"The color is good and Bobby Darin warbles a song at the start that may be amusing to humans but would probably fill Felix with disgust. Anyhow, it's an entertaining picture." - Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Sunday, August 9, 1:00 p.m. | Like most bad cats, “D.C.” comes home with other people's ducks, sneaks into kitchens, knocks over dishes, and wreaks havoc at local businesses—but our hero (immortalized in song by Bobby Darin) also finds time to catch kidnappers. Hired as an informant for the FBI after bringing home a piece of evidence, D.C. is trailed by agent Zeke Kelso (Dean Jones) with the help of Hayley Mills, hoping to recover a missing bank teller and a suitcase full of cash. Disney's funniest and most leisurely-paced live-action romp was directed with total conviction by Robert Stevenson (MARY POPPINS, OLD YELLER) and rings true for any of us who've had to answer for an only partially domesticated pet. The terrific ensemble cast includes William Demarest and Elsa Lanchester as nosy neighbors, Tom Lowell as the surfing-crazed boyfriend, Roddy McDowall as the duck hunter, and Dorothy Provine as the older sister who thinks the whole thing is ridiculous. She's right! (Julian Antos, Chicago Film Society)
Awards & Nominations
1965 Writer’s Guild of America Awards - Nominee, Best Written Comedy
Chicago Film Society Presents: Technicolor Weekend | August 7–9, 2026
The Chicago Film Society returns for its fourth iteration of Technicolor Weekend, a series which showcases prints made using the Technicolor printing process. All of the films in this series will be projected from prints that were at one point or another saved by private collectors. They were intended to last only through their initial runs, but instead have endured hundreds of screenings, studio mergers, film exchange closures, and multiple private owners. These unlikely survivors offer us a view of what these films looked like before digital color correction and other modern restoration techniques, and are stunning examples of an incredibly complex industrial process that delighted millions. Synopses courtesy of Chicago Film Society. Learn more at chicagofilmsociety.org.
The Film Center is ADA accessible. This presentation will be projected without open captions. The theater is hearing-loop equipped. For accessibility requests, please email filmcenter@saic.edu