Pandora's Box, starring Louise Brooks, screens in Ambler, PA

Pandora's Box, starring Louise Brooks, will screen in Ambler, Pennsylvania (outside Philadelphia) on Wednesday, September 25, 2024 as part of the national silent movie day celebration. And what's more, the film will be shown with live musical accompaniment by the wonderful Ben Model. More information about the event, as well as ticket availability, can be found HERE.

According to the Ambler Theater website: "We’re celebrating Silent Movie Day with esteemed Accompanist and Film Historian Ben Model, who will join us to provide a live original score to a new restoration of one of silent cinema’s great masterworks, G.W. Pabst’s PANDORA’S BOX (1929).

German filmmaker G.W. Pabst had an innate eye for talent, which led him to cast one-time Ziegfeld girl and icon of flapper culture Louise Brooks, whose bob haircut was widely emulated. Brooks' legendary persona was suited for this modern tale of an amoral yet naive showgirl named Lulu, whose sexual vivacity leads to a downward spiral of violence. Upon release, PANDORA’S BOX was deemed lurid and controversial due to its subject matter, but the film now stands as a work of daring and stylish filmmaking. Featuring a truly enduring performance from the inimitable Brooks. In German w/ English intertitles. Presented in a new restoration. 

Restored from the best surviving 35mm elements at Haghefilm Conservation under the supervision of the Deutsche Kinemathek, with the cooperation of George Eastman Museum, and the collaboration of the Cinémathèque Française, Cineteca di Bologna, Czech Film Archive, and Gosfilmofond."

For more about the film see the newly revamped Pandora's Box filmography page on the new revamped Louise Brooks Society website.

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