THE CLINGING VINE (1926)
Restored silent film with live music (Mauro Colombis), 70 minutes.
From Hollywood legend Cecil B DeMille.
Tickets: $30/$25
'Many entertaining silent films were produced under DeMille’s supervision, and this one stands out as a particularly charming and timeless comedy. Leatrice Joy is very convincing as the girl who looks and dresses like a man, and when she wears a dress, her male colleagues cannot recognize her! The film is a charming and delightful escapist fare as it conveys the lifestyle and mindset of the 1920's generation: the over-efficient career woman who looks, dresses and acts like a man, but is transformed into an elegant and lovely lady with a little bit of coaching in how to be 'a clinging vine' - that is, an eyelash-batting female who drapes herself off men as she says 'oh, DO go on!' and appears to be completely dependent on male strength and intelligence. Ironically it is more sophisticated and clever than it initially appears because the joke really is on the shallow-minded menfolk who fall for the batting eyes rather than a woman's intelligence and competence.'
From Hollywood legend Cecil B DeMille.
Tickets: $30/$25
'Many entertaining silent films were produced under DeMille’s supervision, and this one stands out as a particularly charming and timeless comedy. Leatrice Joy is very convincing as the girl who looks and dresses like a man, and when she wears a dress, her male colleagues cannot recognize her! The film is a charming and delightful escapist fare as it conveys the lifestyle and mindset of the 1920's generation: the over-efficient career woman who looks, dresses and acts like a man, but is transformed into an elegant and lovely lady with a little bit of coaching in how to be 'a clinging vine' - that is, an eyelash-batting female who drapes herself off men as she says 'oh, DO go on!' and appears to be completely dependent on male strength and intelligence. Ironically it is more sophisticated and clever than it initially appears because the joke really is on the shallow-minded menfolk who fall for the batting eyes rather than a woman's intelligence and competence.'
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Sydney NSW 2000
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STATE LIBRARY NSW - 23 April 2023 - The Clinging Vine (1926)
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