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THIS WEEK'S DC LABORFEST EVENTS...
THE WHISTLE AT EATON FALLS
Sat, May 14, 5:30 p.m.; Mon, May 16, 12:45 p.m.; Wed, May 18, 12:45 p.m. AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Tickets: bit.ly/DCLaborFilmFest2022 AFI Member passes accepted. AFI Member discount available for union members (must present union card). Following its world premiere at last year's TCM Classic Film Festival, we're excited to present Flicker Alley's new restoration of Robert Siodmak's rarely seen labor-ific 1951 drama THE WHISTLE AT EATON FALLS. When young union leader Brad Adams (Lloyd Bridges) is reluctantly appointed president of a failing plastics manufacturing plant in a small New Hampshire town, he finds himself with the unenviable task of cutting costs, bringing in new labor-saving machinery and laying off employees, all while simultaneously calming labor relations. Meanwhile, the plant's recently widowed owner Mrs. Doubleday (Dorothy Gish in a rare sound-era performance) is forced to consider selling the company. The stellar supporting cast includes Ernest Borgnine (in his debut film role), Anne Francis, Arthur O'Connell, Anne Seymour, Carleton Carpenter, Parker Fennelly, Russell Hardie, Doro Merande and James Westerfield. DIR Robert Siodmak; SCR Lemist Esler, Virginia Shaler; PROD Louis De Rochemont. U.S., 1951, b&w, 96 min. NOT RATED NINE TO FIVE
Sun, May 15, 5:10 p.m.; Tue, May 17, 12:30 p.m. AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Tickets: bit.ly/DCLaborFilmFest2022 AFI Member passes accepted. AFI Member discount available for union members (must present union card). In this hilarious caper, three working women (Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton) live out their fantasy of getting even with their "sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot" boss (Dabney Coleman). Undervalued and underpaid, the secretaries take over the office and implement flex time, day care, equal pay and more. A major box office success (the film grossed more than $100M), the film inspired a TV sitcom of the same name as well as a Broadway musical. DIR/SCR Colin Higgins; SCR Patricia Resnick; PROD Bruce Gilbert. U.S., 1980, 110 min. RATED PG |
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Metro Washington Council AFL-CIO
American Film Institute
PREMIERE SPONSORS
American Income Life
IFPTE * NNU
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