WEDNESDAY WITH LADY FROM SHANGHAI
Schedule
Wed, 22 Apr, 2026 at 07:30 pm
UTC-07:00Location
Fine Arts Theatre Beverly Hills | Beverly Hills, CA
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This unique series is hosted by filmmaker Stanley Sheff, who worked closely with Welles as a collaborator, editor, and un-credited co-director on his unsold TV pilot The Orson Welles Show. Sheff will share stories from their professional collaboration and personal friendship, giving audiences a rare first-hand glimpse into the private world of Orson Welles. Doors at 7pm, show at 7:30pm and film at 8pm. Tonight's show: LADY FROM SHANGHAI Michael O'Hara, against his better judgement, hires on as a crew member of Arthur Bannister's yacht, sailing to San Francisco. They pick up Grisby, Bannister's law partner, en route. Bannister has a wife, Elsa, who seems to like Michael much better than she likes her husband. After they dock in Sausalito, Michael goes along with Grisby's weird plan to fake his (Grisby's) murder so he can disappear untailed. He wants the $5000 Grisby has offered, so he can run off with Elsa. But Grisby turns up actually murdered, and Michael gets blamed for it. Somebody set him up, but it is not clear who or how. Bannister (the actual murderer?) defends Michael in court
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Where is it happening?
Fine Arts Theatre Beverly Hills, 8554 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90211-3103, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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