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Showtimes
Saturday, July 20
6:30pm – Doors Open
7:00pm – Live Music
7:30pm – Film Screening
Ticketing
Ticket includes 1 drink token
$25 /General Admission
$21 /FACETS Members
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“Strikingly stylized bootlegging yarn, more romance than gangster movie, said to have been an Al Capone favorite” – Time Out
On Saturday, July 20th, our not-so-secret Speakeasy Cinema series, programmed by Raul Benitez, presents a screening of the trailblazing pre-code gangster film City Streets (1931) starring Gary Cooper and Sylvia Sidney.
Nominated as one of the 10 Best Gangster films by the American Film Institute, Rouben Mamoulian’s City Streets (1931) is a Pre-Code crime film about a racketeer’s daughter, Nan (Sidney), who falls in love with a shooting gallery showman known as The Kid (Cooper). When Nan gets caught up in a murder plot and goes to prison, The Kid must turn to a life of crime to save her. This was the first film to be told from the point of view of the female lead, the first film to use voice over, and the first film to use a moving camera.
Directed by Rouben Mamoulian, United States, 1931, 83 minutes
Festivals, Awards, & Nominations
Winner – Top Ten Films, National Board of Review 1931
SPEAKEASY CINEMA
Every third Saturday of the month, this cozy cabaret-style screening treats Chicago film fans to Prohibition-era films, craft cocktails, and live jazz vibes. Get ready for classic gangster flicks handpicked by Raul Benitez, live jazz tunes by Alchemist Connections, and mouthwatering house-made Old Fashioneds that’ll have you purring “the bee’s knees.” Learn more about this monthly series here.
