Wild Girl

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USA | 1932 | 35mm | 78 min.

Director: Raoul Walsh

Cast: Joan Bennett, Ralph Bellamy, Charles Farrell

Bennett is a wonderful bundle of energy as Salomy Jane, the tomboy heroine torn between handsome stranger Farrell and morally ambiguous gambler Bellamy. Walsh’s unusual comedic Western makes the most of the lush and fertile Sequoia National Park locations.

Fox Restorations from MoMA: In our first series tribute to the magnificent archival library and preservation efforts of the Department of Film at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, we proudly present seven hard-to-see cinematic gems from Fox Films. These lovely entertainments, produced in the first years of the talkies before Fox merged with 20th Century Films, include pre-code comedies and thrillers, a musical, and a Western. Our lineup includes work by pantheon auteurs like John Ford and Raoul Walsh, but also directors who deserve to be better known like William K. Howard and William Dieterle. The series begins on Feb. 4 with an in-person appearance by the noted film critic Dave Kehr, who now serves as Adjunct Curator in MoMA’s Department of Film.

All Cinematheque screenings are free and open to the public.