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The Lady at 100: Columbia Classics from the Locarno Film Festival
April 16, 2025 – May 24, 2025
The Museum of Modern Art
In celebration of Columbia Pictures’ centennial, MoMA and the Locarno Film Festival present a series tracing the evolution of Hollywood’s scrappiest major studio. From the Oscar-winning breakthrough of Frank Capra’s It Happened One Night (1934) to the digital-age ambiguities of David Fincher’s The Social Network (2010), the 30 newly restored films in this program illuminate Columbia’s transformation from a “Poverty Row” outfit to a major industry force, highlighting how the studio balanced commercial imperatives with artistic ambition. Under Harry Cohn’s decisive leadership, Columbia came to prominence by fostering distinctive voices like Capra, Howard Hawks, and Budd Boetticher, while nurturing stars from Jean Arthur to Judy Holliday.
Screening schedule and program notes can be found here.
Organized by Dave Kehr, Curator, and Steve Macfarlane, Department Assistant, Department of Film, based on a program curated for the Locarno Film Festival by Ehsan Khoshbakht.
Film at MoMA is made possible by CHANEL.
Additional support is provided by the Annual Film Fund. Leadership support for the Annual Film Fund is provided by Debra and Leon D. Black, with major funding from The Contemporary Arts Council of The Museum of Modern Art, The International Council of The Museum of Modern Art, Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder, the Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP), and The Young Patrons Council of The Museum of Modern Art.
Images
Gilda. 1946. USA. Directed by Charles Vidor. Image courtesy Photofest
Address Unknown. 1944. USA. Directed by William Cameron Menzies. Courtesy of MoMA Film Stills Archive
All the King’s Men. 1949. USA. Directed by Robert Rossen. Courtesy of Photofest
The Big Heat. 1953. USA. Directed by Fritz Lang. Courtesy of Photofest
Bonjour Tristesse. 1958. USA/UK. Directed by Otto Preminger. Courtesy of Photofest
The Brave Bulls. 1951. USA. Directed by Robert Rossen. Courtesy of Photofest
Cover Girl. 1944. USA. Directed by Charles Vidor. Courtesy MoMA Film Stills Archive
Craig’s Wife. 1936. USA. Directed by Dorothy Arzner. Courtesy of MoMA Film Stills Archive
Drive a Crooked Road. 1954. USA. Directed by Richard Quine. Courtesy of Photofest
First Comes Courage. 1943. USA. Directed by Dorothy Arzner. Courtesy of MoMA Film Stills Archive.
His Girl Friday. 1940. USA. Courtesy of Photofest
If You Could Only Cook. 1935. USA. Directed by William A. Seiter. Courtesy of Photofest
In a Lonely Place. 1950. USA. Directed by Nicholas Ray. Courtesy of Photofest
Ishtar. 1987. USA. Written and directed by Elaine May. Courtesy of Photofest
It Happened One Night. 1934. USA. Directed by Frank Capra. Courtesy of Photofest
The Lady from Shanghai. 1947. USA. Directed by Orson Welles. Courtesy of Photofest
The Last Picture Show. 1971. USA. Directed by Peter Bogdanovich. Courtesy of Photofest
The Long Gray Line. 1955. USA. Directed by John Ford. Courtesy of Photofest
The Marrying Kind. 1952. USA. Directed by George Cukor. Courtesy of Photofest
The Man from Laramie. 1955. USA. Directed by Anthony Mann. Courtesy of Photofest
The More the Merrier. 1943. USA. Directed by George Stevens. Courtesy of Photofest
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town. 1936. USA. Directed by Frank Capra. Courtesy of Photofest
Night of the Demon. 1957. UK/USA. Directed by Jacques Tourneur. Courtesy of Photofest
Only Angels Have Wings. 1939. USA. Directed by Howard Hawks. Courtesy of Photofest
Ride Lonesome. 1959. USA. Directed by Budd Boetticher. Courtesy of Photofest
The Sniper. 1952. USA. Directed by Edward Dmytryk. Courtesy of Photofest
The Social Network. 2010. USA. Directed by David Fincher. Courtesy of Photofest
Taxi Driver. 1976. USA. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Courtesy of Photofest
Twentieth Century. 1934. USA. Directed by Howard Hawks. Courtesy of Photofest