Winter/Spring Film Series

Mantrap
Friday, March 4 | 8 pm
Museum Auditorium

Mantrap

It's time for our silent film with live music, courtesy of Chicago maestro David Drazin! Clara Bow was the frisky embodiment of ‘20s hedonism—she had "It." Mantrap, one of the films that made her a star, was based on a novel by Sinclair Lewis and directed by Victor Fleming, who would go on to helm Gone With the Wind and The Wizard of Oz. Lewis called his novel “a straight, out-and-out romance of an unspoiled country . . . the most captivating love and adventure story I have ever conceived or told,” but Fleming saw it as a new kind of sex comedy, especially with the magnetic Bow, with whom he was romantically involved.

Mantrap
(1926) Directed by Victor Fleming. Clara Bow, Ernest Torrence, Percy Marmont. (86 min.)

Alverna (saucy Bow), married to a backwoods he-man, flirts with a vacationing divorce lawyer who has sworn off the fair sex. “Clara Bow lit up the screen as much as—if not more than—any other star in movie history,” says film historian Jeanine Basinger. The evening also includes the comedy short Dog Shy, starring Charley Chase. Archive prints from the Library of Congress.

Upcoming
Friday, March 11: “All-Talking, All-Singing, All-Dancing” Sunny Side Up

Tickets
$3.50 Museum members, students, Cinema Inc. and Galaxy Cinema members
$5 All others

Winter/Spring Film Series Pass
Valid for 10 admissions
$35 ($25 Museum members, students, Cinema Inc. and Galaxy Cinema members)
Please note that film series passes must be exchanged for individual film tickets at the Box Office.

Tickets are available online, by phone at (919) 715-5923, and in person at the Museum Box Office. Many films sell out, so be sure to get your tickets soon. Same-day tickets are not available online.

See you at the movies!

Upcoming

30 Americans
Opens March 19 | Ticketed

30 Americans brings together established and emerging African American artists whose work explores issues of race, gender, identity, history, and popular culture. The exhibition features more than 70 works of art and includes painting, drawing, photography, video, sculpture, and mixed-media installations.

Art in the Evening

Before the movie, visit the galleries or relax with a glass of wine from our Friday night wine bar in the West Building Lobby, open 5:30–8 pm on Fridays.

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