This film is presented by Silents, Please! STL and will feature a special introduction from SPSTL’s Kate Stewart.

Silents, Please! STL celebrates Women’s History Month with with a night devoted to WOMEN PIONEERS OF EARLY CINEMA. The program will feature a selection of shorts by groundbreaking French director Alice Guy-Blaché, whose work influenced Alfred Hitchcock and Sergei Eisenstein. Then, we’ll present Lois Weber’s masterful 1916 tearjerker SHOES, of which critic Louella Parsons wrote that it “loosens the heartstrings, stirs the pulse and makes one choke with emotion.” Both Shoes and Guy-Blaché’s short Matrimony’s Speed Limit have been selected for preservation by the National Film Registry.

THEATER POLICIES

All seats are first-come, first-served.

The theater opens one hour prior to showtime, except for “Happy Hour” events when the theater will open at the event’s start time.

All ages are welcome at Arkadin except for Drinkolas Cage events, which are restricted to 21+. We follow the MPAA rating guidelines for all other films.

Tickets can be purchased using the BUY TICKETS link above. Upon ordering, you will receive a confirmation email from Square. Tickets may also be purchased on the day of the show at the concession counter.

If you’ve purchased advance tickets, when you arrive, please give your name at the concession counter to check in.

Tickets are returnable by sending a request through the contact form located on our About Us page prior to showtime.

When an event is sold out, we reserve the right to release open seats to customers on the waitlist. If you have a pre-purchased ticket and arrive late and there is no seat for you, your ticket will be refunded.

All screenings are held in our indoor theater unless indicated otherwise in the event description above.

Please respect your fellow movie-goers by remaining quiet and refraining from using your cell phone throughout the screening.