Bogart Festival continues at cinema

Here's looking at you, Amherst. The Bogart Festival at Amherst Cinema continues this month with five of Humphrey Bogart's films, and two more are slated for September. Enjoy pristine 35mm prints (with few exceptions) of Bogart classics all summer long. The event began in July. Films from August through early September include: Dark Passage (1947) is a digital presentation. Dark Passage is a Warner Bros. film noir directed by Delmer Daves and starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. The film is based on the novel of the same name by David Goodis. It was the third of four films real-life couple Bacall and Bogart made together. This film is notable for its first part being shot entirely from the point of view of Bogart's character, Vincent Parry, his face never seen. The story follows Parry's attempts to hide from the law and clear his name of murder. Sunday July 31 at 2 p.m. and Wednesday Aug. 3 at 7:30 and 9:45 p.m. Running time: 107 minutes. Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) is a film written and directed by John Huston, a feature film adaptation of B. Traven's 1927 novel of the same name, in which two impecunious Americans Fred C. Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart) and Bob Curtin (Tim Holt) during the 1920s in Mexico join with an old-timer, Howard (Walter Huston, the director's father), to prospect for gold. The old-timer accurately predicts trouble, but is willing to go anyway. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre was one of the first Hollywood films to be filmed almost entirely on location outside the United States (in Mexico), although the night scenes were filmed back in the studio. In 1990, this film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant. Sunday, Aug. 7 at 2 p.m. and Wednesday, Aug. 10 at 7:30 and 10 p.m. Running time: 124 minutes. Key Largo (1948) is a film directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall, Lionel Barrymore, and Claire Trevor. The movie was adapted from Maxwell Anderson's 1939 play of the same name, which played on Broadway in 1939 and 1940. Key Largo was the fourth and final film pairing of married actors Bogart and Bacall. Sunday, Aug. 14 at 2 p.m. and Wednesday, Aug. 17 at 7:30 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. Running time: 101 minutes. In a Lonely Place (1950) was directed by Nicholas Ray, and starring Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame, produced for Bogart's Santana Productions. The script was adapted by Edmund North from the 1947 novel of the same name. Bogart stars in the film as Dixon Steele, a cynical screenwriter suspected of murder. Grahame co-stars as Laurel Gray, a neighbor who falls under his spell. Although not as well known as his other work, Bogart's performance in this film is considered by many critics to be among his finest. Sunday, Aug. 21 at 2 p.m. and Wednesday, Aug. 24 at 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Running time: 94 minutes. The African Queen (1951) is an adventure drama film adapted from the 1935 novel of the same name by C. S. Forester. The film was directed by John Huston and produced by Sam Spiegel and John Woolf. It was photographed in Technicolor. The film stars Humphrey Bogart (who won the Academy Award for Best Actor — his only Oscar), and Katharine Hepburn with Robert Morley, Peter Bull, Walter Gotell, Richard Marner and Theodore Bikel. Sunday, Aug. 28 at 2 p.m. and Wednesday, Aug. 31 at 7:30 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. Running time: 105 minutes. Beat the Devil (1953) is a film directed by John Huston. It was co-authored by Huston and Truman Capote, and loosely based upon a novel of the same name. It was intended by Huston as a tongue-in-cheek spoof of his earlier masterpiece, The Maltese Falcon, and of films of its genre. Sunday, Sept. 4 at 2 p.m. and Wednesday, Sept. 7 at 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Running time: 89 minutes. Sabrina (1954) is a comedy-romance directed by Billy Wilder, adapted for the screen by Wilder, Samuel A. Taylor, and Ernest Lehman from Taylor's play Sabrina Fair. It stars Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, and William Holden. Sunday, Sept. 11 at 2 p.m. and Wednesday, Sept. 14 at 7:30 p.m. and 9:50 p.m. Running time: 113 minutes. Box Office Information The Amherst Cinema box office is in the lobby of the Amherst Cinema building, located at 28 Amity Street in downtown Amherst. The box office opens 20 minutes before start of that theater's first scheduled show of the day and remains open until 20 minutes after the start of the last show of the day. You can purchase tickets for any scheduled show in advance at the box office in the theater where the show is playing, and on the website. The box offices accept cash, MasterCard and VISA. For online ticket sales, you will receive a printable receipt with a barcode. Simply pass that receipt under the barcode scanner on the box office desk and a ticket will be printed out for you. You may also bring in your confirmation number in lieu of the barcode. The cinema cannot void any tickets purchased online. Ticket Prices Evenings (shows beginning 5 p.m. and later): Members $6.50. Adults $8.75. Students with a valid ID / Seniors 65+ $7.75. Matinees (shows beginning before 5 p.m.): Members $5.50. Adults $7.75. Students with a valid ID / Seniors 65+ $6.75. — Courtesy of Amherst Cinema