Marilyn Goes Noir & Gangland Goodies: Paramount Summer Classic Film Series Continues

It just doesn't get darker than this. The Paramount Theatre's summer classic film series continues this week with some rough 'n tumble gangsta films and crime classics, featuring stars from Marilyn Monroe to Warren Beatty to Barbara Stanwyck to Al Pacino. People may say our society's been getting more violent, but you'll definitely be shaking in your seat at these old-school thrillers.

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THE ASPHALT JUNGLE

Monday, July 2 @ 9:20 pm
Thursday, July 5 @ 7 pm

John Huston directs Marilyn Monroe, Sterling Hyaden, James Whitmore, and others in the tale of an ex-con plotting a jewelry store heist. The robbery appears to go off without a hitch, but the plan falls apart faster than a broken string of pearls. Bullets and baubles fly as characters battle to survive.

CLASH BY NIGHT

Monday, July 2 @ 7 pm
Thursday, July 5 @ 9:20 pm

Barbara Stanwyck plays an unhappy housewife, lusting after a man who's not her husband and setting a bad example for her brother's love interest.

WHITE HEAT

Friday, July 6 @ 9:15 pm
Sunday, July 8 @ 2 pm

James Cagney plays an ex-con with a raging Oedipus complex who leads a gang of outlaws that's eventually infiltrated by an undercover cop. "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!"

BONNIE & CLYDE

Friday, July 6 @ 7 pm
Sunday, July 8 @ 4:30 pm

They're young. They're in love. They rob banks. Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway did it up right way before Jay-Z and Beyonce. This story of the infamous bank robbers was filmed near Dallas, and reached new levels of violence in movies.

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