A quick note about an event I am taking part in, in Bristol this month. The Slapstick Festival is hosting a day devoted to “Gender Rebels”, with a triple-bill of films on the theme of early-20th-century cross-dressing, starring Ossi Oswalda, Marion Davies and Julie Andrews:
I Don’t Want to be A Man (Ernst Lubitsch, 1918)
Beverly of Graustark (Sidney Franklin, 1926)
Victor/Victoria (Blake Edwards, 1982)
Continue reading Ossi, Marion and Julie: Gender Rebels in BristolIt’s the Silent Paris Podcast! I am at the Toute la mémoire du monde festival of restored cinema all weekend and podcasting my reports from the screenings. Today, I am talking about a day spent watching musicals and what they taught me about jazz, CinemaScope and silent comedy.
Please do enjoy this podcast, even though it seems to veer away from silent territory – there is a connection, I promise.
Continue reading The Silent London Podcast: Toute la mémoire du monde 2017 part two
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