Moving Image museum salutes snubbed films
The Museum of the Moving Image in New York will be screening two Orson Welles classics in the coming weeks, “The Lady from Shanghai” and “The Magnificent Ambersons.”
The Museum of the Moving Image in New York will be screening two Orson Welles classics in the coming weeks, “The Lady from Shanghai” and “The Magnificent Ambersons.”
The Orson Welles-directed thriller in which he starred with then-wife Rita Hayworth is part of the Locarno retrospective “The Lady with a Torch – A Centenary of Columbia Pictures.”
“The Lady From Shanghai,” the classic film noir written by, directed by, and starring Orson Welles, will be released on 4K Ultra HD on July 23 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
More than 90 minutes of stock footage and rushes from “The Lady from Shanghai” starring Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth can be found on YouTube and the Internet Archive.
“The Lady from Shanghai” will be the third Orson Welles title from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, which previously issued “The Stranger” and “Touch of Evil.”
“Big Red,” a novel by writer Jerome Charyn looking at the lives of Rita Hayworth and Orson Welles, is chalking up some impressive reviews.
What appears to be five and a half minutes of outtakes from Orson Welles’ 1947 film “The Lady from Shanghai” shot in San Francisco’s Chinatown and Acapulco can be found online.
The National Film Registry, a list of films chosen for preservation because of their “cultural, historic and aesthetic” significance to the nation’s film heritage, has added Orson Welles’ The Lady from Shanghai to its roster. The Librarian of Congress today announced 25 additions to the 30-year-old registry. Chosen with input from the National Film Preservation Board […]
The French-based distributor plans a 4K release on home video with extras.
Of course, it is not the first time filmmakers have paid tribute to Welles’ memorable work.
The film festival will take place July 26-31.
“The Lady From Shanghai” will be staged October 2-3.