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Leopold Classics: A bimonthly series of classic Hollywood films.

The Leopold Retirement Residence is an assisted living and retirement community located in downtown Bellingham, Washington. Under local ownership, this charming building has been painstakingly restored to its original turn of the century glory and is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Leopold’s mission is to make retirement living easy and enjoyable. It encourages community interaction and offers a variety of activities including sponsoring this long running series of classic film favorites.

The Leopold residents and staff are invited to see the films with free admission. The Leopold’s sponsorship also allows PFC to offer tickets to all seniors at greatly reduced rates--$3 for anyone over age 52. Each 6-month (bi-monthly) series highlights an actor, a director or other distinguishing feature. Past series have included Ernst Lubitsch, William Powell, Marlon Brando, and many others. Each limited edition poster includes an iconic image of featured cinematic heroes.

Samuel Fuller Series: Forty Guns

 Showing at Pickford Pickford
  • Thu. 3/15 TBD

79 minutes • 1957 • USA • In English • Unrated

Leopold Classic Series

"Here is Sam Fuller in top gear, as writer, director and producer, with a Western that is solidly crafted and brilliantly cast. Barbara Stanwyck is at her peak, although her peak lasted decades" Andrew L. Urban, Urban Cinefile

Cult hero Samuel Fuller wrote and directed this visually inventive western, which didn't fare well with American audiences but earned a potent reputation with European cineastes. Jessica Drummond (Barbara Stanwyck) is a despotic landowner who, with a posse of hired guns, has made herself the law of Cochise County, Arizona, with the weak-willed sheriff Ned Logan (Dean Jagger) knuckling under to her demands. One day, Griff Bonnell (Barry Sullivan), a one-time gunfighter turned United States Marshall, arrives with his brothers Wes (Gene Barry) and Chico (Robert Dix) to restore democratic law and order to Cochise County. Griff soon tangles with Drummond's brother Brockie (John Ericson), though Jessica is attracted to the new lawman, and Griff finds love with female gunsmith Louvenia Spangler (Eve Brent). Griff and Louvenia marry, but on their wedding day, Brockie murders Wes, and Griff, who takes pride in the fact that he has never fired his gun since becoming a marshal, must now break his vow of non-violence.