Women's suffrage movie Mothers of Men: Dorothy Davenport becomes a judge and later State Governor in socially conscious thriller about U.S. women's voting rights. Are females too emotional to be objective? Women's suffrage movie 'Mothers of Men': Will women's right…
Pola Negri
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Pola Negri, The Spanish Dancer Silent-film lovers in The Netherlands will be able to enjoy a new restoration of the 1923 Pola Negri period comedy The Spanish Dancer. Screening with live musical accompaniment, the film will be presented at 4:15…
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Barbara Leigh-Hunt in Alfred Hitchcock's 1972 thriller Frenzy. Now, ignore the tongue and mascara for a minute, and focus on the significance of the bare chest and crucifix. What do Alfred Hitchcock, Sam Peckinpah, Hayley Mills, and Pola Negri have…
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Castro Theatre special screenings: 'Haunted house' horror-comedy 'The Cat and the Canary' & Oscar-winning 'Sunrise' + unique Soviet comedy 'A Kiss from Mary Pickford' On Valentine's Day 2009, Feb. 14, the San Francisco Silent Film Festival will present four notable…
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Angel directed by Ernst Lubitsch. In the cast: Marlene Dietrich, Herbert Marshall, and Melvyn Douglas. One of the highlights of this year's San Sebastian International Film Festival (website) is a mouth-wateringly thorough Ernst Lubitsch Retrospective. Besides the obligatory titles, such…
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Pola Negri in Madame Dubarry / Passion with Emil Jannings. New York City's Museum of Modern Art (website) is currently presenting “Pola Negri: Life Is a Dream,” a week-long retrospective on the career of the first European star import to succeed…