Sketch by by friend Lu from Shanghai who attended the series. I'm wearing my Georgetown University Tombs cap and talking with editors as he sketched.
The November film series included
November 7 - The Whales of August with Lillian Gish, Bette Davis and Ann Southern. (1987)
November 14 - Driving Miss Daisy with Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman (1989)
November 21 - Make Way for Tomorrow with Victor Moore, Beulah Bondi, Thomas Mitchell, Louise Beavers as the maid, Gene Morgan and others (1937). This film was inspiration for Tokyo Story by Ozu. (Equinox Flower from 1958 currently, early Dec. 2013, screening at Film Society of Lincoln Center to commemorate Ozu's centennial.) Leo McCarey assisted. No happy ending to this film, but a fade with music of "Let Me Call You Sweetheart." Heartbreaking. A sensitive portrait of an elderly couple in financial difficulty, forced to "temporarily"separate when none of their five children will take in both parents.
Series was well attended with mostly seniors, some students, my friends from Grace Episcopal, some media, and some special needs friends.
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