Northwest Film Center Runs The Chase This Weekend

The Northwest Film Center in Portland, Oregon, will include The Chase (1946) as part of their “Treasures from the UCLA Archive” film festival this month, featuring a selection of the restored movie prints shown during UCLA’s 2013 “Festival of Preservation”. The festival begins on Friday, January 3, and ends on Thursday, January 30, 2014.

The Chase will be shown Saturday, Jan. 4, at 4 pm, with a second showing on Sunday, Jan. 5, at 7 pm.

Funded by The Film Foundation and the Franco-American Cultural fund, preservation of The Chase involved incomplete 35mm nitrate prints and negatives, both original and dupe, as well as 16mm acetate picture and track negatives.

The complete festival schedule may be found on the Northwest Film Center website.

The Chase will be shown at the Portland Art Museum, in the Whitsell Auditorium, located at 1219 SW Park Avenue, in Portland, Oregon. The Whitsell Auditorium is located on the lower level of the Belluschi Building.

The entrance to the Whitsell Auditorium is located at the Hoffman Lobby entrance, located on the north side of the Museum’s red brick building at Madison and Park avenues, near the Museum Gift Shop and outdoor sculpture garden. The Portland Art Museum is located in downtown Portland, on the historic Park Blocks.

Tickets are $9 for general admission; $8 for Portland Art Museum (PAM) members, students, and seniors; and $6 for Friends of the Film Center.

Tickets may be purchased at the Box Office, which opens 30 minutes before any show. Tickets may also be purchased on-line, through the Northwest Film Center website. Scroll to The Chase entry on the schedule and click the “Buy Tickets” button. A fee of $1 will be added to your order.

Directions by car to the Portland Art Museum are available on the museum’s website. The museum is also well-served by bus and streetcars. More information on public transportation is available on the museum’s website.

Parking is available on the streets near the Portland Art Museum, as well as parking garages along SW Columbia Street. More information about parking may be found on the Parkopedia website.

For more information, please call the Portland Art Museum at (503) 226-2811.

In the pages of The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre (2005), author Stephen D. Youngkin discussed the making of The Chase with the lead actor Bob Cummings, who reminisced about working with Peter Lorre on the film.

The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre is now available on the Kindle and Nook, as well as hard-back and soft-bound editions.