“So the lunatics have taken charge of the asylum,” groused Metro Pictures President Richard A. Rowland when Hollywood giants Charles Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith formed United Artists in 1919—a step they took “to protect the great motion picture public from threatening combinations and trusts that would force upon them mediocre productions and machine-made entertainment.” United Artists quickly became a haven for creatively independent filmmakers—Gloria Swanson, Paramount’s biggest star at the time, turned down the studio’s offer to double her salary so that she could join UA as a producer! In its illustrious history, United Artists has been home to such brilliant talents as Buster Keaton, Stanley Kubrick, John Schlesinger, Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, and many others. Our tribute spans the mid-’50s to 1980—when UA was at the heights of its powers—with many beautiful new 35mm prints. Happy Anniversary United Artists!

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Films

The Thomas Crown Affair
Directed by Norman Jewison
1968, 102 min. New 35mm print!

The Great Escape
Directed by John Sturges
1963, 172 min.

Marty
Directed by Delbert Mann
1955, 94 min.

In the Heat of the Night
Directed by Norman Jewison
1967, 109 min.

The Night of the Hunter
Directed by Charles Laughton
1955, 93 min.

Annie Hall
Directed by Woody Allen
1977, 93 min. New 35mm print!

Manhattan
Directed by Woody Allen
1977, 93 min.

West Side Story
Directed by Jerome Robbins & Robert Wise
1961, 152 min. New 35mm print!

Some Like It Hot
Directed by Billy Wilder
1959, 120 min. New 35mm print!

The Apartment
Directed by Billy Wilder
1960, 125 min.

Judgment at Nuremberg
Directed by Stanley Kramer
1961, 186 min.

The Last Waltz
Directed by Martin Scorsese
1978, 117 min.

The Magnificent Seven
Directed by John Sturges
1960, 128 min. New 35mm print!

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Midnight Cowboy
Directed by John Schlesinger
1969, 113 min. New 35mm print!

Raging Bull
Directed by Martin Scorsese
1980, 129 min. New 35mm print!

Dr. No
Directed by Terence Young
1962, 110 min. New 35mm print!

Goldfinger
Directed by Guy Hamilton
1964, 110 min. New 35mm print!

The Manchurian Candidate
Directed by John Frankenheimer
1962, 126 min.

Last Tango in Paris
Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci
1972, 126 min.

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Directed by Sergio Leone
1967, 179 min.

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