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For a feller who claimed to vastly prefer working with male actors rather than female ones, director William Wellman certainly knew how to construct a lush romantic lark. After a string of dusty oaters in the first half of the Twenties (and before the machismo of films like Wings, The Public Enemy and The Call of the Wild), Wellman turned his sights on this highly unusual circus romance. This high-flying jaunt stars Florence Vidor as the vamp in the middle…

On the occasion of its 50th Anniversary, UCLA Film & Television Archive is proud to celebrate the legacy of storied producer and director Cecil B. DeMille (1881-1959).  At the heart of this retrospective are restorations of 10 DeMille features performed by the Archive throughout its own history.  A founding figure of American cinema, Cecil B. DeMille was one of filmdom's most influential and durable titans throughout a remarkable career spanning four decades, and with an influence still felt within the…

Baby Peggy, “Hollywood’s Tiny Titan,” stars as the adorable Captain January, a shipwrecked orphan taken in and raised by kindly lighthouse keeper Jeremiah Judkins.  When the local townsfolk become concerned about the elderly Judkins’ ability to care for little January, she is determined to find a way to stay with her beloved guardian, in this charming silent drama.   Principal Pictures.  Producer: Sol Lesser.  Director: Edward F. Cline.  Screenwriter: Eve Unsell, John Grey.  Based on the novel by Laura Elizabeth…

An enormous hit from director Cecil B. DeMille's independent production phase, this telling of the life of Christ is a masterpiece of pictorial arrangement, offering the essential episodes of the Biblical story as devotional tableaux, capped with teeming sequences of intense, dramatic action (in particular, the crucifixion).  H. B. Warner's wan, ethereal Jesus is breathtaking, setting the tone for his entire future career, even as scenes of Mary Magdalene's redemption display the old DeMille appreciation for excess.  The Archive will…

UCLA Film & Television Archive is proud to celebrate the legacy of storied producer and director Cecil B. DeMille (1881-1959).  At the heart of this retrospective are restorations of 10 DeMille features performed by the Archive throughout its own history.  A founding figure of American cinema, Cecil B. DeMille was one of filmdom's most influential and durable titans throughout a remarkable career spanning four decades, and with an influence still felt within the American filmmaking tradition.  Famed as a director…

According to Clara Bow, the Twenties’ “It” girl herself: “the best silent picture I ever made”. Proving she wasn’t just a pair of bare ankles, the then-20-year-old took it upon herself to upgrade her scripted Mantrap character Alverna from boring and drab to a flirtatious minx. Clara foregrounds a delicious love triangle amongst a charming number of classic L.A. palm trees in what director Victor Fleming (The Wizard of Oz, Gone With The Wind) stages as the backwoods of Canada.…

Catch All Wet! performing a set at the SLIJCC Cabaret Night at the El Cid.  Doors open at 7:30, show Starts at 8pm. Tickets are going fast! Don't be a dumb Dora! - Tickets are almost gone so don't wait or you'll miss Cliff Retallick​ the bee's knees on the piano keys and the swellest of all dolls Zaidee Lutetia ​ & Jazmine Ramay​ singin', dancin' and slayin' em' in the aisles.    

This Fleischer Brothers’ “Out of the Inkwell” short features Koko the Clown as an animated character who just won’t let his creator get to sleep.  Combining live action with animation via the Fleischers’ signature rotoscope technique, Bed Time is not only a hilarious descent into dream-logic, but a refreshing reminder of the achievements of handmade animation.  —Timoleon Wilkins Director: Dave Fleischer.  Producer: Max Fleischer.  35mm, b/w, silent, approx. 10 min.