RARE PRINTS: PRIVATE LIVES (1931) ON 35MM

April 10, 11 & 13, 2025
Rare Prints:
Private Lives on 35mm
Introduced by Olympia Film Society’s Director of Programming, Rob Patrick, on 4/10
A rarely screened 35mm print from the Warner archives. True wit meets marital grit in this timeless Noel Coward comedy about two bon vivants who can’t live without – or with – each other. Montgomery was never more suave and Shearer never more slinky than in this pinnacle of the sophisticated comedy.
Dir: Sidney Franklin / 1931 / US / 84 min

“A dazzling success.” – Pauline Kael, New Yorker

“Norma Shearer is having fun in this one – angrily fluffing pillows, tossing cigarettes into cocktail glasses, snapping her fingers in Robert Montgomery’s face – it’s all fever and frivolity. One of the most underseen and underappreciated of the pre-code comedies.” – Rob Patrick, Olympia Film Society’s Director of Programming

SCREENING: THU 4/10 7PM (Introduced by Rob Patrick); FRI 4/11 4PM; SUN 4/13 7PM

$13 GA & $10 OFS. Tickets are available at the box office 30 minutes before showtimes.