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SCREENING

The Lady from Shanghai

Sunday, Mar 9 at 1:00 p.m.

Location: Redstone Theater

Dir. Orson Welles. 1947, 88 mins. U.S. DCP. Fresh off her star-making turn in the smash hit Gilda, Rita Hayworth was cast in another quintessential noir of the forties, this one directed by none other than her then husband Orson Welles. The larger-than-life writer-director plays the dupe, an Irish sailor who falls head over heels in confounded lust for Elsa (Hayworth), the enigmatic wife of a crooked lawyer (Everett Sloane), recently arrived in New York from Shanghai. When Michael is roped into a nefarious plot to enact a fake murder, he is drawn ever closer to danger. Hayworth, who commanded the screen as few stars could, is the haunting center of this ever-spiraling thriller, which climaxes in a hallof-mirrors shootout that is one of the most visually complex scenes of the era. 

Tickets: $17.50 / $12 senior and students / $10 youth (ages 3–17) / discounted for MoMI members ($7–$11). There is a $1.50 transaction fee per ticket for all online purchases. The cost of admission may be applied toward a same-day purchase of a membership. 

Order tickets. Please pick up tickets at the Museum’s admissions desk upon arrival. All seating is general admission.