Date and Time for this Past Event
- Saturday, Nov 11, 2023 4:30pm - 6:30pm
Details
AFI’s Silent Cinema Showcase returns with another selection of newly restored screen classics and rare gems from the silent era.
Upon returning to London, the dazzlingly indiscreet Mrs. Erlynne (Irene Rich) becomes entangled in the affairs of the Windermere house, already being meddled with by charming Lord Darlington (Ronald Colman). Ernst Lubitsch's pitch-perfect Oscar Wilde adaptation revels in the expressivity of the human face and the suggestive, telling detail revealed through witty editing. Largely shot on imposing sets or backlot streets, the film's notable location sequence takes place at Toronto's Woodbine Racetrack. (Note adapted from the Academy Museum.) DIR/PROD Ernst Lubitsch; SCR Julien Josephson, from the play by Oscar Wilde.
