Dancing Mothers plus the short film The Pill Pounder
Live music by Wayne Barker
Hitmaker Herbert Brenon gives this modern-family melodrama a polished sheen, and Clara Bow a show-stealing role. Alice Joyce is sublime as the wife and mother who dares to stake her own claim in the swirl of 1920s nightlife that has already ensnared her philandering husband and thrill-seeking daughter, while Bow effervesces as the Jazz Baby who needs saving from herself.
Preceded by THE PILL POUNDER (1923), directed by Gregory La Cava, starring Charlie Murray with Clara Bow.
Source Information:
Dancing Mothers and The Pill Pounder are SFSFF restorations
Live music by Wayne Barker
Wayne Barker has garnered acclaim both for his original compositions and live performances in the theater, including a Tony nomination for best original score on Peter and the Starcatcher. His numerous credits include piano scores for Beth Henley’s Laugh, an homage to silent-era slapstick; and Joe DiPietro’s Hollywood, centered around the 1922 murder of director William Desmond Taylor. He composed for Dame Edna Everage as well as appeared onstage as Master of the Dame’s Music for six years.
Details
Director
Herbert Brenon
Country
United States
Year
1926
Cast
Alice Joyce, Clara Bow, Conway Tearle
Runtime
65 min. (80 min. program total)
Source
SFSFF Collection
Format
DCP
Thu, Apr 11, 2024
2:00 PM
Palace of Fine Arts Theatre
$20 general
$18 member
12 and under, free