Wednesday, February 5 at 7pm
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Directed by Clarence Badger (U.S. 1927) 72 min. 35MM. With Clara Bow, Antonio Moreno, William Austin, Jacqueline Gadsdon, Gary Cooper.
In her most famous role, Clara Bow stars as a feisty shopgirl with a certain irresistible sex appeal, who falls for – and schemes to capture – her new boss, wealthy department store owner Cyrus Waltham. This effervescent rags-to-riches romance was inspired by a story by Elinor Glyn, who uses the simple pronoun to encapsulate the spirit of the sexually-liberated youth of Prohibition-era America.
Playing with One Week (Buster Keaton & Edward F. Cline, U.S. 23 min. 1920, DCP restoration!). Described by Keaton as “only one third as shocking” as Elinor Glyn’s torrid best-seller Three Weeks, Buster and his bride struggle to construct a pre-fab house from purposefully scrambled instructions. Buster’s directorial debut!