LENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE
PRESENTS
THE JAMES CAGNEY FILM FESTIVAL
November 7, 8, 9, 10
Four Fun Days; Six Classic Cagney Films
Plus Special Guest Lecturers:
David Schwartz, Former Chief Curator, Museum of the Moving Image
Michael J. Bowen, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Film & Media, FIT
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House
Brooke Astor Auditorium
331 East 70th Street (between 1st & 2nd Avenues)
New York, NY 10021
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7
5:30 p.m. - Mister Roberts (1955; Directed by John Ford, Mervyn LeRoy; 123 minutes)
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8
5:30 p.m. - Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942; Directed by Michael Curtiz; 126 minutes)
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9 - DOUBLE FEATURE
12:00 p.m. - Man of a Thousand Faces (1957; Directed by Joseph Pevney; 122 minutes)
2:00 p.m. - Lecture, David Schwartz
2:30 p.m. - The Public Enemy (1931; Directed by William A. Wellman; 83 minutes)
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10 - DOUBLE FEATURE
12:00 p.m. - Angels with Dirty Faces (1938; Directed by Michael Curtiz; 97 minutes)
2:00 p.m. - Lecture, Michael Bowen
2:30 p.m. - White Heat (1949; Directed by Raoul Walsh; 114 minutes)
This event is FREE and open to the public. Space is limited.
Doors will open 30 minutes prior to each day’s first showing.
Lecturer Bios
David Schwartz, Former Chief Curator, Museum of the Moving Image
David Schwartz is the former Chief Curator of the Museum of the Moving Image. In January 2019, he received a Career Achievement Award from the New York Film Critics Circle for his 33-year tenure at the Museum. He teaches film history at Purchase College. He is also the film programmer for the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. for their new performing arts center, the REACH, which opened in September. He is the founder of Cinema Projects, which organizes independent curatorial projects (with upcoming programs at Film Forum and the IFC Center in Manhattan), and he is editing a book of interviews with film director David Cronenberg.
Michael J. Bowen, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Film & Media, FIT
Michael J. Bowen is a film historian who teaches American film history at the Fashion Institute of Technology. In addition to Hollywood cinema, he also studies the history of film production in New York and is currently completing a critical biography of “outsider” auteur Doris Wishman.
Cagney and Lenox Hill Neighborhood House
James Cagney and his brothers all attended our after school programs in the early 1900s, where they were first introduced to the theater. While his brothers acted and directed, James was initially content to work behind the scenes. One night his brother Harry became ill and was unable to perform. James’s photographic memory of the rehearsals allowed him to flawlessly step into his brother’s role and thus began his performance career right here on the Lenox Hill Neighborhood House stage.
Support the future Cagneys in our RealArts After School and Summer Camp!
The video below, produced by New York Live, explores Cagney’s rise to the top and features his start at the Neighborhood House. Join us at the Film Festival for Cagney’s triumphant return to our stage!