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Show SUSC presentation Film series underway history and director of SUSC's European film festival. is the commentator. Starring Marlene Dietrich, the film examines the role of women and the American family in the late 20s and early 30s. Feb. 18. "Citizen Kane." Directed in 1941 by Orson Welles, the film deals with three major themes: wealth, power and love. James Harrison, associate professor of German at SUSC. is the film commentator. Feb. 24. "Notorious," an Alfred Hitchcock film made in 1946. Jim Alton will introduce the film which looks at the fuzzy line between normal and and abnormal human behavior and at the falseness of the beautiful life. Feb. 25 "The Searchers." a 195ti production directed by John Ford. Introduced at SUSC by James Vlasich, assistant professor of history. Ford holds forth for traditional American Values pure women, the home, law and democracy. March 3, "Bonnie and Clyde" a 1967 preduction directed by Arthur Penn. Michael P. Cohen, associate professor of English, is the commentator. This film's protagonists are social misfits while its villains are respectable defenders of society. CEDAR CITY - The film-discussion series "American Film: The Evolution of a Cinematic Eye" got underway this week at Southern Utah State College. Funded through a $1,000 mini-grant from the Utah Endow ment for the Humanities. the seven-part series has been developed by Jim Aton. assistant professor of English. with assistance from SUSC students Rick Dominguez and Kent Perry. Each film will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Thorlev Recital Hall. There will be no charge for the series a and the public is invited to attend. "Each of the seven films represent a decade in American film history along with a look at a major motion picture director," Aton said. "The series is designed so that the viewer can get a sense of American film history, its themes and its formal development, in a short time." Prior to the show ing of each film, a brief commentary will be given by a qualified humanist. After the film ends, he will be available to conduct an informal discussion about the movie with the audience. "The two major goals of the chronologically-planned chronologically-planned series," Alton said, "are to allow the audience to perceive how the seven master directors have raised important human questions about American culture, and how they shaped the cinematic language." "American Film" follows the highly successful film series "A Different Mirror: Human Themes in European Cinema" conducted at SUSC last' year. This year's film fest began yesterday with the 1915 production "Bonnie and Clyde." A schedule including viewing date, name of film. release date, director, the individual giving the introduction, and a brief look at the film follows: Feb. 11 "The Gold Rush," directed in 1925 by Charlie Chaplin. Chaplin's film was one of the first to examine gold lust and the American Dream. He introduces what becomes a standard Hollywood hero the outsider. Feb. 17. "The Blonde Venus," directed by Josef Von Sternberg in 1932. Robert G. Young, associate professor of |