The Cinefamily (Venue Partner)
611 N Fairfax Avenue
323.655.2510
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Diamonds
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Wednesday Mar 17, 2010 (8–10pm)
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- Price
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$10
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From its title, Women Love Diamonds sounds like a genteel, sweet romance, but is really a melodrama that's surprisingly gritty for its time, and contains enough bursts of emotion to rival works by Sirk or Borzage. Finding love in the arms of both rich suitor Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and his valet, and then a brutal rejection when her family truth is revealed, Starke must climb her way back from the murky emotional depths. Clemente André-Ani, a collaborator of Erté and costumier for contract players like Norma Shearer and Marion Davies, loaded Women Love Diamonds with enough lavish flowing gowns, hats and jewelry to clothe an army of radiant damsels.
Dir. Edmund Goulding, 1927, 35mm, 70 min.
