MONDAY, JUNE 21
CASTRO THEATRE
7:00PM CHAMPAGNE RECEPTION 8:00PM SALOME USA, 1922. Directed by Natasha Rambova and Charles Bryant. Silent. Bob Vaughn, organist.
In honor of the Castro Threatre's sixtieth an niversary,
Frameline presents the
1922 film
SALOME, released the same year San Fran cisco's Landmark Theatre opened its door to the public. Directed by Natasha Rambova and Charles Bryant, written by Natasha Rambova, starring Alia Nazimova. Based on the work by Oscar Wilde, SALOME was not well received by critics or censors when it was presented by Alia Nazimova sixty years ago. Made with a reputedly all-gay cast, this exotic and highly stylized film horrified the cen sors who had several sequences deleted includ ing one that made clear a homosexual relation ship between two Syrian soldiers.Artist Aubrey Beardsley was the inspiration for the sets and costumes which were executed by Rambova
(reportedly
Nazimova's
Natasha
sometime
lover and the wife of Rudolph Valentino). Ac cording to one New York examining censor after viewing SALOME: "This picture is in no way religious in theme or interpretation. In my judgment, it is a story of depravity and immoral ity made worse by its biblical background. Sac rilegious! " Intermission
BARRY SANDLER IN PERSON Frameline hosts a champagne reception and buffet at the landmark Castro Theatre to cele brate the opening of the Sixth Annual Festival and the Castro's sixtieth anniversary.Join us and our host for the evening, Vito Russo, along with this year's guests, Barry Sandler, Kenneth Anger, Barbara Hammer and the other partici pants in this year's event. Vito Russo talks with Barry Sandler, screen writer for MAKING LOVE, about his film and Hollywood's entrance into gay cinema.
Film
segments from MAKING LOVE will be included as well as audience participation.