Screening Dates: Thursday, May 21, 2026, 8:00 PM / Thursday, June 18, 2026, 8:00 PM

Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Screenplay: Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (story), Douglas Z. Doty (adaptation), Frederic and Fanny Hatton (intertitles)
Cast: Mae Murray, James Kirkwood, Tom Ricketts, Charles K. Gerrard, William Haines

USA / 1924 / 74 min. / Black and White / DCP / Silent / Czech Intertitles / Turkish Subtitles 

Circe the Enchantress takes its name from the seductive Circe of mythology. In this film, whose story was written specifically for lead actress Mae Murray, Cecilie adopts a “vamp” persona following her mother’s death, and though she finds love, her lust leads her to ruin. Happiness will knock on the door of this Jazz Age nymph—who has been many women in a single lifetime—once more, after she has lost everything. Long believed to be lost, the film was recently discovered, restored, and brought back into the light of day.

* We would like to thank Kurukahveci Mehmet Efendi, the sponsor of the Silent Thursday program.

** Ayşe Tütüncü will accompany the film with a live musical performance.