Strand Summer Bash: A Film Noir Cocktail Party Fundraiser
In the June heat, even Rockland sweats. But on the 4th, the Strand offers cool cocktails, hot cinema, and a mysterious stranger with stories to tell.
He goes by Eddie Muller. They call him the Czar of Noir, and he’s coming to the Strand from the shadows of Noir Alley – that late-night stretch on Turner Classic Movies where the desperate and the doomed flicker back to life.
He’s bringing trouble with him. The good kind. The kind that was almost buried forever: a rare 1950 gem called Woman on the Run, starring the incomparable Ann Sheridan. On June 4, she runs again.
The Strand needs you. Call it a fundraiser. Call it a cocktail party. Call it a reason to keep the projectors humming, the neon burning, and the darkness where it belongs – up on the screen.
You could stay home, but dames and detectives don’t stay home on a night like this.
Join us for our Summer Bash. Cocktails and Noir at the Strand.
Your Evening:
5:30pm: Cocktail Party
Enjoy cocktails, mocktails, and your favorite Strand beverages. Tickets include your first drink. Ada’s Kitchen will be there with hearty hors d’oeuvres.
Browse our Silent Auction, peruse our vintage movie posters available for purchase, and find other ways to support the good work of the Strand.
7pm: Film Program with Eddie Muller
At 7pm, guests who purchased a ticket to both the cocktail party and the film will be swept into a presentation of 1950 Film Noir classic Woman on the Run, with a special introduction by Eddie Muller, host of Noir Alley on Turner Classic Movies. Following the screening, Eddie will do host a Q&A and a book signing.
Film Noir or Black & White attire encouraged!
ABOUT EDDIE MULLER
Eddie Muller is the host of Noir Alley on Turner Classic Movies (TCM). Every Saturday night, Noir Alley presents classic noir films featuring some of the best set-ups and shake-downs involving iconic antiheroes and the unforgettable dames they fall for.
A contemporary renaissance man, Muller writes novels, biographies, movie histories, plays, short stories, and films. In 2023 he received the prestigious Raven Award from the Mystery Writers of America, recognizing his invaluable contributions to the crime and mystery genre. As founder and president of the Film Noir Foundation, Muller has been instrumental in reviving America’s noir heritage.
His most recent books are the 2025 revised and expanded version of Dark City Dames: The Women Who Defined Film Noir, 2023’s Kid Noir: Kitty Feral and the Case of the Marshmallow Monkey and Eddie Muller’s Noir Bar, as well as the 2021 revised edition of Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir from TCM and Running Press.
THIS EVENT IS GRACIOUSLY HOSTED BY:
Charles Altschul | Abby Simmons Walker | Alicia Malone | Marc Hall & John Devlin
Serena Rathburn & Todd Field | Elisse Walter & Ron Stern | Beverly Ann Kent
Jo Dondis & Peter Imber | Scott Sell | Kaki & JP Smith | Jessie Davis & Daniel Bookham
Susan Deutch & Carlisle Towery | Walter Reitz | Susan Schor & Gerald Oppenheimer
Barbara & Ken Wexler | Norman & Susan Thomas | Kathy Maloney & Ken Rodgers
Karen Foxwell | Brian Harden | Joanne Omang | John & Mary Alice Bird
Hildy Simmons & David Sprafkin | Lynn Dondis | Elysa Rose-Coster
Ellen Seidman & Walter Slocombe | Betsy Perry | Ed & Laura Waller | Cindy & Fred Beams
Charlton & Eleanor Ames | Cathy Landau-Painter & Charles Mamane | Candace Vancko | Sarah Austin
