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Film: Give 'Em Hell, Harry
7:00 PM – CY Stephens Auditorium - Theatrovision: Nine cameras were used to film the play, and it is offered uncut and unedited. Playwright, Sam Gallu, who wrote the one-man drama based on the life and times of President Harry S. Truman, spent several years after WWII doing satirical political cabaret broadcasts for the Voice of America. Part of the World Affairs Series

Panel: Shaping the Flicking Facts: Documentary
3:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - --

Film:Elmer Gantry
11:00 AM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Richard Brook's 1960 adaptation of the Sinclair Lewis novel that includes a woman evangelist. Part of the World Affairs Series

Films: Three Documentaries
11:00 AM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Louisiana Story: Directed by robert Flaherty who was financed by Standard Oil. it deals with the impact of the discovery of oil by a Cajun family. The Last Pony Mine: Produced in 1971 by the ISU Film Production Unit, directed by Richard Kraemer. It depcits the last days of Iowa coal Mine and the lives of its dependents. The River: Sponsored by the Farm Security Administration, directed by Pare Lorentz. It argues for flood control on the rampaging Mississippi River. Part of the World Affairs Series

Celluloid Images of Good and Evil - Robert Sklar
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Robert Sklar has recently served as Coordinator and Moderator, USIA Seminar, Images of America in the Movies. Random House published his 1975 book, Movie-Made America: A Cultural History of the American Movies. Part of the World Affairs Series: America On Film

The History of Sex in the Cinema - Arthur Knight
8:00 PM – C.Y. Stephens Auditorium - From Thomas Edison's The Kiss to Deep Throat, sex has been Topic A in movies. Arthur Knight skillfully and entertainingly relates permissiveness and repression in the cinema to their historical, sociological, and psychological roots. Illustrated with film clips. Part of the World Affairs Series: America On Film

Panel: From Vamp to Vanquished? Changing Images of Women - Arthur Knight, Joan Bunke, Beth Siano, Linda Busby, Nancy Brooker
3:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Arthur Knight... presently a professor of Cinema at USC and film critic for Playgirl and Westways magazines. He is also the author of Playboy magazine's Sex in the Cinema series. Joan Bunke.. movie reviewer for the Des Moines Register and Tribune and an editorial writer. Beth Siano.. author of 1975 ISU thesis, Women and Film: Feminist Politics and Film Criticism Linda Busby.. Tele-Communicative Arts, ISU Part of the World Affairs Series: America On Film

Panel: We Got Out Own Way of Doin' Things Here: Law and Order - Joseph Kupfer, Jorgen Rasmussen, Dale Ross
3:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - A stimulating discussion featuring Joseph Kupfer of the ISU Philosophy Department and Jorgen Rasmussen, ISU Political Science. Moderator: Dale Ross, ISU English. Part of the World Affairs Series: America On Film

Film: The Big Sleep
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - 1946, stars: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Dorothy Malone. Directed by Howard Hawk, the film brings to life Raymond Chandler's famous private eye, Phillip Marlowe. Part of the World Affairs Series

Film: Greed
11:00 AM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - 1924, Erich von Stroheim's classic film treatment of Frank Norris' novel, McTeague. Angered by MetroGoldwyn's refusal to accept his 20 reel cut version, von Stroheim declined to have anything more to do with it. Part of the World Affairs Series