The Dryden will screen Show Girl (Alfred Santell, U.S. 1928, 61 min., DCP).

This very rare film, starring famous silent screen actress Alice White, was considered lost until last year. White plays a young showgirl named Dixie Dugan (a famous comic strip name at the time) who fakes her own kidnapping in order to gain publicity. The movie was so well received that a sequel was made in 1930, also starring White. Today's audiences are fortunate for the rescuing of such an important early comedy, and the film itself, complete with cabaret costumes and elaborate dance numbers, is sure to be a wonderful sight to behold. Warner Brothers digital restoration includes the original Vitaphone soundtrack!

[source: George Eastman Museum website, 2016-Oct-10]