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Fashion Shows on Film: An Evening of Silent Serials
An annotated screening, live scored by Makia Matsumura,
with Goddesses in the Machine cocurator Michelle Finamore

Serial dramas of the 1910s and 1920s offered important promotional opportunities for American fashion designers. Like contemporary runway shows, they brought the latest fashion trends to audiences every week. Goddesses in the Machine cocurator Michelle Finamore will screen selections from three such serial dramas—The Perils of Pauline (1914), The Whirl of Life (1915) and The Mysterious Airman (1928)—with live accompaniment by Makia Matsumura. Following the screenings, Finamore and Matsumura will discuss the relationship between style, materiality, and music in these episodic films.

Wednesday, September 23, 2026 at 6pm
38 West 86th Street, BGC Lecture Hall

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Poster for the American film serial The Perils of Pauline (1914), Eclectic Film Company.
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