Dryden Theatre rings in the New Year with classic Hollywood double feature

Easy Living and Remember the Night feature feel-good romance and laugh-out-loud comedy

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The Dryden Theatre at George Eastman House will end the year laughing with a double feature of classic romantic comedies on New Year's Eve — Easy Living starting at 7 p.m., and Remember the Night beginning at 8:45 p.m. Both movies are from Hollywood's Golden Age, written by legendary filmmaker Preston Sturges and directed by Mitchell Leisen.

This double feature on Wednesday, Dec. 31, begins the News Year's Eve fun with the 1937 screwball gem Easy Living, where Jean Arthur plays a working-class girl who gets a face full of fur when a fed-up, wealthy financier (Edward Arnold) throws his wife's new, expensive sable coat out the window. Soon, the leading lady finds romance in the arms of the rich man's son (Ray Milland).

Directly following the first film, Remember the Night (1940) takes the screen, starring Barbara Stanwyck as a chronic shoplifter and Fred MacMurray as a prosecutor, who takes her home for the holidays to keep her out of jail. Her encounter with the lawyer's wholesome family, culminating on a memorable New Year's Eve, begins to change her perspective on a life of crime.

Admission is $7 general admission and $5 students and members. (Please note, no Take-10 tickets or passes accepted.) Advance tickets are available at dryden.eastmanhouse.org, the Eastman House admissions desk, Dryden Theatre box office, or (585) 271-3361 ext. 218.

For more information visit dryden.eastmanhouse.org or call (585) 271-4090.

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