Leave Her to Heaven
Academy Color Restorations

This is a rare breed- a Technicolor film noir- and it's a doozy, starring Gene Tierney as a beautiful socialite who marries writer Cornel Wilde and ruthlessly eliminates anyone who might compete for his affections. This delirious melodrama of amour fou won an Oscar for Leon Shamroy's cinematography, which, in the words of Time Out's Tom Milne, "makes each image a purring pleasure on the eye." With Vincent Price, Jeanne Crain. Writer: Jo Swerling. Director: John M. Stahl. (US 1945) 110 min.

Michael Pogorzelski, Director of the Academy Film Archive, will introduce this screening. Following the film, he will present a brief demonstration on the restoration process. Leave Her to Heaven was restored by Twentieth Century-Fox and the Academy Film Archive with funding from The Film Foundation.

Academy Color Restorations

Presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
in association with the California Film Institute

As part of our ongoing partnership with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, we are pleased to present three films recently restored by the Academy in cooperation with The Film Foundation and other organizations. Smith Rafael Film Center audiences have a rare opportunity to enjoy beautiful new color prints from the Academy Archive. These presentations at the Rafael have been produced by Ellen M. Harrington for the Academy and Richard Peterson for California Film Institute.