Pre-Code delight ONE WAY PASSAGE (1932) w/ “Steamboat Willie”
August 3 : 7:00 pm – 8:45 pm
“One of the best filmed love stories of all time, the sublime One Way Passage is simply one of the great pleasures of life.” – Pre-Code.com
A tragic love story told with the lightest, most life-fulfilling touch, One Way Passage is one of the most immaculate delights in Pre-Code cinema. The Thin Man‘s William Powell stars as a charming jailbird on the run from the gallows, while the effervescent Kay Francis is a terminally ill woman clinging to the last sparks of life—and doing it in style in a succession of glimmering Orry-Kelly gowns! The two meet over Paradise cocktails in Hong Kong and fall in love aboard a transpacific ocean liner bound for San Francisco. What sounds on paper like a tearjerker is, in director Tay Garnett’s hands, a boozy, bubbly comedy featuring a sloppy drunkard (Frank McHugh), a fake countess (Aline MacMahon), a lovestruck policeman (Warren Hymer), and a seemingly endless supply of potent potables. The last of seven features Powell and Francis made together, One Way Passage is pure delight and an essential entry in our August-long “I’m On a Boat” series.
Plus we’re delighted to bring you a bonus nautical treat before the feature, the classic Walt Disney short Steamboat Willie featuring [generic public domain rodent creature]!
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- The theater opens 30 minutes prior to showtime, except for “Happy Hour” events and pre-shows when the theater opens at the listed start time.
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