Date and Time for this Past Event
- Sunday, Nov 10, 2024 6:30pm
Details
The Silent Cinema Showcase returns with another selection of newly restored screen classics and rare gems from the silent era.
Special Features: 100th Anniversary | Silent with live musical accompaniment by Andrew Earle Simpson
Swedish master Victor Sjöström (THE WIND) wrings great pathos from Lon Chaney at his most operatically and existentially pained. Chaney portrays Paul Beaumont, a brilliant scientist who suffers the dual traumas of having his dreams shattered by a failed invention and his heart broken by a faithless wife. Now a broken man, Beaumont joins the circus as a very, very sad clown who specializes in being the butt of jokes in a cruel slapstick revue. Also starring Norma Shearer and John Gilbert, this film was an early example of MGM star packaging, pioneered by young production chief Irving Thalberg. DIR/SCR/PROD Victor Sjöström; SCR Carey Wilson from the play by Leonid Andreyev; PROD Louis B. Mayer. U.S., 1924, b&w, 80 min. Silent with English intertitles. NOT RATED
