Description

Come celebrate spring with Barbara Stanwyck and Gary Cooper in this delightful screwball comedy, directed by Howard Hawks. Based on a short story by Billy Wilder and baring a passing resemblance to “Snow White,” Stanwyck stars as “Sugarpuss” O’Shea, a nightclub singer bursting with life and weighed down by guy problems. Gary Cooper is Professor Bertrum Potts, a grammarian researching modern slang, which Sugarpuss happens to have in spades. She needs a place to hide from her gangster boyfriend and the professor needs help with his project. Throw in seven bachelor professors, a great pair of gams, guns, crossed signals and “yum yum,” and hilarity ensues. For her multi-dimensional characterization, Stanwyck received her second Oscar nomination for Best Actress.

NR • 1h51m • US

About The Film Club

Join us for The Music Hall Film Club! Over the course of six months, we’ll be focusing on a particular outstanding director, genre, or artist. On the 3rd Tuesday of each month, we’ll show a film followed by a lively, participatory discussion. Curators Bill and Stella Pence, founders of the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado and the Music Hall’s Telluride by the Sea Film Festival, have chosen Barbara Stanwyck and the Six Giant Directors for January through June 2017! Susan Poulin, award winning writer, performer and a great lover of Cinema, will be our host and guide. 

A must for all Telluride lovers, film discussion buffs, and all-around cinephiles!