Secrets of The Orient at the Museum of The moving Image playing this Saturday, April 16th. With Live music by Stephen Horne
Imported 35mm print from the National Film Center, Tokyo
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Dir. Alexandre Volkoff. 1928, 126 mins. With Marcella Albani, D. Dmitriev, Brigitte Helm. Germany/France. This exquisite fantasy of an escape into the “Orient” features over-the-top ornamental sets by Ivan Lochakoff and sensuous costumes by Boris Bilinsky, a magnificent blend of Eastern and Western motifs. With its paradisical atmosphere and a sumptuously stencil-colored sequence, the film is a fairy-tale world of fancy filled with adventure, magic, mystery, and harem dancers.
Male and Female
Male and Female Saturday, April 16, 5:00 p.m.
Introduced by Inga Fraser and Live music by Stephen Horne
35mm print from George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film
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Dir. Cecil B. DeMille. 1919, 97 mins. With Gloria Swanson, Thomas Meighan. In this film’s notorious dream sequence, Gloria Swanson dramatically enters a lions’ den decked out in a lavish all-white robe and a headdress made of pearls, beads, and peacock feathers. The showstopping outfit, designed by Mitchell Leisen, was so heavy that Swanson required two crew members to help her move. Inga Fraser is associate curator of Fashion in Film at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, University of the Arts London.
Free with Museum admission.
For more information on the Fashion In Film Festival running through April 24th, please visit the Mueum of the Moving Image’s website here.
For more information on Fashion in Film, please visit their website here.
