The Argyle Secrets (1948)

10899 Wilshire Boulevard,Los Angeles CA 90024

21 May, 2022

Description

UCLA Film & Television Archive presents free screenings at the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum. Please review our COVID-19 protocols and admission policies. ---------- Paper MoonU.S., 1949 As a woman enrolled in the UCLA animation department at mid-century, Flora Mock (1914-2014) was a pioneering voice. Later a faculty member at UCLA, as a student, Mock specialized in mixed-media collages such as Paper Moon , an animated interpretation of the Nat King Cole song that the L.A. Times described in 2011 as a “West Side Story-style romance told in the vocabulary of cut and torn paper.” 16mm, color, 4 min. Director: Flora Mock. Restoration funding provided by the National Film Preservation Foundation. Restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive from the 16mm original color reversal and a 16mm print. Laboratory services by FotoKem, Audio Mechanics, DJ Audio, Inc., Simon Daniel Sound. Special thanks to Mark Toscano from the Academy Film Archive. The Argyle SecretsU.S., 1948 An investigative reporter is confined in the hospital with a great story but will only speak to his colleague Harry Mitchell (William Gargan). While explaining his possession of the Argyle Album, an expose’ of Nazi sympathizers, the boss is murdered, Harry becomes the prime suspect and must outwit both the police and a gang of blackmailers. DCP, b&w, 64 min. Producers: Sam X. Abarbanel, Albert Bildner, Alan H. Posner. Director: Cy Endfield. Screenwriter: Cy Endfield. Based on the radio play “The Argyle Album” by Cy Endfield. With: William Gargan, Marjorie Lord, Ralph Byrd. Restoration funding provided by the Film Noir Foundation and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Charitable Trust (the HFPA Trust). Restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive from a 35mm nitrate composite dupe negative. Laboratory services by Roundabout Entertainment, The PHI Stoa Lab, Audio Mechanics, Simon Daniel Sound, DJ Audio, Inc. Special thanks to the British Film Institute. In memory of Yoram Kahana (1939-2021), champion of film preservation.