WHEN KNIGHTHOOD WAS IN FLOWER screens ONE NIGHT ONLY, this Wednesday, August 29 at 7:30 p.m. ONLY. This silent film will be accompanied by LIVE music.
Mary Tudor, Queen of France (Marion Davies), the younger sister of King Henry VIII, falls in love with commoner Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk (Forrest Stanley). But her brother ’s plans for Mary involve politically strategic marriage to the elderly King Louis XII of France (William Norris). What is a rebellious, headstrong princess to do?
At the time, KNIGHTHOOD’s $1,800,000 budget made it the most expensive film ever made, and it led to Davies being named "Queen of the Screen" for 1922. Our screening includes live accompaniment by composer, historian, and musician Jeff Rapsis.
Rapsis writes that "silent film with live music is a unique experience that can only be successfully experienced in a movie theater environment — it was never intended for consumption in any other way, and it loses all its power on YouTube or cell phones...
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