Mary Pickford in SPARROWS Screens at Arkadin Cinema at The Heavy Anchor in St. Louis May 11th – Presented by ‘Silents Please STL’

“Hey – you Molly! Git them brats back to work! Them veg-tables is wuth money. Quit a-tramplin’ ’em or I’ll run the lot of yer into the swamp!”

The Arkadin Cinema, a local independent theater scheduled to open soon, is hosting an film series that takes place in the back lot at The Heavy Anchor (5226 Gravois Ave in St. Louis). Mary Pickford in SPARROWS (1920) screens Wednesday May 11th. Showtime is 8:00. SPARROWS is presented by Silents, Please STL, a local group that aims to promote and preserve the art of silent filmmaking from the early 20th Century through community programming and education. Enter through the front of The Heavy Anchor. Admission is $10 and can be purchased in advance HERE. Bring your own chair. First come, first served. Seating is limited. Food and drinks and available there at The Heavy Anchor. This is a 21+ event, so leave the kids home. The Arkadin Cinema’s site can be found HERE.

In SPARROWS, evil Mr.Grimes keeps a rag-tag bunch orphans on his farm deep in a swamp in the US South. He forces them to work in his garden and treats them like slaves. They are watched over by the eldest, Molly. A gang in league with Mr. Grimes kidnaps Doris, the beautiful little daughter of a rich man, and hides her out on Grimes’ farm, awaiting ransom. When the police close in, and Mr. Grimes threatens to throw Doris into the bottomless mire, Molly must lead her little flock out through the alligator-infested swamp.