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| American Actress Clara Bow in the 1925 silent film "The Plastic Age" |
Save Our Heritage Org.’s silent film
series continues this evening with the showing of “The Plastic Age,” a 1925
silent starring the “it” girl of the Roaring 20s Clara Bow. It is also Gilbert Roland’s first role and
Clark Gable appears as a frat house extra.
Donald Keith is the co-star.
SAVE THE DATE:
When:
September 11, 2016, 7:30 pm
Where: Adobe
Chapel, 3963 Conde Street in Old Town San Diego
Time: 7:30pm
· 73 minutes
Cost: $10
Seating is
limited;
Online
advance ticket purchase: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2512990
Tickets in
person: Whaley House Museum Shop
2476 San
Diego Avenue in historic Old Town San Diego
“The Plastic
Age” takes some tried and true elements, throws them together in a then-modern
story of booze, flappers and football, and adds in the spiciness of Clara Bow
for an enjoyable 73 minutes of entertainment - just perfect for a movie out of
the midst of the Jazz Age.
The film was
based on a best-selling novel from 1924 of the same name, written by Percy
Marks, a Brown University English instructor who chronicled the life of the
fast-set of that university. One of the best of Clara Bow's pre-Paramount
vehicles, The Plastic Age is a satire of college life, circa 1925. Bow is cast
as vivacious co-ed Cynthia Day, the sweetheart of Prescott College.
Cynthia's
own sweetheart is handsome campus football hero Hugh Carver (Donald Keith), who
arrives at Prescott determined to make his parents proud of him. But the
pervading "party on" atmosphere at the college threatens to erode
Hugh's values - and even worse, begins to affect his performance on the
football field.
Info: (619)
297-7511
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| Clara Bow and Donald Keith star in the 1925 silent college caper, "The Plastic Age." |
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