Saturday, March 18 at 5:30pm | Scripted by Frank Nugent (THE SEARCHERS), GUNMAN’S WALK stars Tab Hunter as the drunken, gunslinging son of lawless rancher Van Heflin, and James Darren as his polar opposite brother, a dark, brooding pacifist. Better known for bitter, black-and-white film noirs like 99 RIVER STREET and THE PHENIX CITY STORY, Chicago-born Phil Karlson had the right idea about this widescreen color western, saying "When I do color, I think in terms of black and white…we know that blood's going to be awfully red and it's going to be pretty disgusting when they see it." This print recently returned to the United States after spending several decades with a collector in Canada.
CFS Technicolor Weekend!: In partnership with the Chicago Film Society, Technicolor Weekend! celebrates the longevity, beauty, and richness of the technicolor printing process. All presented on 35mm prints that were intended to last only through their initial runs, and have instead endured hundreds of projections, 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. View full series here.
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