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Snow White
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, a fantastical 1912 Broadway play by Winthrop Ames, was adapted by Ames as a film in 1916. Two wonderful features of the film are the stunningly sumptuous costumes, sets and properties, and Ames’ adaptation of the fairy tale to modern psychological taste, including the social niceties of living as a princess with an evil stepmother and the motivation of the huntsman. And then there is Marguerite Clark. Her fame at the time rivaled that of Mary Pickford, but unfortunately so few of her films survive that we barely know her now. Here is a lovely introduction!
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Annual Subscription
$100.00 Add to cartAnnual subscription entitles you to attend the monthly livestream film, plus enjoy a members-only magazine of added content and commentary each month for a full year.
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The Italian
$5.00 Add to cartIn 1915 the wave of poor Italian immigrants was reaching its height, as was racial and ethnic bigotry. In The Italian, which was placed on the Library of Congress National Registry of landmark films, we see incidents from the life of one of the immigrants, a Venetian gondolier. As always, Dr. Carli’s introduction illuminates its place in silent film history, and his expertly improvised piano accompaniment to the film brings it to new life.