FUNNY GIRL, Starring Barbra Streisand Set for REEL 13 July Lineup

Legendary leading ladies Elizabeth Taylor, Greta Garbo, Rita Hayworth and Barbra Streisand are featured in the July Reel 13 schedule. Heading the month is Vincente Minnelli's Father's Little Dividend, the sequel to the 1950 comedy and box office success Father of the Bride.

Following an 18 month break from film beginning in 1933, Greta Garbo made her return to the big screen for Queen Christina. Her role as Christina, Queen of Sweden, became one of her best-loved performances. The next time she took a break from Hollywood, in 1941, she would never return again. The film also marked Garbo's fourth and final film with John Gilbert, who had been her co-star and an intermittent off-screen romantic partner since they worked together on Flesh and the Devil in 1926.

In the film noir Gilda, Rita Hayworth found career-defining success, in her signature role as the ultimate femme fatale. The film was selected for preservation in the United State Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant."

The 1968 movie adaptation of the Broadway musical, Funny Girl, sealed Barbra Streisand's rise to superstardom in the 1960's. Streisand was not the automatic first choice for the role of Fanny Brice on stage, with other names including Anne Bancroft, Eydie Gorme, and Carol Burnett first discussed for the role. The film version went on to garner eight Academy Award nominations, including one for "Best Picture." Streisand tied for "Best Actress" with Katharine Hepburn in The Lion in Winter.

The Quitter, Second Coming, Deadfall, Still and What Just Happenedare the month's independent offering.

Every Saturday night beginning at 9 p.m., viewers can catch a Hollywood Classicfollowed by an Indie, presented by Columbia University professor Richard Peña. The evening concludes with a Short film selected by viewers who vote for their favorite of three shorts at Reel13.org.

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"Father's Little Dividend" (1951) Dir: Vincente Minnelli

Spencer Tracy portrays a reluctant grandfather in this sequel to Father of the Bride, also starring Elizabeth Taylor and Joan Bennett.

"The Quitter" (2014) Dir: Matthew Bonifacio

A failed baseball player's ex-girlfriend moves back to the neighborhood with her seven-year-old daughter. With Matthew Bonifacio, Julianna Gelinas Bonifacio, and Destiny Monet Cruz.

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"Queen Christina" (1933) Dir: Rouben Mamoulian

The 17th-century Swedish queen (Greta Garbo) falls in love with the Spanish ambassador (John Gilbert) while posing as a young man. With Reginald Owen, Ian Keith and Elizabeth Young.

"Second Coming" (2014) Dir:Debbie Tucker Green

A look at the life and struggles of a family living in London. With Nadine Marshall, Idris Elba and Kai Francis Lewis.

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"D.O.A." (1950) Dir: Rudolph Maté

A film noir with Edmond O'Brien as a partying accountant who learns he has mysteriously been poisoned. With Pamela Britton and LUTHER Adler.

"Deadfall" (2012) Dir: Stefan Ruzowitzky

A thriller that follows two siblings who decide to fend for themselves in the wake of a BOTCHED casino heist. With Eric Bana, Olivia Wilde, Charlie Hunnam, Kris Kristofferson and Sissy Spacek.

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"Gilda" (1946) Dir: Charles Vidor

A Buenos Aires casino owner (George Macready) hires a gambler (Glenn Ford) who once had an affair with his alluring wife (Rita Hayworth). With Joseph Calleia, Steven Geray and Joe Sawyer.

"Still" (2014) Dir: Simon Blake

A gritty and atmospheric thriller, set in North London, about the violent disintegration of a man and father. With Aidan Gillen, Jonathan Slinger and Elodie Yung.

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"Funny Girl" (1968) Dir: William Wyler

Ziegfeld Follies star Fanny Brice (Barbra Streisand) falls for gambler Nicky Arnstein (Omar Sharif) in this musical featuring the iconic Jule Styne songs "Don't Rain on My Parade" and "People." With Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis Mae Questel and Kay Medford.

"What Just Happened" (2008) Dir: Barry Levinson

Two weeks in the life of a struggling Hollywood producer. With Robert De Niro, John Turturro, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener, Bruce Willis, Robin Wright, Stanley Tucci and Kristin Stewart.

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