12: The Hitch-Hiker (Ida Lupino, US 1953, 71 min., 35mm)
March 18: Outrage (Ida Lupino, US 1950, 75 min., 16mm)
Events in this Series
Outrage (16mm)
Ida Lupino, Director Less than a year after getting her first chance to direct filling in when Elmer Clifton fell ill on the set of Not Wanted, Ida Lupino tackled this story of sexual assault, its aftermath, and the societal reaction to it, from a script by Lupino and her husband, Collier Young.
The Hitch-Hiker (35mm)
Ida lupino, Director Ida Lupino directs this story of two fishermen (Frank Lovejoy and Edmond O’Brien) taken hostage by the psychopathic, mass-murdering title character (William Talman).