Summer at the Stanford

~ Lincoln Spector

I just saw the Stanford‘s summer schedule. As usual, it’s the best time of the year to see classic Hollywood films on the Peninsula. Someone has put a lot of thought into the double bills, most of which go together nicely for an evening’s entertainment. And every other Wednesday they screen a silent, most with live organ accompaniment, on a double-bill with an appropriate talkie.

Summer follows the Stanford’s current Early Bette Davis series, so it’s appropriate that they’ve included a number of better-known, classic Davis flicks. These include The Letter and Now, Voyager (June 7-10), Dark Victory and The Little Foxes (June 21-24), and All About Eve (August 2-5, on a double bill with The Bad and the Beautiful). The many James Stewart films scheduled include The Glenn Miller Story (June 26-27), Strategic Air Command (July 10-11), and the western double-bill of The Naked Spur and Broken Arrow (August 7th and 8th).

The folks who program the Stanford are true Marxists in the best sense of the word, and will properly honor Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and even Zeppo. Four of the brothers’ five Paramount movies will bring anarchy to Palo Alto, with a double bill of Duck Soup and Animal Crackers (July 2-4), plus showings of The Cocoanuts (with Safety Last on June 11) and Horse Feathers (with Charlie Chan at the Opera on August 13-15).

I barely scratched the surface. Take a look at the full schedule.

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Lincoln Spector writes about cinema, technology, and cinema technology. From 1986 through 2008, he wrote Gigglebytes, the first technology-oriented humor column. From 1977 through 2016, he wrote PC World's Answer Line column and blog.