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The Petrified Forest (1936) & Bordertown (1935)

Stanford Theatre

May 24-May 25, 2008

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The Petrified Forest (1936)

Alan Squier (Leslie Howard), a failed, world-weary British writer, hikes into an isolated, weather-beaten desert diner in Arizona owned by Jason Marple (Porter Hall). Jason's daughter, Gabrielle (Bette Davis) is immediately taken with the disillusioned intellectual, since they share idealistic dreams of escaping the stark reality of their lives, but her interest in Alan brings out jealousy in her gas-pumping boyfriend, Boze (Dick Foran). Tensions rise when everyone present become hostages of a gang. Unlike the others, Alan relates to the threats of the gangster's leader, Duke Mantee (Humphrey Bogart), with an indifference to his own fate, as if realizing that both he and Duke are doomed by the inevitable failure of their lives.

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Bordertown (1935)

Johnny Ramirez (Paul Muni) rises from bouncer to partner in Charlie Roark's (Eugene Pallette) border town casino. Charlie's wife Marie (Bette Davis) loves Johnny, but Johnny loves society woman Dale (Margaret Lindsay). Marie kills her husband, making it look like suicide. She tells Johnny she committed murder for him and, still rejected, tells the police that she and Johnny murdered Charlie...

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  Tickets: $5-$7

  Info Phone: 650-324-3700

• Dates & Times

  Dates:
  May 24-May 25, 2008

  Times:
  The Petrified Forest:
  Sat-Sun: 4:15pm & 7:30pm
  
  Bordertown:
  Sat-Sun: 5:50pm & 9:05pm

• Venue Info

  Stanford Theatre

  221 University Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94301

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  Street parking is available but hard to come by. There are two large public parking structures within two blocks of the theatre. One is on Bryant Street, in the first block north of University Avenue. The other is on High Street, in the first block south of University Avenue.

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