National Silent Movie Day: Manhandled (1924)

Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021, is National Silent Movie Day. New York City's beloved Film Forum is celebrating with a screening of Allan Dwan's 1924 silent Manhandled, starring the fabulous Gloria Swanson. Some years back, the Siren wrote an appreciation of this film for a dossier on Allan Dwan, and she reprints the essay here. Those in the New York area wh…