MISS LULU BETT
Special Features: Silent with live musical accompaniment by Andrew Simpson
Based on Zona Gale's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, MISS LULU BETT is a key feminist work from its era. Lulu Bett (Lois Wilson) lives in the home of her half-sister Ina (Mabel Van Buren), where her brother-in-law Dwight Deacon (Theodore Roberts) treats her worse than a servant. Desperate to escape her plight, she marries Dwight's ne'er-do-well brother Ninian (Clarence Burton), but later returns after Ninian is exposed as a bigamist. Dejected and even worse off than before, she confides her tale of woe to the local schoolmaster Neil Cornish (Milton Sills), who encourages her to stand tall in the face of her unfair treatment, while at the same time falling in love with her. DIR William C. de Mille; SCR Clara Beranger, from the novel and play by Zona Gale; PROD Adolph Zukor. U.S., 1921, b&w, 71 min. Silent with English intertitles. NOT RATED
No AFI Member passes accepted.
About Andrew Simpson
Andrew Earle Simpson is an acclaimed composer of opera, silent film, orchestral, chamber, choral, dance, and vocal music based in Washington, DC. His musical works make multi-faceted, intimate connections with literature, visual art, and film, reflecting his own interest in linking music with the wider world, an approach which he calls "humanistic music." One of America’s foremost silent film musicians, he has performed across the United States, Europe, and South America. In addition to composing and performing, Simpson is a professor and head of the division of Theory and Composition at the Benjamin T. Rome School of Music of The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. andrewesimpson.com
Run Time: 71 Minutes
Opening Date: Tuesday, November 09, 2021
Genre: Silent drama
