Enchantment 1921 All ages
Enchantment 1921 All ages
35MM, BLACK AND WHITE, SILENT (LIVE MUSICAL ACCOMPANIMENT), 75 MINUTES, USA, ENGLISH / DIRECTOR: ROBERT VIGNOLA / SCRIPT: LUTHER REED / BASED ON THE STORY ‘MANHANDLING ETHEL’ BY FRANK RAMSEY ADAMS / CINEMATOGRAPHER: IRA H MORGAN / ART DIRECTOR: JOSEPH URBAN / CAST: MARION DAVIES, FORREST STANLEY / PRODUCTION CO: COSMOPOLITAN PRODUCTIONS / PRINT SOURCE/RIGHTS: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
‘Although [Marion] Davies is better known today for her costume epics, this updated edition of The Taming of the Shrew is far more typical of the films she made in New York. Joseph Urban's stylish production design may be the first appearance of European modernism in an American feature.’ Richard Koszarski
Contact: Sunday 12 July 11.00am / Cinema A
Phone: Marion Davis
Image courtesy: George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress
