It should have been a dream collaboration: a glamorous world-famous movie star (Gloria Swanson) and her financier lo ver (Joseph P. Kennedy) hire a celebrated director (Erich von Stroheim) to make a groundbreaking masterpiece. Instead\, Queen Kelly was canceled mid -production and became the most infamous unfinished film in cinema history . Von Stroheim&rsquo\;s baroque and obsessive drama opens in a European co untry ruled by a mad Queen (Seena Owen) obsessed with her feckless fianc&e acute\;\, &ldquo\;Wild&rdquo\; Prince Wolfram (Walter Byron). The dissolut e prince falls for an innocent but flirtatious convent girl\, Patricia Kel ly (Swanson)\, kidnaps her\, and brings her to his rooms. When the Queen d iscovers the lovers\, she horsewhips the girl. Returning to the convent\, Kelly receives a telegram\, summoning her to German East Africa\, where he r dying aunt begs the girl to wed the syphilitic owner\, Jan (Tully Marsha ll) of the seedy brothel. Basing his reconstruction on von Stroheim&rsquo\ ;s original scripts\, Dennis Doros has employed multiple techniques to rec reate the film&rsquo\;s lurid dé\;nouement. \;
\nWe are pr oud to screen some timeless and historic masterpieces. These wonderful scr een gems are enhanced by live piano accompaniment from Cleveland native Da vid Drazin\, an accomplished virtuoso with a talent for playing off the cu ff. David selects the perfect piece from his impressive mental repertoire to heighten the viewing experience for our audience. In addition to knowin g just the right thing to play for any silent film imaginable\, David is a lso an expert in jazz\, classical\, blues\, and boogie-woogie.
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