THE GIRL WITH A HAT BOX

To start today’s line-up of satirical films from the old Soviet Union, Slapstick favourite Lucy Porter introduces a deliciously screwball romcom directed by Boris Barnet, often hailed as the master of Soviet silent cinema.

It stars the Ukrainian/Swedish beauty, Anna Sten – later whisked to Hollywood by Sam Goldwyn who dubbed her ‘the new Greta Garbo’. In it, Sten plays a hat maker caught in a love triangle and challenges involving a room rental scam and a winning lottery ticket. With live piano accompaniment by Daan vandenHurk