SAM Films

Mystery Street: The Film Noir Cycle The Hollow Triumph November 3, 2005 7:30 pm Plestcheeff Auditorium

SOLD OUT

The Hollow Triumph
(Steve Sekely, 1948) Paul Henreid, Joan Bennett, Edward Franz. Cinematography by John Alton. UCLA Archive 35 mm print, 82 mins.

Series Description
You step away from the neon light’s comforting glow, round a dark corner, and there you are. The street of easy love and easier money—and a labyrinth of the walking wounded and the slain. Will each step bring a sweet promise or a threat? Only the shadows know.

The museum’s film noir series, called “the granddaddy of the world’s film noir festivals” by the Los Angeles Times, launches its twenty-eighth season. Thanks to Scarecrow Video, Talking Rain Beverage Company and Schwartz Brothers Bakery, we’ll have our usual opening-night party. Remember that series tickets to the alluring, dangerous world of noir (called “the hottest film series ticket in town” by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer) sell out faster than a speeding black sedan.