Saturday, April 18 11:30am
Monday, April 20 7pm
For most filmgoers, Gloria Swanson = Nora Desmond. But she filled those slippers thanks to silent classics such as Erich von Stroheim’s Queen Kelly. Swanson plays a convent lass who catches the eye of a rakish baron, propelling our flirty ingénue on a fateful course. Queen Kelly is an unfinished film, technically, but there’s nothing rough about the opulent sets, the director’s vision, or Swanson’s charm. -Lee Gardner
1929 Erich von Stroheim 1.37:1 B&W DCP 105 min.
