Next up: Lillian Gish stars in 'Annie Laurie' (1927) on Sunday, April 26 at Natick, Mass.

An original lobby card promoting 'Annie Laurie' (1927).More than a month since I last posted anything on this blog. Wow!I've still been accompanying as many films as ever. It's just that I've gone through a period where real life exceeded my capacity for writing about it.But here I am again. And we'll pick up with a preview of an upcoming screening: the MGM epic 'Annie Laurie' (1927), starring Lillian Gish, which I'm accompanying this afternoon in at the Center for the Arts in Natick, Mass.The Natick venue is a converted firehouse, which is appropriate, because this is one hot picture! Seriously—I think the climax (which, yes, involves fire) ranks right up there with Gish's near-death experience on the ice floes in 'Way Down East' (1921) a few years earlier. Lots more info in the press release pasted in below. Hope you'll be able to join us on Sunday, April 26 at 4 p.m. for a grand experience from the silent era. And I'll be back with more thoughts and reports before long. * *…