Now Showing - November 2019
Our monthly listing of classic films in theaters, Costume-Design Exhibitions and more;
click on the venue for tickets or information.
Films on the Big Screen
Costume Exhibitions
Signings & Events
Thru Dec. 22 - Allentown, PA
“Designing Hollywood: Golden Age Costumes from the Gene London Cinema Collection"
Costumes worn by Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Elizabeth Taylor and other stars of Hollywood’s golden era are seen in this exhibit of roughly 60 pieces from the private collection of Gene London.
showing at Allentown Art Museum
Until January 2020 - London
“Always Audrey: Six Iconic Photographers. One Legendary Star"
An exhibition of images taken throughout Audrey Hepburn’s life and career by photographers that include Milton H. Greene, Douglas Kirkland and Terry O’Neill. In conjunction with the just-released book of the same name.
showing at The Iconic Images Gallery
Thru 1/4/20 - New York, NY
“Paris, Capital of Fashion”
This exploration of the craft of Parisian couture features roughly 100 items dating back to the 18th century, and also includes this Adrian costume worn by Gladys George in 1938’s Marie Antoinette.
showing at The Museum at FIT
Thru 1/12/20 - Pittsburgh, PA
“Katharine Hepburn: Dressed for Stage & Screen”
Costumes spanning five decades of Hepburn’s career in theater and on film, including pieces by Walter Plunkett (below), Edith Head and Irene Lentz, as well as memorabilia, photographs and pieces from her personal wardrobe. Through Jan. 12, 2020.
showing at The Frick Pittsburgh
Thru 3/8/20 - Avalon, CA
“Esther Williams: The Swimming Queen of the Silver Screen”
Movie memorabilia, costumes, photographs and never-before-seen home movies showcasing the life and career of Esther Williams.
showing at Catalina Island Museum
Nov. 1-2 - Beverly Hills, CA
“Property from the Collection of Olivia Newton-John”
Public Exhibition Oct. 28 through Nov. 1
Live and online auction Saturday, Nov. 2
More than 500 items from Olivia Newton-John’s archives, from personal items to film costumes, including her iconic leather jacket and pants from the final scene of 1978’s Grease.
showing at Julien’s Auctions
Nov. 1-3 - Cincinnati, OH
Double Indemnity (1944)
Starring Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray
Directed by Billy Wilder
Costumes by Edith Head
showing at the Esquire Theatre
Nov. 1-3 - New York, NY
The Thin Man (1934)
Starring William Powell and Myrna Loy
Directed by W.S. Van Dyke
Costumes by Dolly Tree
showing at IFC Center
Nov. 2 - Portland, OR
Criss Cross (1949)
Starring Burt Lancaster and Yvonne De Carlo
Directed by Robert Siodmak
Costumes by Yvonne Wood
showing at The Hollywood Theatre
Nov. 3 - New York, NY
Dial M for Murder (1954)
Starring Grace Kelly and Ray Milland
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Costumes by Moss Mabry
showing at the Metrograph
Nov. 4 - Greenbelt, MD
The Apartment (1960)
Starring Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine
Directed by Billy Wilder
Costumes by Irene Caine and Forrest T. Butler
showing at Old Greenbelt Theater
11/4-5 - Columbia Heights, MD
Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
Starring Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds
Directed by Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly
Costumes by Walter Plunkett
showing at The Heights Theater
Nov. 5 - Ann Arbor, MI
Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
Starring Emmanuelle Riva and Eiji Okada
Directed by Alain Resnais
Costumes by Gerard Collery
showing at The State Theatre
Nov. 5 - Dallas, TX
What’s Up, Doc? (1972)
Starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan O’Neal
Directed by Peter Bogdanovich
Costumes by Polly Platt
showing at the Landmark Magnolia
Nov. 5 - Orem, UT
Night and Day (1946)
Starring Cary Grant and Alexis Smith
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Costumes by Milo Anderson and Travilla
showing at SCERA Center for the Arts
Nov. 5 - Seattle, WA
Vertigo (1958) in 70MM
Starring James Stewart and Kim Novak
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Costumes by Edith Head
showing at Seattle Cinerama
Nov. 5 - Toronto, Canada
“The Magic of the Ruby Slippers”
Bata Shoe Museum senior curator Elizabeth Semmelhack hosts a discussion with Ryan Lintelman, curator, and Dawn Wallace, objects conservator, from the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History, to discuss the history and conservation of the iconic ruby slippers. The lecture will be preceded by a screening of The Wizard of Oz.
Nov. 6 - Washington, D.C.
Death in Venice (1971)
Starring Dirk Bogarde and Björn Andrésen
Directed by Luchino Visconti
Costumes by Piero Tosi
showing at Landmark West End
Nov. 7 - New York, NY
Underworld (1927)
Starring George Bancroft and Evelyn Brent
Directed by Josef von Sternberg
Costumes by Travis Banton
showing at MoMA
Nov. 7 - Spencer, IN
The Misfits (1961)
Starring Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe
Directed by John Huston
Costumes by Jean Louis
showing at Tivoli Theatre
Nov. 9 - Cleveland, OH
A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
Starring The Beatles
Directed by Richard Lester
Costumes by Julie Harris
showing at Cleveland Institute of Art
Nov. 9-21 - Omaha, NE
The Kid (1921)
Starring Charles Chaplin and Jackie Coogan
Directed by Charles Chaplin
Wardrobe by Mother Vinot
showing at Dundee Theater
Nov. 10 & 13 - New Orleans, LA
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Starring Joel McCrea and Laraine Day
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
showing at the Prytania Theatre
Nov. 11-12/16-17 - Santa Ana, CA
Taxi Driver (1976)
Starring Robert De Niro and Jodie Foster
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Costumes by Ruth Morley
showing at The Frida Cinema
Nov. 12 - Atlanta, GA
The Magnificent Ambersons (1976)
Starring Tim Holt, Anne Baxter and Joseph Cotten
Directed by Orson Welles
Costumes by Edward Stevenson
showing at Midtown Art Cinema
Nov. 12 - Coral Gables, FL
Swing Time (1936)
Starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Directed by George Stevens
Costumes by Bernard Newman
showing at Coral Gables Art Cinema
Nov. 12 - Dallas, TX
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Starring Gregory Peck and Mary Badham
Directed by Robert Mulligan
Costumes by Rosemary Odell
showing at Landmark Magnolia
Nov. 13 - Traverse City, MI
Le Mans (1971)
Starring Steve McQueen and Elga Anderson
Directed by Lee H. Katzin
Costumes by Phil Abramson and Ray Summers
showing at State Theatre
Nov. 15 - Durham, NC
Night and the City (1950)
Starring Richard Widmark and Gene Tierney
Directed by Jules Dassin
Tierney’s costumes by Oleg Cassini
and The Blue Dahlia (1946)
Starring Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake
Directed by George Marshall
Costumes by Edith Head
showing at The Carolina Theatre
Nov. 15-16 - Denver, CO
Easy Rider (1969)
Starring Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper
Directed by Dennis Hopper
showing at Landmark Esquire
Nov. 15-21 - Silver Spring, MD
Preston Sturges Showcase
Easy Living (1937), The Lady Eve (1941), The Palm Beach Story (1942) and Sullivan’s Travels (1941)
showing at AFI Silver
Nov. 16 - Hollywood, CA
Spellbound (1945)
Starring Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Bergman’s costumes by Howard Greer
and Rebecca (1940)
Starring Joan Fontaine and Laurence Olivier
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
showing at The Egyptian Theatre
Nov. 16 - Brooklyn, NY
All That Heaven Allows (1955)
Starring Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson
Directed by Douglas Sirk
Costumes by Bill Thomas
showing at Nitehawk Cinema
Nov. 16 - Detroit, MI
South Pacific (1958)
Starring Rossano Brazzi and Mitzi Gaynor
Directed by Joshua Logan
Costumes by Dorothy Jeakins
showing at Redford Theatre
Nov. 17 - Hollywood, CA
Laura (1944)
Starring Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews
Directed by Otto Preminger
Costumes by Bonnie Cashin
showing at The Egyptian Theatre
Nov. 17 - Savannah, GA
Funny Face (1957)
Starring Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire
Directed by Stanley Donen
Hepburn’s costumes by Hubert de Givenchy
showing at Lucas Theatre for the Arts
Nov. 17 & 20 - New Orleans, LA
The Graduate (1967)
Starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft
Directed by Mike Nichols
Costumes by Patricia Zipprodt
showing at the Prytania Theatre
Nov. 18 - Dagsboro, DE
Funny Girl (1968)
Starring Barbra Streisand and Omar Sharif
Directed by William Wyler
Streisand’s costumes by Irene Sharaff
showing at The Clayton Theatre
Nov. 19 - Cincinnati, OH
Citizen Kane (1941)
Starring Orson Welles and Joseph Cotten
Directed by Orson Welles
Costumes by Edward Stevenson
showing at Esquire Theatre
Nov. 20 - Los Angeles, CA
The Big Sleep (1941)
Starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall
Directed by Howard Hawks
Costumes by Leah Rhodes
showing at New Beverly Cinema
Nov. 23 - Cambridge, MA
“Hollywood Whodunnits” Triple Feature
Meet Nero Wolfe (1936)
Starring Edward Arnold and Dennie Moore
Directed by Herbert J. Biberman
Costumes by Lon Anthony
The Kennel Murder Case (1933)
Starring William Powell and Mary Astor
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Costumes by Orry-Kelly
and The Thin Man (1933)
Starring William Powell and Myrna Loy
Directed by W.S. Van Dyke
Costumes by Dolly Tree
showing at The Brattle
Nov. 23 - Chicago, IL
Lover Come Back (1941)
Starring Doris Day and Rock Hudson
Directed by Delbert Mann
Day’s costumes by Irene Lentz
showing at Music Box Theatre
Nov. 23 - London, UK
Casablanca (1942)
Starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Costumes by Orry-Kelly
showing at The Prince Charles Theatre
Nov. 24 - Missoula, MT
West Side Story (1961)
Starring Natalie Wood and Richard Beymer
Directed by Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise
Costumes by Irene Sharaff
showing at The Roxy Theater
Nov. 24 - Nashville, TN
The Public Enemy (1931)
Starring James Cagney and Jean Harlow
Directed by William A. Wellman
Costumes by Edward Stevenson
showing at The Belcourt
Nov. 25 - Ann Arbor, MI
His Girl Friday (1940)
Starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell
Directed by Howard Hawks
Costumes by Robert Kalloch
showing at State Theatre
Nov. 25 - New York, NY
Splendor in the Grass (1961)
Starring Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty
Directed by Elia Kazan
Costumes by Anna Hill Johnstone
showing at Village East Cinema
Nov. 27 - New York, NY
Anna Christie (1930)
Starring Greta Garbo and Charles Bickford
Directed by Clarence Brown
Costumes by Adrian
showing at MoMA
Nov. 27 - New York, NY
“In Pursuit of Fashion: The Sandy Schreier Collection”
Legendary costume designer Gilbert Adrian (a gown from his Fall 1945 collection is seen here) is featured alongside designs by Cristobal Balenciaga, Gabrielle Chanel, Christian Dior and others in this showcase of one of America’s most influential collectors of fashion. On exhibit through May 17, 2020.
Nov. 27-30 - New York, NY
North by Northwest (1959)
Starring Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Wardrobe by Harry Kress
showing at IFC Center
Nov. 28-30 - Cambridge, MA
“Give Thanks for Bogie” Double Feature
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Starring Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor
Directed by John Huston
Costumes by Orry-Kelly
and Casablanca (1942)
Starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Costumes by Orry-Kelly
showing at The Brattle
Nov. 29 - Santa Monica, CA
Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
Starring Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds
Directed by Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly
Costumes by Walter Plunkett
showing at Aero Theatre
Nov. 29-30 - Minneapolis, MN
The Sound of Music (1965)
Starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer
Directed by Robert Wise
Costumes by Dorothy Jeakins
showing at Riverview Theater
Nov. 30 - New York, NY
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Starring Gregory Peck and Mary Badham
Directed by Robert Mulligan
Costumes by Rosemary Odell
showing at Film Forum