A Tale of Two Cities

In-person: Live dramatic reading of an excerpt of "The Devil Finds Work."

Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the box office. Seats are assigned on a first come, first served basis. The box office opens one hour before the event.

A Tale of Two Cities

U.S., 1936

In this sweeping 1935 adaptation of Charles Dickens’ novel of the same name, Ronald Colman stars as Sydney Carton, a disillusioned lawyer who makes a redemptive sacrifice during the French Revolution. James Baldwin read the novel numerous times before his teacher Bill Miller took him to see the film. He was haunted by its final scene, an image he would carry with him for life.—Public Programmer Beandrea July

DCP, b&w, 123 min. Director: Jack Conway. Screenwriters: W. P. Lipscomb, S. N. Behrman. With: Ronald Colman, Elizabeth Allan.