The Barker (1928)

(Movies)
When
January 23, 2017 <m>(Monday)
Where
Billy Wilder Theater / UCLA Film & Television Archive
Courtyard Level, Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, California 90024 (US)
Website: https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/2017/01/23/the-barker

Event Details

The Barker  (1928)

January 23, 2017 - 7:00 pm

Billy Wilder Theater


A carnival barker tries to break up a burgeoning romance between his adored son and a sideshow performer.  Completed as a silent, The Barker went back into production so that talking sequences could be added one month before the film's premiere.

35mm, b/w, silent with music and sound sequences, 86 min.  Dir. George Fitzmaurice.  Cast: Milton Sills, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Dorothy Mackaill.

Preserved by the Museum of Modern Art Department of Film and UCLA Film & Television Archive.

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Additional Links

www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/2017/01/23/the-barker