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The Intruder
(1962) Directed by Roger Corman
April 19 - Saturday - 3:00 p.m.
Adam Cramer (William Shatner) is a white-supremacist agitator who arrives in a Southern town on the eve
of racial integration, winning over the townsfolk with his slick message of hate. But when a local newspaper
editor begins pushing back, Cramer's campaign of terror spins out of control. Self-produced after no com-
pany wanted to touch its controversial subject matter, The Intruder was a rare box-office failure for Corman.
Yet it remains not only one of his finest films, but one of the first movies to address the civil rights struggle
head-on. (35mm. 84 min. Not rated.)
Director Roger Corman is scheduled to be present.
The Tomb of Ligeia
(1965) Directed by Roger Corman
April 19 - Saturday - 6:30 p.m.
The final film in Roger Corman's gothic cycle of Poe adaptations, The Tomb of Ligeia stars Vincent Price
as a melancholy nobleman haunted by the memory of his wife Ligeia, whom he suspects is not truly dead
but now inhabiting the body of his black cat. Sure enough, when Price hastily remarries a younger woman
bearing a strange resemblance to his first wife, Ligeia's vengeful spirit returns to torment him. With its lav-
ish production design and a moody script by future Chinatown scribe Robert Towne, the film remains a fan
favorite. (35mm. 81 min. Not rated.)
Director Roger Corman is scheduled to be present.
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Jorgensen Guest
Filmmaker Lecture with
Roger Corman
April 18 - Friday - 3:00 p.m.