Blessed Event
(Movies) WhenAugust 18, 2018 <m>(Saturday)m>WhereFilm Forum209 West Houston St.
New York City, New York 10014 (US)
Phone: 212-727-8110
Website: https://filmforum.org/film/blessed-event
Event Details
BLESSED EVENT
Saturday, August 18th at 3:00pm
THE COMPLETE, UNCENSORED VERSION
Intro and Outro by Bruce Goldstein
(1932, Roy Del Ruth) The apotheosis of Lee Tracy (Broadway's original Hildy Johnson in The Front Page), here machine-gunning his way through a raucus send-up of Walter Winchell, and attaining utter delirium when he talks Allen Jenkins through his own imagined electrocution. This rare 35mm print from the Library of Congress is the most complete version ever screened - and has never been on television or home video. Introduced by Film Forum Repertory Program Director Bruce Goldstein, with a post-film look at how the picture was censored around the world. Approx. 85 min.