OSCAR WILDE DEATH DAY SALON

antebellum & the purple circuit present

  OSCAR WILDE DEATH SALON

OSCAR WILDE HAS BEEN DEAD FOR 116 YEARS

~WE INVITE YOU TO AN AFTERNOON TEA SALON~

OSCAR WILDE & THE OCCULT

readings by

DAVID DEL VALLE

BILL KAISER

FOLLOWED BY SCREENING-

OSCAR WILDE'S 

SALOME

(1923)

DIRECTED & STARRING

 ALLA NAZIMOVA

TEA WILL BE SERVED

$10 COVER

NOVEMBER 30TH

5pm til 8pm

ANTEBELLUM

1643 n las palmas ave

hollywood, ca 90028

antebellum@earthlink.net

Salomé (1923), 

silent film directed by Charles Bryant and starring Alla Nazimova,

 film adaptation of the Oscar Wilde play of the same name. 

The play itself is a loose retelling of the biblical story of King Herod 

and his execution of John the Baptist  at the request of Herod's stepdaughter, 

Salomé, whom he lusts after.

Salomé is often called one of the first art films to be made in the U.S.

 The highly stylized costumes, exaggerated acting, minimal sets, and absence of all but the most necessary props make for a screen image much more focused on atmosphere and on conveying a sense of the characters' individual heightened desires than on conventional plot development.

Salome is also considered one of the first all gay film productions.