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Anatomy of a Murder (1959) & Bell, Book and Candle (1958)

Stanford Theatre

August 23-August 26, 2008

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Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

Frederick Manion (Ben Gazzara), a lieutenant in the army, is arrested for the murder of a bartender, Barney Quill. He claims, in his defense, that the victim had raped and beaten up his wife Laura (Lee Remick). Although Laura supports her husband's story, the police surgeon can find no evidence that she has been raped. Manion is defended by Paul Biegler (James Stewart), a rather humble small-town lawyer. During the course of interviews, Biegler discovers that Manion is violently possessive and jealous, and also that his wife has a reputation for giving her favors to other men. Biegler realizes that the prosecution will try to make the court believe that Laura was the lover of the bartender and than Manion killed him and beat her up when he discovered them together. Manion pleads "not guilty" and Biegler, who knows that his case is weak, sets his assistants to try to find a witness who will save Manion.

Bell, Book and Candle (1958)

Gillian Holroyd (Kim Novak) is just your average, modern-day, witch, living in a New York apartment with her Siamese familiar, Pyewacket. But one day a handsome publisher, Shep Henderson (James Stewart) walks into her building and Gillian decides she wants him--especially as it turns out he's marrying Merle Kittridge (Janice Rule), an old poison penpal from Gillian's college days. So, Gillian casts a spell over Shep. But her powers are in danger of being exorcised by something stronger than the bell-book-and-candle routine: Love.

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  Tickets: $5-$7

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• Dates & Times

  Dates:
  August 23-August 26, 2008

  Times:
  Anatomy of a Murder:
  Sat-Sun: 2:45pm & 7:30pm
  Mon-Tue: 7:30pm
  
  Bell, Book and Candle:
  Sat-Tue: 5:35pm & 10:20pm

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  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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