Repertory Film

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FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY: Technicolor gets a workout with Errol Flynn crossing swords in The Adventures of Robin Hood (Michael Curtiz, 1938; 7:30 p.m.; also Sat & Sun 3:35 p.m. ) and Judy Garland crossing bricks in The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming, 1939; 5:35, 9:30 p.m. ).

TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY: Glenn Miller's band and the specialty acts of the Nicholas Brothers are the real stars of Orchestra Wives (Archie Mayo, 1942; 7:30 p.m. ), screening with The Great Waltz (Julien Duvivier, 1938; 5:35, 9:30 p.m. ), a biopic of Johan Strauss (Fernand Gravet).

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YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS

701 Mission (at Third Street, in Yerba Buena Gardens), 978-2787, www.ybca.org. $8 save as noted. This venue's Screening Room is a home for film and video programs of all sorts.

WEDNESDAY (July 12): A tribal king looks for his daughter in Brussels in Pieces d'identities (I.D. , Mweze Ngangura, Congo/Belgium, 1998) 7:30 p.m.

THURSDAY (July 13): "Too Scary for DVD," a series of rare, 35mm horror films, screens Eye of the Cat (David Lowell Rich, 1969). Michael Sarrazin is a cat-fearing thief out to rob his cat-loving aunt 7:30 p.m.

FILM NOTES

Register for Cinemasports, a day-long filmmaking event on July 23 with results screened that evening at the Castro Theatre, at www.cinemasports.com or www.sfjff.org.

Michael Fox , Frako Loden, Rob Nelson, Gregg Rickman, Jim Ridley, For commentary and information on Bay Area repertory houses and other film and video events, see Reps Etc. (p. TK). See Showtimes (p. TK) for theater information and times.