Chicago Film Club Meetup Group

Set in the early 1900s, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, directed by Joseph Mankiewicz, follows Lucy Muir (Gene Tierney), a headstrong young widow determined to escape her overbearing in-laws and forge an independent life. Against the advice of a skeptical real estate agent, she rents Gull Cottage, a secluded seaside home with a reputation for being haunted. Lucy is unfazed by the rumors, seeking the house’s salt-aired solitude to raise her young daughter (Natalie Wood), but she soon discovers that the stories of a restless spirit are very much true.

Directed by Anthony Mann, The Furies (1950) is a sweeping, psychological Western that plays out like a Greek tragedy set against the rugged landscape of the 1870s New Mexico Territory. The film centers on the volatile and complex relationship between T.C. Jeffords (Walter Huston), a tyrannical cattle baron who rules his vast empire with an iron fist, and his headstrong daughter, Vance (Barbara Stanwyck), who is his equal in both ambition and temper. As Vance fights to secure her inheritance and navigate her father's shifting allegiances—including his pursuit of a high-society widow—their bond deconstructs into a bitter power struggle fueled by pride, vengeance, and betrayal. With its noir-infused cinematography and intense emotional stakes, the film explores the destructive nature of ego and the high cost of legacy on the American frontier.

Let's try to meet each other before the movie at 11:00 a.m. in the theater lounge.