SILENT STARS - "The Talmadge Sisters: Lessons in Love" and "The Sign on the Door" May 22, 2008
Columbus, Ohio 43210
// Double Feature
The always charming Constance Talmadge stars in Lessons in Love, a fast-paced farce about an heiress who pretends to be the family maid in order to determine the true intentions of a potential suitor.
Live music by guitarist Larry Marotta. The film is shown in a rare digital restoration. (70 mins., video)
The melodramatic thriller The Sign on the Door stars Norma Talmadge as a woman dealing with a blackmailer who is threatening to tell her rich husband about the dark secret in her past. Things heat up when the blackmailer is shot dead and Talmadge is locked in the room with the dead body until the police arrive. (88 mins., 35mm) Guitarist Larry Marotta provides live music for both films.
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Added by Wexner Center on March 25, 2008