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Fall silent film schedule

August 23rd, 2014 · 3 Comments · City Library, Events, Main Branch

 

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Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014, 6 p.m.: “Beyond the Rocks” (1922) starring Rudolph Valentino, Gloria Swanson; Carpenter Memorial Auditorium, Manchester Public Library, 405 Pine St., Manchester, N.H.; (603) 624-6550; Manchester Public Library. The only collaboration between silent screen icons Rudolph Valentino and Gloria Swanson, a film thought lost until a copy turned up the Netherlands in 2003. Caught by circumstances in a loveless marriage, Theodora (Gloria Swanson) falls in love with the rich Hector (Valentino), neither of whom can resist — against their better judgment — each other’s company during their collective travels throughout Europe. This is part of a monthly series of rarely screened silent films presented with live music in 1913 auditorium.

• Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014, 6 p.m.: “You’d Be Surprised” (1927) starring Raymond Griffith; Carpenter Memorial Auditorium, Manchester Public Library, 405 Pine St., Manchester, N.H.; (603) 624-6550; Manchester Public Library. One of the few surviving features from silent screen comedian Raymond Griffith; a who-done-it with a light touch that will keep you guessing.  This film is one of a monthly series of rarely screened silent films presented with live music in 1913 auditorium.

• Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014, 6 p.m.: “The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg” (1927) starring Norma Shearer, Ramon Novarro; Carpenter Memorial Auditorium, Manchester Public Library, 405 Pine St., Manchester, N.H.; (603) 624-6550; Manchester Public Library. A cloistered, overprotected Austrian prince falls in love with a down-to-earth barmaid in this European fairy tale directed by Ernst Lubitsch.  A rarely screened silent film presented with live music in an a vintage 1913 auditorium.

See you at the movies!

 

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