Date and Time
- Friday, Feb 6, 2026 6:45pm
Details
Special Features: 80th Anniversary | Intro by Silver Spring-based author, producer and screenwriter George Pelecanos on Feb. 6
Young Paul Boray fights his way out of the New York ghetto not with his fists but with the hands — and heart — of a virtuoso violinist. His meteoric rise is funded by arts patron Helen Wright who, despite being married, falls desperately in love with her protégé. This film is that rarest of Hollywood offerings: a concoction of archly melodramatic artifice that is profoundly affecting. It features a mesmerizing turn by John Garfield and perhaps the most deeply felt performance of Joan Crawford’s legendary career.
