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Clara Bow stars in two restored silent-era classics: Helen’s Babies and Capital Punishment Sunday, December 16 Golden Silents: Hollywood Cinema from the Library of Congress Live piano accompaniment by Donald Sosin Double Feature Admission (one ticket for both films): $20 for Film Society members and students; $25 for the public Single Screening Admission (a separate ticket for each film)for $12 for Film Society members and students; $15 for the public We celebrate silent film’s favorite flapper Clara Bow with this double bill of her early features, curated by the Library of Congress’ Christel Schmidt. In the program’s first film, Helen’s Babies, Bow joins Baby Peggy and Edward Everett Horton in a comedy about a bachelor who fancies himself an expert on children’s behavior. Bow then co-stars with George Hackathorne and Elliott Dexter in the recently restored melodrama Capital Punishment by James P. Hogan, as the girlfriend of a reformed criminal who becomes the pawn in a bet between to well-to-do friends: get an innocent man convicted of murder. Dubbed “ingenious entertainment” by New York Times critic Mordaunt Hall in 1925, the film did little to hide its politics: “Sordid,” said Variety, “out-and-out screen propaganda against the death [penalty].” Author Peter Kobel will be present to sign copies of his new book Silent Movies: The Birth of Film and the Triumph of Movie Culture (Little, Brown & Co.), a lavish look the early years of cinema and the industry’s innovators. Helen’s Babies William A. Seiter, US, 1924; 80m Sun Dec 16: 3:30pm Capital Punishment James P. Hogan, US, 1925; 70m Sun Dec 16: 6:30pm The Golden Silents program is made possible through the generosity of The Ira M. Resnick Foundation. Thanks to The Library of Congress, UCLA Film and Television Archive and David Stenn for the restored print of Capital Punishment and to The Library of Congress for Helen’s Babies. We are also grateful to Michael Mashon, Head of Moving Images at LC, Ralph Eubanks, Director of the Publishing Office at LC and Katherine Molina at Little, Brown & Co.

Buy Tickets DOUBLE FEATURE Sun Dec 16: 3:30 & 6:30 HELEN'S BABIES Sun Dec 16: 3:30 CAPITAL PUNISHMENT Sun Dec 16: 6:30