(Cecil B. DeMille, US 1925, 90 min., 35mm)

Legendary director DeMille’s final film for Paramount Pictures before he set up his own studio is a wonderful melodrama set in the Alpines. Scheming American Flora (Lillian Rich) marries into European royalty to bolster her own sagging fortunes. When a tragic accident leaves Flora a widow, she turns her romantic attention toward the unattainable Admah Holtz (Rod La Rocque). Live piano by Philip C. Carli.