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The Wormwood Star (1947) by Curtis Harrington

Sunday, October 31, 1982, 8:00 pm

The Films of Curtis Harrington

With Mr. Harrington in Person

SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE

800 Chestnut Street

San Francisco, CA, 94133

A Halloween Special

Films: Fragment Of Seeking (1946); The Wormwood Star (1947); On The Edge (1949); The Assignation (1953); What’s The Matter With Helen? (1967), with Debbie Reynolds, Shelley Winters, and Dennis Weaver.

Perhaps more than any director in recent years, Curtis Harrington’s film achieve disturbing states of psychological terror and the macabre. From his early short surreal narratives through the tour de-force What’s The Matter with Helen?, Harington displays a mastery of craft and vision truly rare in the dramatic cinema.