Spellbound in 4K

Spellbound in 4K

West Coast Restoration Premiere. Special guest: Introduction by director, producer, and actress Cecilia Peck, daughter of Gregory Peck. MUSEUM MEMBERS-ONLY SCREENING.

MUSEUM MEMBERS-ONLY SCREENING.

North American Restoration Premiere. Special guest: Introduction by director, producer, and actress Cecilia Peck, daughter of Gregory Peck 

Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck teamed up for one of director Alfred Hitchcock’s most commercially successful films, a romantic mystery with striking dream imagery provided by artist Salvador Dalí. Bergman plays Dr. Constance Peterson, the only female psychologist at tony Green Manors mental hospital, who finds herself becoming attracted to the hospital’s new director Dr. Anthony Edwardes (Peck). When Dr. Peterson discovers that Dr. Edwardes seems to be as troubled as any of her patients, she investigates his dreams for clues to the mystery that surrounds him, and finds herself asking the question suggested by the film’s original poster, “Will he kiss me or kill me?” Miklos Rozsa won the first of his three Academy Awards for his theremin-infused score, featuring a memorable love theme. The film was also nominated for Best Picture, Hitchcock’s direction, supporting actor Michael Chekhov’s performance, George Barnes’s black-and-white cinematography, and Jack Cosgrove’s special effects.

Programmed by K.J. Relth-Miller.
Note by Robert Reneau.
DIRECTED BY: Alfred Hitchcock. WRITTEN BY: Ben Hecht. ADAPTATION BY: Angus MacPhail. WITH: Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Michael Chekhov, Leo G. Carroll. 1945. 111 min. USA. B&W. English. 4K DCP.

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