CINEVISTA: Key Largo

Embark on a big screen cinematic tour of KEY LARGO.

CineVista: A Cinematic Tour of Iconic Hotels

April 6 - June 1

Pack your bags and check in for a cinematic getaway! CineVista: A Cinematic Tour of Iconic Hotels invites audiences on a globe-trotting journey through some of the most memorable hotels ever captured on film.

From sun-washed seaside resorts and glamorous city suites to mysterious European hideaways and haunted mountain lodges, these films showcase hotels not just as settings—but as characters themselves.

Each evening begins at 5:00 PM with a vintage-style pre-show featuring trailers, newsreels, and cinematic ephemera from the year of the film. At 6:00 PM, the main feature lights up the big screen of the Historic Camelot Theatre, with local film historians introducing each film and sharing insights into the movie, the hotel, and the fascinating stories behind both.

So grab your passport and settle into your seat as the Camelot becomes your departure lounge. This season’s itinerary spans India, the Florida Keys, the Italian Alps, Yosemite, New York City, and beyond.

April 20

Key Largo (1948)

Directed by John Huston

Starring Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Edward G. Robinson

Inspired by hurricane hotels of the Florida Keys

As a hurricane bears down on a remote Florida Keys hotel, a group of strangers—including a war veteran, a gangster, and the widow of a fallen friend—find themselves trapped together as tensions rise with the storm. The isolated seaside hotel becomes a pressure cooker of noir suspense where loyalties shift and survival becomes the only check-out option.

Tour Guide: Film Historian, Richard L. Edwards

Richard L. Edwards is Executive Director of XCITE at UC Riverside and holds a PhD in Film Studies from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts. He taught the acclaimed TCM online course 50 Years of Hitchcock, co-hosts the popular podcast Out of the Past: Investigating Film Noir, and co-authored The Maltese Touch of Evil: Film Noir and Political Criticism. A noted Hitchcock and noir scholar, Edwards annually hosts NoirCon at the Palm Springs Cultural Center, featuring classic noir screenings at the Camelot Theatre.