Slideshow
MANTRAP
Monday, December 2
6:20
♪ With live piano accompaniment by Steve Sterner
U.S., 1926
Directed by Victor Fleming
Based on the novel by Sinclair Lewis
With Clara Bow, Ernest Torrence
Approx. 86 min. 35mm.
Woman-hating divorce lawyer Percy Marmont treks off with pal Eugene Pallette on a hunting trip to Mantrap Landing; only trouble is, woodsman Ernest Torrence’s wife is… Clara Bow! Based on an obscure novel by Sinclair Lewis. From the future director of GONE WITH THE WIND and THE WIZARD OF OZ.
35mm preservation print courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive.
Reviews
“With excellent performances by Bow and Ernest Torrence. The direction by Victor Fleming is adroit, and the photography is beautiful.”
– Robert E. Sherwood