QC Film Blog

The Thin Man, Happy Land & Pull My Daisy

Happy Land

73 minutes - 1943

Directed by Irving Pichel

Starring: Don Ameche, Frances Dee, Harry Carey, Ann Rutherford, Harry Morgan

Author MacKinley Kantor's inspiring story of an Iowa family coming to grips with the meaning of their son's life and sacrifices.  Don't forget to watch for Natalie Wood's first appearance in a movie!  Shot in Santa Rosa, California the same year as Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt.

Presented by the Quad-Cities Classic Film Society

Suggested donation $3.00

7:00 pm - Saturday, September 17, 2011

Upham Auditorium
Marycrest Senior Campus
1607 West 12th Street
Davenport

Information: 563.391.3502

 

Pull My Daisy

30 minutes - 1959

Directed by Robert Frank & Alfred Leslie

Written by Jack Kerouac

Starring Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, and Larry Rivers

Based on an incident in the life of Beat icon Neal Cassady and his wife, the painter Carolyn, the film tells the story of a railway brakeman whose wife invites a respectable bishop over for dinner. However, the brakeman's bohemian friends crash the party, with comic results. (Wikipedia)

FREE - with Spoken word poetry open mic

7:00-10:00 pm - Sunday, September 18, 2011

Rozz-Tox
2108 3rd Avenue
Rock Island, Illinois

RozTox.com

The Thin Man

91 minutes - 1931

Directed by W. S. Van Dyke

Starring William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O'Sullivan, and Cesar Romero

Grab a martini!  Nick and Nora Charles cordially invite you to bring your own alibi to The Thin Man, the jaunty whodunit that made William Powell and Myrna Loy the champagne elite of sleuthing.  Bantering in the boudoir, enjoying walks with beloved dog Asta or matching each other highball for highball and clue for clue, they combined screwball romance with mystery.  The resulting triumph nabbed four Academy Award nominations and spawned FIVE sequels.

1:00 pm - Monday, September 19, 2011

$3.00 (and that includes a small non-alchoholic drink AND popcorn!!!)

Rave Motion Pictures
3601 East 53rd Street
Davenport, Iowa
563.359.1314

http://www.ravemotionpictures.com/

Quad-Cities Classic Film Society to Feature "Claudia"

Claudia (1943)

Directed by Edmund Goulding (A Night at the Opera & Of Human Bondage)

Starring Dorothy McGuire (Gentleman's Agreement) and Robert Young (Father Knows Best-TV)

Child bride Claudia Naughton has made life difficult for her husband David because she can't stand living so far away from her mother. She's also afraid her husband doesn't find her desirable enough. To remedy both situations, she sells their farm to an opera singer so they'll have to move back to the city near her mother, and she tries to make her husband jealous by flirting with a neighbor. Eventually, Claudia has to learn to grow when she discovers that she's about to become a mother and that her own mother is gravely ill. (IMDb.com)

Sponsored by the Quad-Cities Classic Film Society.

7:00 pm - Saturday, July 16, 2011

Upham Auditorium
Marycrest Senior Living
1607 West 12th Street
Davenport, Iowa

563.391.3502 

"The Fountainhead" to Screen at Rave in Davenport Today!

The Fountainhead

149 Minutes - 1949

Directed by King Vidor (Duel in the Sun)

Based on one of many unfilmable novels by Ayn Rand.

Starring: Gary Cooper & Patricia Neal

An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards. (IMDb.com)

Was Rand thinking of Frank Lloyd Wright when she created the Howard Roark character?  Rand penned the screenplay, but disliked the finished film.

Hold onto your staw hat, these movies are still only $2.00!  And, that includes popcorn and a drink!

1:00 pm - Monday, April 4, 2011

Rave Motion Pictures
3601 East 53rd Street
Davenport, Iowa
563.359.1314

http://www.ravemotionpictures.com/

"East of Eden" to Screen at Bettendorf Library

East of Eden

115 minutes - 1955

Part of St. Ambrose University's year-long series: The Ubiquity of Work.

In the Salinas Valley, in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother Aron for the love of their father Adam. (IMDb.com)

Directed by Elia Kazan and based on the novel by John Steinbeck.

Saturday, April 2, 2011

1:30 pm - FREE

Bettendorf Public Library
2950 Learning Campus Drive
Bettendorf, Iowa

563.344.4175

"Grapes of Wrath" Featured at Bettendorf Library

The Grapes of Wrath

128 minutes - 1940

Part of St. Ambrose University's year-long series: The Ubiquity of Work.

A poor Midwest family is forced off of their land. They travel to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression. (IMDb.com)

Directed by John Ford and based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by John Steinbeck.

Saturday, April 2, 2011

10:30 am - FREE

Bettendorf Public Library
2950 Learning Campus Drive
Bettendorf, Iowa

563.344.4175

"Battle Cry" to Sound Off at Rave Theater on Monday

Battle Cry

149 Minutes - 1955

Directed by Raoul Walsh (High Sierra)

Starring: Aldo Ray, Van Heflin, James Whitmore, Anne Francis, Dorothy Malone, Tab Hunter, and Fess Parker

Based on the novel by Leon Uris (Exodus, Topaz)

The film is a drama set in World War II, following a group of United States Marines from boot camp training to combat. It depicts the details of the training, the forming of comradeship and the relentless training the battalion led by "High Pockets" has to undergo. In two events (Guadalcanal and Tarawa), the battalion is only used in mop up duties, not in frontline fighting and first day landings, only in the final battle in Saipan are they are used as lead battalion hitting Red Beach after an out of line intervention of Major "High Pockets" Huxley with the Commanding General, which causes severe casualties. Next to the Soldiers live, the movie also details on the private lives of three soldiers. (Wikipedia)

Grab some smelling salts, these movies are still only $2.00!  And, that includes popcorn and a drink!

1:00 pm - Monday, March 21, 2011

Rave Motion Pictures
3601 East 53rd Street
Davenport, Iowa
563.359.1314

http://www.ravemotionpictures.com/

"Kings Row" Classic to Grace Rave Screen

 

Kings Row

This movie is often referred to as "Ronald Reagan's best film."  But how about the rest of the cast?  How can you go wrong with Robert Cummings (Dial M for Murder), Claude Rains (Notorius) AND Judith Anderson (Rebecca)?

The dark side and hypocrisy of provincial American life is seen through the eyes of five children as they grow to adulthood at the turn-of-the-century. (IMDb)

Hold onto your meds, these movies are still only $2.00!  And, that includes popcorn and a drink!

1:00 pm - February 28, 2011

Rave Motion Pictures
3601 East 53rd Street
Davenport, Iowa
563.359.1314

http://www.ravemotionpictures.com/

Rave Theater in Davenport to Feature "Jane Eyre"

Jane Eyre

1944 | 97 minutes | Directed by Robert Stevenson

"My name is Jane Eyre... I was born in 1820, a harsh time of change in England. Money and position seemed all that mattered. Charity was a cold and disagreeable word. Religion too often wore a mask of bigotry and cruelty. There was no place for the poor or the unfortunate. I had no father or mother, brother or sister. As a child I lived with my aunt, Mrs. Reed of Gateshead Hall. I do not remember that she ever spoke one kind word to me."

Synopsis:
Small, plain and poor, Jane Eyre comes to Thornfield Hall as governess to the young ward of Edward Rochester. Denied love all her life, Jane can't help but be attracted to the intelligent, vibrant, energetic Mr. Rochester, a man twice her age. But just when Mr. Rochester seems to be returning the attention, he invites the beautiful and wealthy Blanche Ingram and her party to stay at his estate. Meanwhile, the secret of Thornfield Hall could ruin all their chances for happiness. (IMDb.com)

If you just saw Rebecca at the Rave Theater in Davenport last Monday, then you are fully primed for this week's offering.  Like that classic Alfred Hitchcock film, Jane Eyre also stars Joan Fontaine in yet another fish-out-of-water role opposite onscreen (and behind the scenes) powerhouse Orson Welles.

The cast also includes Margaret O'Brien (best known for her portrayal of "Tootie" in Meet Me in St. Louis), Agnes Moorehead (better known in my family as my grandfather's school teacher in Wisconsin), and Elizabeth Taylor in an uncredited supporting role.

The screenplay was adapted from Welles Mercury Theater radio drama, rather than the 1847 novel by Charlotte Bronte, by John Housman and English writer Aldous Huxley (Brave New World).  Welles was offered, but declined, a producer credit for his contributions offscreen.  Some have suggested that Jane Eyre is more Welles' film than director Stevenson's or star Fontaine's.

Shot entirely on a sound stage in Los Angeles, the film is known for its atmospheric depiction of the foggy Yorkshire Moors.  The film's score was written by my favorite film composer, Bernard Herrmann.  Herrman, of course, went on to score many of Alfred Hitchcock's best films, including his most famous...Psycho.

Grab some smelling salts.  These Monday afternoon matinees are still only $2.00!  And, that includes popcorn and a drink!

1:00 pm - February 7, 2011
Rave Motion Pictures
3601 East 53rd Street
Davenport, Iowa
563.359.1314
http://www.ravemotionpictures.com/

Rave Classic Cinema Features "Friendly Persuasion"

For two years the Civil War has been elsewhere.  Now Confederate forces are nearby looting and burning.  It is time to fight back, Jess Bridwell's (Cooper) neighbor's insist.  Yet Birdwell, a Quaker, knows there must be a better way.

The film stars Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins, and Marjorie Main.  It's directed by William Wyler, one the great directors.

The synopsis above is take from the Rave's own flyer.  The sheet also makes the astounding claim that admission is only $2.00...and that includes popcorn...and a drink!

Don't just sit there with your mouth agape, that's what it says!

Monday, September 27, 2010 at 1:00 pm at the Rave Theater in Davenport.

Online: http://www.ravemotionpictures.com/

"Too Late for Tears" Screens Just in Time at Davenport's Rave Theater

 

Too Late for Tears

Starring: Lizabeth Scott, Arthur Kennedy, Dan Duryea, Kristine Miller, Barry Kelley

Pennies from heaven quickly turn to blood money when a married couple (Scott, Kennedy) mistakenly receives a satchel of stolen loot, and the faithless wife schemes to keep the cash for herself.

1 hour 39 minutes / $2.00 admission includes small drink and popcorn

Monday, August 30, 2010 / 1:00 pm

Rave Motion Pictures-18
3601 East 53rd Street
Davenport, IA 52807
Movie Listings: 563-359-1314