The Night of the Hunter (1955) | Cinema Studies Seminar with Prof. Maria DiBattista

Wed, 29 Apr, 2026 at 07:30 pm UTC-04:00

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The Night of the Hunter (1955) | Cinema Studies Seminar with Prof. Maria DiBattista
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Our Cinema Studies Seminars offer an engaging in-theater experience where professors explore a film of their choosing more in depth. All Seminar Ticket Holders will receive an introductory lecture before the film and a guided discussion after the film. ๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ for the screening and the screening + discussion at princetongardentheatre.org/specials
๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ: Actor Charles Laughtonโ€™s sole directorial effort is the visually arresting noir NIGHT OF THE HUNTER. An intimidating Robert Mitchum stars in an unforgettable role as a mysterious religious con man who marries an unsuspecting widow in order to find money that had been hidden by her late husband. When her children try to thwart his plans, he begins a terrifying reign over the household.
๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: Maria DiBattista, Charles Barnwell Straut Class of 1923 Professor of English at Princeton University, has taught and written widely on 20th century literature and film. She is the author of Fast Talking Dames, a study of American film comedy of the thirties and forties.
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