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Special Features: Live musical accompaniment by Donald Sosin
Billie Dove stars as Long Island socialite Luena "Egypt" Hagen, so called because she is the "most pagan of her set." A fun-loving flapper with a taste for smoking, drinking and dancing all night, Egypt is surprised to find herself attracted to the upright young Rev. Norman Lodge (Raymond Bloomer). Will she tempt the minister into loosening up, or will he impress upon her the need for rectitude? Lois Weber (SHOES, THE DUMB GIRL OF PORTICI) energetically directs this Jazz Age parable, featuring a number of spectacular set pieces, from speakeasies to ballrooms to boating parties. DIR/SCR Lois Weber; SCR from the story “Egypt” by Ernest Pascal; PROD Carl Laemmle Jr. U.S., 1927, b&w, 70 min. Silent with English intertitles. NOT RATED
FREE SCREENING! Tickets are limited to four per reservation and are not a guarantee of admission. You must be seated at least 15 min. prior to showtime. Seating is limited, so please arrive early. Empty seats will be released to standby line guests.
About Donald Sosin
"The top of the line of film pianists!" — Leonard Maltin, film critic. Donald Sosin is a pianist and composer who grew up in Rye, NY, and Munich, Germany. Since 1971, he has performed his silent-film music at Lincoln Center, MoMA, the Kennedy Center and major film festivals in the U.S. and abroad, including New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Telluride, Tribeca and more. Donald is a favorite guest artist at Washington, DC's National Gallery, BAM, the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, Moscow's prestigious Lumiere Gallery, the Silent Film Festival in Thailand and the Jecheon International Music & Film Festival in South Korea. He also performs each year at Italy's silent film retrospectives in Bologna and Pordenone and records for the Criterion Collection, Kino Lorber, Milestone Films and TCM. You can learn more about his work on his website.
Run Time: 70 Minutes
Opening Date: Friday, March 08, 2024
Genre: Silent drama