Name: Pelecanos Presents: HUMORESQUE w/ intro by George Pelecanos
Start: 2026-02-06T18:45:00-05:00
End: 2026-02-06T21:55:00-05:00
Location: AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center

$Pelecanos Presents: HUMORESQUE w\/ intro by George Pelecanos$

HUMORESQUE 80th Anniversary w/ intro by Silver Spring-based author, producer and screenwriter George Pelecanos
Young Paul Boray fights his way out of the New York ghetto not with his fists but with the hands — and heart — of a virtuoso violinist. His meteoric rise is funded by arts patron Helen Wright who, despite being married, falls desperately in love with her protégé. This film is that rarest of Hollywood offerings: a concoction of archly melodramatic artifice that is profoundly affecting. It features a mesmerizing turn by John Garfield and perhaps the most deeply felt performance of Joan Crawford’s legendary career. (Note courtesy of Noir City.) NOT RATED
Also screening on February 9, 10 & 11 (no intro)
Part of George Pelecanos Presents: Glorious Black & White. For the remaining lineup visit: https://tinyurl.com/PelecanosPresentsGloriousBW