(Clarence Brown, US 1931, 76 min.)

then at 8:30 p.m. THE TRESPASSER

(Edmund Goulding, US 1929, 90 min.)

In the first of these two pre-code gems recently preserved in new prints by Eastman House, Joan Crawford leaves small-town Pennsylvania for the bright lights of NYC, where she meets and falls in love with Clark Gable, a successful and wealthy married lawyer. Gable is separated and has his heart set on political office, so Crawford masquerades as a Park Avenue divorcee and the two carry on their lovemaking in secret. But things can’t stay this way for long. A tale of glamour and sacrifice, with an added treat: Joan singing “How Long Can It Last?” in three languages. Then, Gloria Swanson, in her first talkie, delivers an Oscar®-nominated turn as a stenographer from the wrong side of the tracks who is jilted by her boss-turned-lover. Loaded with salacious references to the real-life relationship between Swanson and married producer Joseph P. Kennedy, this 2002 preservation of the sound version of The Trespasser was rendered from a unique nitrate print in the Eastman House’s motion picture vaults. Don’t miss Swanson singing “Love, Your Magic Spell Is Everywhere.” Two films for one admission price.