The Grand Illusion

95th anniversary! Featuring an in-person Q&A with Katie Gee Salisbury, author of the new biography, Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong.

Anna May Wong stars in E.A. Dupont's PICCADILLY, the mesmerizing silent masterpiece about a maid who overcomes her station to become the toast of London. As his nightclub suffers to a convoluted love triangle among the staff, Wilmot (Jameson Thomas) has a chance encounter with scullery maid Shosho (Wong) and enlists her talents as both a beauty and a dancer to reignite the club's spark. This rediscovered classic also stars Gilda Gray as the enchanting dancer Mabel, who shines alongside Wong, and Alfred Junge's astonishing set design looks better than ever thanks to brilliantly restored footage by the British Film Institute.

Katie Gee Salisbury will be signing copies of her book, which will also be available to purchase after the screening of PICCADILLY. Read more about the book here.

“[Director] Dupont transforms the stuff of melodrama into a compelling tragedy of passion with a theme of racial injustice and exploitation.” Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times

“Wong is the kind of gorgeous that burns right through a camera lens, and the kind of mesmerizing that seems without effort or end.” Janice Page, Boston Globe