The Dryden will screen Nell Gwyn (Herbert Wilcox, U.K. 1926, 80 min., 35mm) with live piano accompaniment by Philip C. Carli as part of the Period Dramas series.

Dorothy Gish (Lillian Gish's younger sister) gives her all in this tale of the orange-seller who became one of the iconic figures of 17th-century English theatre, a favorite mistress of Charles II, and a beloved public figure in her country. Producer-director Herbert Wilcox went to great lengths to secure Gish from the U.S. and make this the most lavishly decorated British film of its time, intending to market the film internationally. Gish's performance is witty, sexy, endearing, and poignant.

[source: George Eastman Museum calendar, 2017-May-22]