Recent press about the restoration of Lois Weber’s The Dumb Girl of Portici (1916)!

Lois Weber’s 1916 film The Dumb Girl of Portici, starring Anna Pavlova, screens at Anthology Film Archives on December 16-18.  Below are some recent articles on the NYC premiere of the newly-restored film (thanks to the Library of Congress and Milestone Films):

The New Yorker: “A Great Ballerina’s Explosive Movie Performance” (12/15/16)

The New York Times: “Lois Weber, Eloquent Filmmaker of the Silent Screen” (12/15/16)