Thursday, February 12 at 7:30 PM – Music Box Theatre – 3733 N Southport Ave
Tickets: $12 at the door or purchase in advance
Lady Windermere’s Fan
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch • 1925 • 89 min • 35mm from MoMA
Live musical accompaniment by David Drazin!
“Never before, to me at least, has the screen fairly talked—and with such a brilliancy, forcefulness and finish. Lubitsch tells in a flash, and with lasting effect, what novels must explain in chapters. This, it seems to me, is the inherent power of the screen. Lubitsch has brought it forth in all its fullness.” – William A. Johnson, Motion Picture News
“Lubitsch’s Lady Windermere stands as one of the great achievements of silent film, an alignment of form and feeling that grows more impressive with each viewing. By eliminating the play’s most famous element—the endless succession of epigrams, delivered by diverse characters who all seem to have exactly the same sense of humor—Lubitsch shifts his emphasis to the thoughts behind the mask of language, as revealed through gestures, looks, postures, the way his characters navigate spaces both domestic and public.” – Dave Kehr, San Francisco Silent Film Festival
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