The Kennington Bioscope is a regular cinema event featuring live accompaniment to silent films that takes place at the Cinema Museum.

A Pair of Silk Stockings (1918), directed by Walter Edwards with Constance Talmadge and Harrison Ford (new 35mm restoration by Patrick Stanbury). The film’s scenario by Edith Kennedy was based on a 1914 Broadway comedy of the same name by Cyril Harcourt and was produced and distributed by Select Pictures.

The Thornhill’s marriage is in a rough spot with poor Sam feeling he is a neglected husband. So he schemes to make his wife Molly jealous, only Sam’s plans seldom work out as he intends and instead his plot ends in divorce. Then a chance meeting at a mutual friend’s home might just give Sam the chance he needs to explain himself, if only his latest plan happens to work out.

Constance Alice Talmadge was the youngest sister of Norma and Natalie Talmadge. Nicknamed “Dutch” by her stage mother Peg as she looked like a cherubic Little Dutch Boy. She was one of silent pictures’ most popular and enduring stars of romantic comedy making over 80 films. Throughout the late ’10s and early ’20s the elegant Constance charmed audiences with a number of flapper-era comedy vehicles, many of them co-starring silent film great Harrison Ford. She grew so much in stature that she eventually formed her own production company.

Live piano accompaniment.

Silent film with intertitles which may be suitable for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Tickets & Pricing

£8. Seats are limited, so please arrive early or request an invitation using the email kenbioscope@gmail.com.