Hellman Wyler Festival Events: Birmingham
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March 2nd |
7:00 p.m. | Steiner Auditorium, Birmingham Museum of Art |
GALA OPENING NIGHT: |
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March 4th |
1:00 p.m. |
Birmingham Museum of Art |
With twelve Oscar nominations and three wins, William Wyler still holds the record as America's most honored film director. As part of the Festival, the Wyler family will permit BMA to display his "The Best Years of Our Lives" Oscar for three months, beginning March 4, at 1 p.m., during BMA's popular Jazz Brunch. FREE |
| 2:00 p.m. | Steiner Auditorium, Birmingham Museum of Art |
Wyler's film "These Three," a rarely seen 1936 adaptation of Hellman's stage smash "The Children's Hour," had to be tailored to pass censorship under the Hays Code. Hellman's script met the challenge, and Wyler's picture with Joel McCrea and Merle Oberon became an international screen hit. FREE |
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| 3:30 p.m. | Steiner Auditorium, Birmingham Museum of Art |
Between screenings of "These Three" and "The Children's Hour," Wyler family members and festival scholars discuss the two cinematic versions of "Hour" and the impact of bringing it to the screen twice, first in 1936 and again in 1961. FREE |
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| 4:30 p.m. | Steiner Auditorium, Birmingham Museum of Art |
"The Children's Hour" starring Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine, and James Garner was declared |
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March
5th |
4:00 p.m. | UAB Hulsey Recital Hall |
Pat Loughney, a film preservationist and curator of the Eastman House in Rochester, New York, talks about the importance of preserving and restoring the motion pictures of artists such as Wyler and Hellman. He will screen excerpts from vintage American films saved by Eastman House and will present a restored 1910 silent film of "The Wizard of Oz." FREE |
| 8:00 p.m. | UAB, Hill University Center Alumni Auditorium |
Eastman House film preservationist and curator Pat Loughney introduces William Wyler's film of "Dead End," a 1937 classic from a Hellman screenplay. A Best Picture nominee, it features Humphrey Bogart and Claire Trevor in a class drama set on New York's Lower East Side. The film introduced the popular "Dead End Kids" and established Bogart as a tough guy in the movies. The source play written by Sidney Kingsley influenced FDR to push for legislation to clean up the slums of New York City. FREE |
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March 7th |
7:00 p.m. | Levite Jewish Community Center |
WRITING ALABAMA, PRESERVING A HERITAGE: Alabama writers Bert Hitchcock and Billy Cobb discuss "The Little Foxes" with Jewish historian and culture scholar Stuart Rockoff from the Institute of Southern Jewish Life of Jackson, Mississippi. Following the discussion, Wyler's film of "Foxes" with Bette Davis will be screened for the audience. FREE |
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March 8th |
8:00 p.m. |
Birmingham Festival Theatre |
BFT debuts its Hellman Wyler Festival
production of "The Children's Hour," directed by Edward C. Miller
and starring Sandra Taylor. The run of this classic American play
continues at BFT until March 24th. Call the theatre at 205-933-2383 for reservations. |
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March 9th |
8:00 p.m. | Birmingham
Festival Theatre |
BFT presents "The Children's Hour" with an introduction by Festival Scholar Bernard F. Dick. Call the theatre at 205-933-2383 for reservations. |
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March 10th |
8:00 p.m. |
Birmingham Festival Theatre |
BFT presents "The Children's Hour" with an introduction by Festival Scholar Bernard F. Dick. Call the theatre at 205-933-2383 for reservations. |
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| For Information
contact: The Hellman Wyler Festival Birmingham Festival Theatre: 205-933-2383 Marengo County Historical Society: 334-289-0282 |
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