San Francisco Film Society Oral History Project Interview with ...

MARGARITA LANDAZURI: Well, there were some free screenings of films that had been Festival
hits.
CLAUDE JARMAN: Right, yes Let’s see—we had Dyan Cannon, we showed Caddie again for people
who were not going to pay to come for the opening, but we thought it was a film that we could show
twice for people who paid $3.50 who would come and see it.
MARGARITA LANDAZURI: That’s the one I saw, not Opening Night. I did see it at the Festival.
CLAUDE JARMAN: We had Burt Lancaster. Jeanne Moreau came back again.
MARGARITA LANDAZURI: This was the year of her film as a director, right? Lumiere?
CLAUDE JARMAN: You’re right. We had Jack Nicholson.
MARGARITA LANDAZURI: Was this kind of a joint thing with Robert Evans?
CLAUDE JARMAN: Yes, they came up together. We had Evans, who is an interesting guy. He’s still a
very interesting person.
MARGARITA LANDAZURI: I think from the accounts I read of that retrospective, too, that he had
some of the same stories that he had in his book.
CLAUDE JARMAN: Really? (POINTS AT 1976 FESTIVAL PROGRAM GUIDE) Oh, here’s a story
by Paine Knickerbocker on the 20th anniversary. (READING FROM PROGRAM GUIDE) “Johnson
was determined the programs remained free, so Johnson tried to resign. His resignation was promptly
accepted. George Gund was chairman. This one continues to grow.” (STOPS READING) OK. This is a
whole story on Bud Levin and the whole thing.
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