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Sparrows: 100th Anniversary (with live score)

Presented with live score by pianist Bruce Vogt

The renowned American silent Gothic melodrama starring and produced by Canada's first movie star, Mary Pickford.

Molly (Mary Pickford) is the eldest resident of a prison-like orphanage run by the abusive Mr. Grimes (Gustave von Seyffertitz), his neglectful wife (Charlotte Mineau), and their diabolical son, Ambrose ("Spec" O'Donnell). When Mr. Grimes becomes involved in a kidnapping plot, Molly realizes she must somehow escape and struggles to lead the younger children to freedom through the treacherous swamps that surround the orphanage where they have all been enslaved.