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October 1, 2004 Academy's
New York Screening Series to Feature "Alice Adams"
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Alice Adams (1935) |
New York, NY — The 1935 Academy Award®-nominated film "Alice Adams" will screen on Monday, October 18, at 7:30 p.m. in the Academy Theater at Lighthouse International in Manhattan. The screening, which is the next installment in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' monthly series "Monday Nights with Oscar," will be presented by the Academy and the Directors Guild of America as part of the centennial tribute honoring Oscar-winning director George Stevens.
The director's son, Oscar-nominated documentarian George Stevens Jr., will attend the program, which will be hosted by Foster Hirsch, author and film professor at Brooklyn College.
"Alice Adams" starred Katharine Hepburn in the title role, a performance that earned Hepburn her second Oscar nomination in the Best Actress category. Hepburn’s character was a social climbing, vulnerable young woman stigmatized by her family’s lower-class origins who sees marriage to a wealthy man as the only way to find happiness.
In addition to Hepburn’s nomination, the film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture.
Born on December 18, 1904, in Oakland, California, George Stevens began working in the film industry as a cameraman during the 1920s, shooting comedies, including Laurel and Hardy films, at the Hal Roach studio. However, his work on "Alice Adams" proved he had a wider range than strictly comedic films. Stevens enjoyed continued success and four of his films, "Swing Time," "Gunga Din," "Woman of the Year" and "Shane," have come to be regarded as classic examples of their respective genres.
The 1951 drama "A Place in the Sun" and the 1956 film "Giant" earned Stevens Academy Awards® for directing. He also received five additional Oscar nominations for directing. As a producer Stevens was nominated for four Oscars® when "A Place in the Sun," "Giant," "Shane" and "The Diary of Anne Frank" were named Best Picture nominees in their respective years. Stevens was also a recipient of the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 1953 and served as president of the Academy from 1958 to 1959.
"Alice Adams" will also be one of the films featured in an eight-week screening series celebrating Stevens’ work at the Academy’s headquarters in Beverly Hills.
In addition to the events taking place in New York and Beverly Hills, other tributes to Stevens are being held in Washington D.C. and London. Information about these events is available on the Academy website at www.oscars.org.
The subsequent edition of the "Monday Nights with Oscar" series will be held on November 15 and will feature a special "Oscars in Animation" program.
Tickets for "Alice Adams" are $5 for the general public and $3 for Academy members and students with a valid I.D. Tickets may be reserved over the phone by calling 888-778-7575. All orders will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Pending availability, tickets may be purchased in person the night of the screening when the doors open at 6:30 p.m. The Academy Theater at Lighthouse International is located at 111 East 59th Street between Park and Lexington Avenues. To sign up for the Academy Foundation mailing list, please visit the Academy's website at www.oscars.org.
Editors: Please note that downloadable photos from this film are available at http://photos.oscars.org
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