Last night went to the opening of the new exhibition Tricks n' Treats curated by Gareth Watkins at the Film Archive. In conjunction with the exhibition which features a staggering amount of fascinating footage from the Archive's collection (and a new mirror ball in the media gallery!) Watkins chose to screen the recently restored film The White Shadow from 1924 directed by the now little-known Graham Cutts, but assisted by the now-legendary Alfred Hitchock. It's a slight, but extremely entertaining film along the rather Victorian theme of the "fallen woman," in this particular case a twin who escapes upper-class England for the bohemian nightclubs of Paris. MIstaken identities and all kinds of mischief ensue! If this tempts, see the link below to the film (unfortunately part of the nitrate original was lost, but what has been restored is pretty gorgeous.)
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