
The Melbourne Cinémathèque & ACMI present
Memory Lane
When
Wed 17 Dec 2025
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One of Stahl’s last silent films, this timeless exploration of love and second chances stars Eleanor Boardman, Conrad Nagel and William Haines. Masterfully blending the comic with the bittersweet, it is a testament to Stahl’s ability to craft romantic stories with sensitivity and restraint.
Haines plays what some consider his finest role, though his acting career was to be cut short in the following decade because of his refusal to deny his homosexuality. According to Imogen Sara Smith, with this film Stahl became “a filmmaker who ranks with Mikio Naruse as an artist of tender irony and heartbreaking reserve”.
35mm print courtesy of the Library of Congress, Washington.
About Melbourne Cinémathèque
Australia's longest-running film society, Melbourne Cinémathèque screens significant works of international cinema in the medium they were created, the way they would have originally screened.
Melbourne Cinémathèque is self-administered, volunteer-run, not-for-profit and membership-driven.
