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The Film Programs of the Detroit Film Theatre, Michigan Theater, and Redford Theatre
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Looking Back
March 1981
Step back in time to see what area movie theaters were presenting in March 1981. Film titles are linked to the Internet Movie Database.
For more information about these theaters, see Cinema Treasures or Water Winter Wonderland.
The
Detroit Film Theatre spanned the globe with films from Japan (Empire
of Passion), Germany (The
Left-Handed Woman) and Brazil (Bye
Bye Brazil). Movie critic Jack Mathews of the Detroit Free
Press described Bye Bye Brazil as "uplifting, life-affirming
and frequently very funny in the midst of its melancholy tale."
The
DFT also showed Tristana,
directed by Spanish surrealist Luis Buñuel. On Sundays, DFT visitors
enjoyed a series of 3-D movies, including Phantom
of the Rue Morgue, Creature
from the Black Lagoon, and a martial arts film, Dynasty.
The
Classic Film Theatre of the Michigan Theatre (not yet "er") treated
Ann Arbor audiences to such films as Jules
and Jim (1962, France), The
Quiet Man (1952), The
Godfather: Part II (1974) and George (Star
Wars) Lucas's 1971 science fiction film, THX
1138. The CFT also presented a feature length package of Warner
Brothers Cartoon Comedies on Saturday, March 7.
The
Michigan provided space for other film organizations, including the Motor
City Theatre Organ Society (A
Streetcar Named Desire), the Michigan Community Theatre Foundation
(On the
Town), the Cinema Guild (The
Pink Panther) and the Ann Arbor Film Co-op (Rebecca).
At
the Redford, film lovers admired Busby Berkeley's dramatic choreography
in Gold
Diggers of 1933. With the Academy Awards show coming up, Redford
audiences enjoyed Humphrey Bogart's Oscar-winning performance in The
African Queen (1951). In between the movies, internationally known
organist Hector
Olivera performed on March 14.
