On 06/14 the San Francisco Museum & Historical Society will honor actress Kim Novak with its "Cinema Icon" award

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Thursday, June 14

The Old Mint
88 Fifth Street at Mission

Actress Kim Novak, the star of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1958 classic San Francisco thriller Vertigo, will receive the San Francisco Cinematic Icon Award at this year’s Standing Ovations. The magnificent Old Mint will once again open its doors for a unique, one-night only experience. Guests will enjoy an unforgettable evening with cocktails, and a fabulous dinner.

See the Standing Ovations website for details and ticketing.

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Author Eddie [Muller] will host this grand evening celebrating the star of the greatest of all San Francisco  movies: " Vertigo..."

Film Description:

Dismissed when first released, later heralded as one of director Alfred Hitchcock's finest films (and, according to Hitchcock, his most personal one), this adaptation of the French novel D'entre les morts weaves an intricate web of obsession and deceit. It opens as Scottie Ferguson (James Stewart) realizes he has vertigo, a condition resulting in a fear of heights, when a police officer is killed trying to rescue him from falling off a building. Scottie then retires from his position as a private investigator, only to be lured into another case by his old college friend, Gavin Elster (Tom Helmore). Elster's wife, Madeleine (Kim Novak), has been possessed by a spirit, and Elster wants Scottie to follow her. He hesitantly agrees, and thus begins the film's wordless montage as Scottie follows the beautiful yet enigmatic Madeleine through 1950s San Francisco (accompanied by Bernard Herrmann's hypnotic score). After saving her from suicide, Scottie begins to fall in love with her, and she appears to feel the same way. Here tragedy strikes, and each twist in the movie's second half changes our preconceptions about the characters and events. In 1996 a new print of Vertigo was released, restoring the original grandeur of the colors and the San Francisco backdrop, as well as digitally enhancing the soundtrack.

Here goes a scene from Hitchcock's classic film noir...

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Cast: James Stewart, Kim Novak
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
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Producer: Herbert Coleman, James C. Katz, Alfred Hitchcock
Screenwriter: Alec Coppel, Samuel A. Taylor, Pierre Boileau, Thomas Narcejac, Maxwell Anderson