Director Walter Lang’s 1960 musical stars Frank Sinatra as a French attorney called François Durnais who talks his old judge buddy Paul Barriere (Maurice Chevalier) into trying to stop the gendarmes closing his girlfriend Simone Pistache (Shirley MacLaine)’s sexy can-can dancing bar and night club in 1896, Montmartre. But young ambitious judge Philippe Forrestier (Louis Jourdan) tries to put a spoke in the wheels by enforcing the official ban on can-can, getting the club closed and coming between the lovers. This is the film adaptation of Cole Porter’s attractive musical of 1890s Paris. The songs (many from Porter’s other shows) are still evergreen show tune gems: ‘I Love Paris’, ‘Let’s Do It’, ‘You Do Something to Me’, ‘C’Est Magnifique’ and ‘Just One of those Things’. A first-class iconic cast stroll amiably through the movie, Frank Sinatra, the biggest attraction with the charm of the true Frenchmen Jourdan and Chevalier, the young MacLaine’s pert cuteness, Juliet Prowse’s attractive dancing, Hermes Pan’s choreography and Irene Sharaff’s Oscar-nominated costumes see it through to considerable success. Nelson Riddle’s Oscar-nominated scoring is expectedly classy too. See it in original Cinemascope for it’s 60th Anniversary.
Panavision 2.35:1 Dolby Digital 5.0 Sound 132Minutes
Upcoming Friday Night Screenings at CineMartinez for 2020:
Due to the COVID 19 physical distancing recommendations we are resuming our Friday night showings limited to 10 in attendance inclusive of the group member who requested the film. Hand washing, wearing masks, and keeping physical distancing from others will be enforced. We will notify the 10 guests selected via e-mail. Stay safe, and hope to see you all soon at the movies.
Please note that this schedule is an attempt to accommodate requested favorites, but is by no means cast in stone and may, at my discretion, undergo changes to programming.
October 2- Can-Can (60th Anniversary)
October 9- Not Without My Daughter (30th Anniversary)
October 16- Strange Cargo (80th Anniversary)
October 23- There's a Girl in My Soup (50th Anniversary)
October 30- Psycho 60th Anniversary 4K restoration (Halloween Movie)
November 6- The Letter (80th Anniversary)
November 13- White Nights (35th Anniversary)
November 20- Little Women (2019)
November 27- Private Benjamin (40th Anniversary)
December 4- Witness (35th anniversary)
December 11 - Darling Lili (50th Anniversary, Humberto's Birthday)
December 18- Guys and Dolls (65th Anniversary)
December 25- Song of Norway (50th Anniversary)
Happy New Year 2021
January 1- No screening
January 8- The Edge of Darkness (1943)
January 15- Resistance (2020)
January 22- Wuthering Heights (1939)
January 29- The Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)
February 5- Maleficent, Mistress of Evil 3D (2019)
February 12- An Affair to Remember (Valentine's Movie)
February 19- The Runner stumbles (1979)
February 26- Million Dollar Mermaid (1952)
March 5th- The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973)
March 12th- The Good Liar (2019)
March 19th- Gable and Lombard (1976)
March 26th- Cats (2019)
April 2nd- The Way (2012)
April 9th- The April Fools (1969)
April 16th- Shining Through (1992)
April 23rd- To Each His Own (1946)
April 30th- Joker (2019)
May 7th- The Prince of Tides (30th Anniversary)
May 14th- Paint your Wagon (1969)
May 21st - Romance on the High Seas (1948)
May 28th- JoJo Rabbit (2019)
3 WELCOME TO CINEMARTINEZ
Showing October 2nd, 2020 at 7:30PM
60th Anniversary Screening