Special to The Desert Sun

Before everyone proverbially rolled up the sidewalks and departed for cooler climes, there was always a closing party to commemorate the end of the season in Palm Springs. Hotels, snowbirds and businesses all had some variation of celebrating the bittersweet end of the desert’s social season.

A fitting way to conclude this year is with the last movie of the season offered by the Film Society of Screwball Comedy at the Palm Springs Cultural Center at the historic Camelot Theatre. The closing film is “Desire,” screening Sunday, June 15, at 3 p.m., and has interesting ties to the desert. As the film features stars Marlene Dietrich and Gary Cooper, the title also makes sense. Dietrich and Cooper are mighty attractive. The movie doesn’t stream anywhere so it’s a rare

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