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Sunday Espresso Matinee: Silent Thrills or Love?
June 11, 2023 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
$2 – $10
Sunday Espresso Matinee: Silent Thrills or Love?
Sunday, June 11th from 11am-4pm
at The Little Theatre Auditorium
LTA and NL Roaming Cinema presents Sunday Espresso Matinees at Little Theatre Auditorium.
🎟 Tickets: $2-$10 Pay What You Can!
📽️ ☕ 🍸 Hang out, chat with friends, enjoy movies, espresso drinks and cocktails!
🎥🤩🍿 This week explore the art of drag in classic silent films, as well as a the silent drama Michael (1924), which is beautiful love story with an unexpected love triangle.
🎬 Featuring:
✨11:00a ~ The Lodger (1927, Alfred Hitchcock) stars Marie Ault and Ivor Novello. Film based novel loosely based on Jack the Ripper. This film is considered by critics to be his first real suspense film. Ivor Novello was a talented playwright, songwriter, and matinee idol. Look for Hitchcock’s first film cameo!
Runtime 1 hr 30 min
✨12:30p ~ It (1927, Clarence Badger & Josef von Sternberg) starring Clara Bow. What is It? Do you have It? We’ll take this Cosmopolitan quiz together as Clara Bow finds a new beau. No scary clowns in this film.
Runtime 1 hr 20 min
✨1:50p ~ The Cheat (1915, Cecil B DeMille) – good film starring Fannie Ward, Sessue Hayakawa, and Jack Dean. Money and secrets come between 3 friends. Sessue Hayakawa was a popular and handsome leading man in the 1910s-20s silent era, and has a career resurgence in supporting roles in the 1940s-50s. Runtime 59 min
2:50p ~ To Be Announced Runtime 1 hr 10 minutes
This activity is funded in part with grants from the Southwest Minnesota Arts Council made possible by the voters of Minnesota, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
