From late June through the end of September, Museum Films will present fourteen beloved Hollywood classics featuring costumes designed by the legendary, eight-time Oscar winner Edith Head. Screening in the Noble Theater in conjunction with the Museum’s original blockbuster summer exhibition, Edith Head: Hollywood’s Costume Designer, presented by The Ann Lacy Foundation, this one-of-a-kind program features Head’s designs for many of the biggest stars of Hollywood’s golden age, including Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Barbara Stanwyck, and Veronica Lake, among many others. This unique survey of one of Hollywood’s greatest eras is highlighted by her collaborations with legendary Hollywood directors Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder, and Preston Sturges, and features her work in a variety of genres and decades, from screwball comedies and film noir in the 1940s to an Elvis musical in the 1960s. This original series is made possible by the generous support of Chuck Wiggin.
OKCMOA Film Society Members (including Fellow, Friend, and Sustainer members) receive $5 tickets to every film in the Edith Head series and all other Museum Films screenings. To learn more about joining the Film Society, visit: https://www.okcmoa.com/filmsociety
Visit the bar inside OKCMOA’s Museum Store x Ganache for a variety of beverages to enjoy during the show!
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THE LADY EVE | Preston Sturges | 1941 | In English | 94 minutes | NR | Sat., June 29 @ 2 pm
A glamorous con-woman (Barbara Stanwyck) targets the socially awkward heir to a brewery fortune (Henry Fonda), only to find herself falling for him in this sparkling screwball classic from writer-director Preston Sturges.
REAR WINDOW | Alfred Hitchcock | 1954 | In English | 112 minutes | PG | Sat., July 6 @ 2 pm
A masterful meditation on the pleasures and perils of looking, Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window stars Jimmy Stewart as a wheelchair-bound photojournalist who begins to suspect his neighbor of murder. 70th Anniversary 4K Restoration!
TO CATCH A THIEF | Alfred Hitchcock | 1955 | In English | 106 minutes | PG | Sat., July 13 @ 2 pm
Sizzling romance and simmering suspense ignite against the lush backdrop of the French Riviera in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1955 classic, starring Cary Grant as a retired jewel thief who must clear his name after a recent string of robberies set the police on his tail.
VERTIGO | Alfred Hitchcock | 1958 | In English | 128 minutes | PG | Sat., July 20 @ 2 pm
Voted the greatest film of all time in the 2012 Sight and Sound critics’ poll, Alfred Hitchcock’s breathlessly cinematic tale of romantic obsession follows an ex-cop with a fear of heights (James Stewart) hired to trail a haunted young woman (Kim Novak). New 4K Restoration!
BLUE HAWAII | Norman Taurog | 1961 | In English | 93 minutes | PG | Sat., July 27 @ 2 pm
Rock icon Elvis Presley’s biggest box office success, this breezy musical comedy follows an easygoing ex-G.I. (Presley) who returns home to Hawaii and takes a job as a tour guide in defiance of his wealthy family’s wishes.
THE HEIRESS | William Wyler | 1949 | In English | 115 minutes | NR | Sat., Aug. 3 @ 2 pm
Costume designer Edith Head earned the first of her eight Academy Awards for William Wyler’s lush period drama starring Best Actress winner Olivia de Havilland as a naïve young woman pursued by a handsome suitor who may be after her fortune. 75th Anniversary!
SAMSON AND DELILAH | Cecil B. DeMille | 1949 | In English | 134 minutes | NR | Sat., Aug. 10 @ 2 pm
Edith Head won a pair of Costume Design Oscars at the 23rd Academy Awards held in 1951, one for the black-and-white drama All About Eve, and another for Cecil B. DeMille’s lavish, technicolor biblical extravaganza, which stars Victor Mature as Old Testament strongman Samson, and Hedy Lamarr as the fiery seductress Delilah. 75th Anniversary!
ALL ABOUT EVE | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | 1950 | In English | 138 minutes | NR | Sat., Aug. 17 @ 2 pm
Nominated for a record-setting 14 Oscars at the 23rd Academy Awards, where Edith Head won two trophies for black-and-white and color costume design, Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s iconic showbiz drama stars Anne Baxter as Eve Harrington, an up-and-coming ingénue who infiltrates the professional and romantic inner circle of aging Broadway star Margo Channing (Bette Davis).
THE STING | George Roy Hill | 1973 | In English | 129 minutes | PG | Sat., Aug. 24 @ 2 pm
Edith Head won her eighth and final Academy Award for this intricate and enthralling comedy caper about a small-time crook (Robert Redford) and a veteran con man (Paul Newman) who seek revenge on a crime boss. New 4K Restoration!
THIS GUN FOR HIRE | Frank Tuttle | 1942 | In English | 82 minutes | NR | Sat., Aug. 31 @ 2 pm
Loosely adapted from Graham Greene’s novel A Gun for Sale, this influential and richly atmospheric noir thriller stars Alan Ladd as a contract killer who teams up with a beautiful undercover investigator (Veronica Lake) to seek revenge on his double-crossing employer.
DOUBLE INDEMNITY | Billy Wilder | 1944 | In English | 107 minutes | NR | Sat., Sept. 7 @ 2 pm
Adapted by Raymond Chandler and director Billy Wilder from a novel by James M. Cain, this iconic film noir landmark stars Barbara Stanwyck as a scheming femme fatale who lures an insurance salesman (Fred MacMurray) into a web of fraud and murder. 80th Anniversary!
SUNSET BOULEVARD | Billy Wilder | 1950 | In English | 110 minutes | NR | Sat., Sept. 14 @ 2 pm
Regarded as one of the greatest movies ever made about Hollywood, Billy Wilder’s Oscar-winning fusion of noir, dark comedy, and tragic character study stars William Holden as a washed-up screenwriter who enters into a deadly relationship with an aging silent film actress (Gloria Swanson) desperate for a comeback.
FUNNY FACE | Stanley Donen | 1957 | In English | 103 minutes | NR | DCP | Sat., Sept. 21 @ 2 pm
Featuring songs by George and Ira Gershwin, this enchanting musical Cinderella story stars Audrey Hepburn as a bohemian bookstore clerk who is whisked off to Paris after being discovered by a fashion photographer (Fred Astaire).
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S | Blake Edwards | 1961 | In English | 115 minutes | NR | Sat., Sept. 28 @ 2 pm
Based on Truman Capote’s best-selling novella, Blake Edwards’ iconic rom-com follows incandescent New York party girl Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn) as she develops a relationship with the handsome writer in the apartment next door.
