Events 2022
Hitchcocktober 2022
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
THE BIRDS - 10/5 at 7pm
Dallas Angelika Theater
Hitchcock’s iconic classic THE BIRDS turns seemingly harmless creatures into some of the most terrifying villains in horror history. Starring Rod Taylor, Tippi Hendren, Suzanne Pleshette, and Jessica Tandy, the story begins as an innocuous love triangle, but turns dark when the characters' sense of security is slowly eroded by the curious behavior of the birds in the area.
If you have the time and inclination, this is a must see on the big screen for all Hitchcock fans. While the setting and the characters are different, Hitchcock maintains du Maurier's themes of survival and the role of women in society and the family.
Regrettably, we will not be attending as a group this year. The theater is selling single tickets only.
Other films being shown - The Rope, Dial M for Murder, Saboteur, and the one and only Psycho
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Join us for Movie Night in November!! Often Daphne du Maurier's stories illuminate the competing dual natures within individual characters, occasionally even with doppelgangers. This has long been recognized as Daphne du Maurier’s debt to The Prisoner of Zenda, one of her favorite novels from childhood. The novel spawned an entire genre known as Ruritanian romance.
After viewing the movie, Attorney Chris Peirson will discuss these spin-offs and their influence on the works of Daphne du Maurier. Among our local members there was quite a passionate exchange about which film version to view; however, almost everyone's favorite bad boy is James Mason. So the 1952 version it will be.
There is no charge for DdM Society Members and their guests to attend this event.
6:30 pm - 8:45 pm.
Inwood Theater 5458 West Lovers Lane, Dallas, TX 75209
Regrettably, this event will not be available for Society members by ZOOM.
Saturday, December 10, 2022
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Saturday, December 10, 2022
Join us for our annual Christmas in Cornwall Luncheon (held in Dallas, Texas rather than Fowey, unfortunately). One of Daphne du Maurier's plays, A September Tide, will be reviewed by Oral Historian and playwright Leonard Cox. The story revolves around an artist son-in-law who falls in love with the more mellow grace of his wife's mother. The feather weight treatment of post-war cynicism and morals in the younger generation permits a wistfully happy ending. Or does it?
Event is in-person.
Society members will be notified in due course if this meeting will be available by ZOOM.
Noon - 2:30 pm
Event location - Mena-kinney
Luncheon served.