Silent Movie Mondays Kicks Off a Tour of the South Seas

"An hour-long parade of topless women," is the grabber DVD Verdict uses to get you into the review of LeGong: Dance of the Virgins, but it also says the 1935 film is "like a National Geographic photo spread come to life, replete with the gaudy temples, weather-worn faces, and vaguely erotic naked torsos. From historical, sociological, and ethnographic standpoints, the footage in this film is fascinating."

"Actually filmed in Bali," the movie poster assures you, by Marquis Henry de la Falaise. It was shot in two-color Technicolor. You wish the Paramount would have rounded up a gamelan orchestra, but it looks like the Paramount's Mighty Wurlitzer will be pressed into action, with Jim Riggs at the keyboard.

Trader Joe's Silent Movie Mondays begin at 7 p.m. (tickets are $12 adults/$9 students & seniors). After LeGong, the Silents of the South Seas brings Sadie Thompson and F. W. Murnau's Tabu, before closing up on March 29 with a collection of three Charlie Chaplin shorts.