I’M GOING UNIVERSAL NEXT MONTH
I am proud and delighted to report that I am programming and hosting a series of six rarely-seen Universal Pictures from the 1930s next month at Quentin Tarantino’s New Beverly Theatre. From Friday to Sunday, September 20-22, I will be introducing 35mm prints of films that, for the most part, haven’t been shown on television or released on home video. (Needless to add—but I will—they aren’t streaming, either.) There are some real discoveries here and a chance to see some fine work from both sides of the camera. The series begins with George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart’s sublime satire of Hollywood in the early-talkie era, Once in a Lifetime (1932), starring Aline MacMahon, Russell Hopton, and Jack Oakie. It opens with a message from Universal chief…