A week’s worth of sight and sound is in store for London film buffs and music lovers alike. Strangers on a Train (1951) and Dial M for Murder (1954), scored by Dimitri Tiomkin and directed by Alfred Hitchcock, will screen at the Barbican Cinema on two consecutive Sundays (see schedule below). The Barbican, London’s most diverse cinema, is located in the city’s center. Midway between the screenings, on Thursday evening at Barbican Centre, the London Symphony Orchestra will perform in concert “Symphonic Hollywood: The Music of Dimitri Tiomkin,” featuring music from both films as part of the Hitchcock Suite.

Sunday, October 23, 2011, 2 p.m.
Strangers on a Train [film at Barbican Cinema]

Thursday, October 27, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
HITCHCOCK SUITE – Dial M for Murder; Strangers on a Train [concert at Barbican Hall]

Sunday, October 30, 2011, 2 p.m.
Dial M for Murder [film at Barbican Cinema]

In the wake of the recent revival of 3-D, film history enthusiasts will recall that Dial M for Murder was lensed in 3-D and released in that format in some venues in the 1950s. The U.S. one-sheet Style B poster for the 3-D release of Dial M for Murder (pictured above) is from the poster collection of Olivia Tiomkin Douglas. Concertgoers can peruse an exhibit of film poster art representing films scored by Tiomkin in the Barbican mezzanine.