See these films: One Hour With You + Modern Times @ ArtsEmerson
One Hour With You (1932)
Ernst Lubitsch, the
master of subtle, edgy, and bracingly witty romantic comedy, collaborated with
George Cukor to reboot his silent confection The Marriage Circle (1924) into the saucy musical One Hour With You (1932; 7 pm). In it a happily married couple
prove that wedded bliss doesn't necessarily require fidelity. It stars Jeanette
MacDonald and everyone's favorite creepy rake, Maurice Chevalier. And if you
prefer your silent movies to remain that way, drop by a little earlier for
Charlie Chaplin's Modern
Times (1936; 2 pm,
also Sunday), a slapstick look at the working class getting ground up by the
system, a theme that is all the more relevant today. Both are Saturday, October 29 at ArtsEmerson in
the Paramount Center, 559 Washington St, Boston | $10; $7.50 seniors; $5
students | 617.824.8400 or artsemerson.org.