Tribute to Kim Novak

A regular part of our festival program are two tributes to classic Hollywood stars whose faces are distinctly associated with film noir. One of this year’s will belong to actress Kim Novak (*1933), whose acting career was relatively short, but who left behind her unforgettable roles in iconic films such as Preminger’s The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) and Hitchcock’s Vertigo (1958). Our 12th edition program will feature the noir Pushover, in which Kim Novak made her film debut in 1954. In this movie directed by Richard Quinn, she portrays a seductive femme fatale who leads a police detective astray, played by Fred MacMurray.