FYI: This Friday, Jan. 14th, Jeff Rapsis will provide live electronic keyboard accompaniment to HANDS UP!, shown in an archival 35mm print at 7:00 pm and Ernst Lubitsch's THE MARRIAGE CIRCLE at 8:45 pm. Special admission to each show $15; members, CIA & CSU I.D. holders, those age 25 & under $12. Those who paid to see Hands Up! at 7 pm can see The Marriage Circle for $12. Expanded Covid requirements: In 2022, all Cinematheque visitors will be required to show proof of Covid vaccination and a photo ID upon entering CIA. This is in addition to having their temperature taken via a touchless device and wearing a mask for the duration of their visit. Learn more under the "Vaccination Requirement: Visitors to CIA" section at cia.edu/covid<https://www.cia.edu/about-us/safety-security/smart-return-to-school>. As a reminder, filmgoers can park for free in Lot 73 and should enter CIA via nearby Entrance C. Friday, January 14, at 7:00 pm Film Classics in 35mm! Jeff Rapsis accompanies HANDS UP! USA, 1926, Clarence Badger In his landmark 1975 book The Silent Clowns, critic Walter Kerr writes that Raymond Griffith, a largely forgotten silent-era comic actor, "seems to occupy a handsome fifth place-after Chaplin, Keaton, Lloyd, and Langdon-in the silent comedy pantheon." The suave, mustachioed, unflappable Griffith, often attired in top hat and opera cape, uses his wits to extricate himself from disastrous situations. In his Civil War comedy and masterpiece Hands Up! (one of the few Griffith features to survive in its entirety), the dapper comedian plays a Confederate spy who tries to stop a gold shipment from reaching the Union army. This very funny film was added to the Library of Congress' National Film Registry in 2005, and Robert Sherwood, film critic for The NY Times during the 1920s, even regarded it as superior to Keaton's The General! Tonight New England's ace silent film accompanist (and Cinematheque favorite) Jeff Rapsis will provide live electronic keyboard accompaniment to Hands Up!, which will be shown in an archival 35mm print. Don't miss it! 63 min. Special admission $15; members, CIA & CSU I.D. holders, and those age 25 & under $12. No passes or twofers. Hands Up! has been preserved by The Museum of Modern Art with support from the Celeste Bartos Fund for Film Preservation. See next blurb for another Jeff Rapsis performance. www.jeffrapsis.com<http://www.jeffrapsis.com> https://www.cia.edu/cinematheque/film-schedule/2022/01/hands-up Friday, January 14, at 8:45 pm Jeff Rapsis accompanies THE MARRIAGE CIRCLE USA, 1924, Ernst Lubitsch This landmark silent film marked Ernst Lubitsch's transition from the expansive historical romances that brought him from Germany to the U.S., to the sophisticated sex comedies that would define his American career, making him one of Hollywood's most revered and successful directors and producers. Inspired by Chaplin's A Woman of Paris, The Marriage Circle was reputedly Lubitsch's favorite of all his films-and that includes such masterpieces as Trouble in Paradise, Ninotchka, The Shop Around the Corner, and To Be or Not To Be! The movie tells of a happy marriage threatened by outside flirtations, perceived infidelities, and a snooping detective. Almost never shown theatrically, The Marriage Circle will be seen tonight in a new digital restoration from The Museum of Modern Art film archive, with live musical accompaniment by New England's affable and amazing electronic keyboard virtuoso Jeff Rapsis (who's scoring this particular movie for the very first time). Adolphe Menjou and Florence Vidor star. Unmissable! "A sensation...Set the tone for the quintessential 'Jazz Age' comedies that followed." -Rough Guide to Film. 85 min. Special admission $15; members, CIA & CSU I.D. holders, those age 25 & under, and those who paid to see Hands Up! at 7 pm tonight $12. No passes or twofers. The Marriage Circle has been restored by The Museum of Modern Art, with the financial support of Matthew and Natalie Bernstein. https://www.cia.edu/cinematheque/film-schedule/2022/01/the-marriage-circle Thank you, Genevieve Schwartz Cinematheque Assistant Director