First Thursday Films: The Lost Weekend (1945)

Program Type:

Movies

Age Group:

Adults
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Program Description

The Lost Weekend, the fourth film in the First Thursday Films is based on a best-selling novel of the same name. The film is directed by Billy Wilder and stars Ray Milland and Jane Wyman. According to the National Film Registry, this film is a “powerful and remarkably prescient film that provides an unflinchingly honest look at the effects of alcoholism.” Black and white, this film runs 99 minutes and is not rated.