A Tale of Two Cities
- This is a past program
In-person: Live reading of an excerpt from The Devil Finds Work (1976) by author Roxane Gay and “Vibe Check” podcast co-hosts Sam Sanders and Zach Stafford and Q&A following the screening. ASL interpretation will be provided for the live elements of this program.
This program is presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Part of the UCLA Film & Television Archive screening series The Devil Finds Work: James Baldwin’s Cinema of the Mind.
A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
In this sweeping 1935 adaptation of Charles Dickens’ novel of the same name, Ronald Colman stars as Sydney Carton, a disillusioned lawyer who makes a redemptive sacrifice during the French Revolution. James Baldwin read the novel numerous times before his teacher Bill Miller took him to see the film. He was haunted by its final scene, an image he would carry with him for life.
DCP, b&w, 123 min. Director: Jack Conway. Screenwriters: W. P. Lipscomb, S. N. Behrman. With: Ronald Colman, Elizabeth Allan.
The UCLA Film & Television Archive is a division of UCLA Library, and presents its public programs in the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer, among other venues. For more information about the Archive, visit cinema.ucla.edu.
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