Joseph Calleia
on stage and on screen: celebrating a maltese icon
Film Screenings
Free entrance (mandatory booking) but a donation would be appreciated.
Friday 7 November, 2025
Riffraff
Riffraff
(1935, 1h 34m, U Certificate)
Charismatic tuna fisherman Dutch rises in union ranks but pride costs him job, marriage to cannery worker Hattie after failed strike. Despite deep love, they must overcome stubbornness. (IMDb)
Directed by J. Walter Ruben.
Starring Jean Harlow, Spencer Tracy, Una Merkel, and Joseph Calleia.
Film talk by Alan Fenech.
Friday 14 November, 2025
Touch of Evil
Touch of Evil
(1958, 1h 35m, 12A Certificate)
A Mexican official and his American wife are targeted in a Texas border town by the crime family he's trying to put behind bars for drug trafficking, as his concern grows over the tactics of the local detective whose cooperation he needs. (IMDb)
Directed by Orson Welles.
Starring Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles, and Joseph Calleia.
Film talk by Prof. Saviour Catania.
Friday 21 November, 2025
Tough Guy
Tough Guy
(1936, 1h 16m, U Certificate)
An unhappy child, accompanied by his dog, runs away from home and is befriended by a gangster on the lam. The film in which Joseph Calleia sings in Maltese. (IMDb)
Directed by Chester M. Franklin
Starring Jackie Cooper, Joseph Calleia, and Rin Tin Tin Jr.
Introduction by Prof. Gloria Lauri-Lucente.
Film talk by Charlo Pisani.
Featuring traditional Maltese għannejja accompanied by guitarists.
Friday 28 November, 2025
Algiers
Algiers
(1938, 1h 36m, U Certificate)
A wanted jewel thief ensconced in the Casbah meets a beautiful woman who makes him long for an escape. (IMDb)
Directed by John Cromwell.
Starring Charles Boyer, Hedy Lamarr, Sigrid Gurie, and Joseph Calleia.
Film talk by Prof. Saviour Catania and Kenneth Scicluna.
Friday 5 December, 2025
Gilda
Gilda
(1946, 1h 50m, PG Certificate)
A small-time gambler hired to work in a Buenos Aires casino discovers his employer's new wife is his former lover. (IMDb)
Directed by Charles Vidor.
Starring Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready, and Joseph Calleia.
Film talk by Prof. Saviour Catania and Kenneth Scicluna.
Friday 12 December, 2025
Man of the People
Man of the People
(1937, 1h 21m, U Certificate)
Jack Moreno is an attorney with an office in the neighborhood he grew up in. All he wants is to help his friends and neighbors, but he must do business with the mob to make a living. (IMDb)
Directed by Edwin L. Marin.
Starring Joseph Calleia, Florence Rice, and Thomas Mitchell.
Film talk by Kenneth Scicluna.