Piccadilly September 29, 2006

Piccadilly

Directed by E. A. Dupont
UK 1929, 35mm, silent, b/w, 108 min.
With Anna May Wong, Gilda Gray, Charles Laughton
Live Piano Accompaniment

In her most famous performance, Wong is a scullery maid turned nightclub performer who steals the screen—and the leading man—from her rival (Gray). “She shimmers and so does this newly restored, alternately blue- and amber-tinted print,” writes critic J. Hoberman. Restored 35mm print.

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