John Calvert Movie Double Feature.   Mr. Calvert will perform at the Strand on Saturday October 16, 2010.   In anticipation of his visit, the Strand is showing many of his films.

7:00 pm    All Seats $4.00

AUGUST 27, 2010 —-

RETURN OF THE DURANGO KID 1945

It is Texas in 1875 and Kirby’s gang continues to rob the stage. But now, the Durango Kid, robs Kirby’s gang and returns the money to Mrs. Bancroft of the stage line. After that, he foils or robs the gang every time they try to make a heist. But Bill is really looking for evidence to clear the name of his dead father, the real Durango Kid.

APPOINTMENT WITH MURDER 1948

The Falcon is hired by an insurance company to recover two stolen paintings, a job that takes him across the country and then across the Atlantic to Italy. Before he knows it, his investigation leads him into a world of double-crosses and big-time art fraud.

AUGUST 28, 2010 —–

SEARCH FOR DANGER 1949

Murders of a rival private eye and a suspected thief draw the attention of The Falcon.

DEVIL’S CARGO 1948

The handsome and urbane John Calvert gives a tough yet breezy performance as Hollywood private eye Michael Waring – code named “The Falcon” . Although Calvert possessed a polished and charismatic screen presence and appeared in nearly 30 films for RKO and Columbia his first love remained the art of magic through which he became an international variety star.