UW Cinematheque - Owen Kline Presents!
Madam Satan | USA | 1930 | 35mm | 115 min. Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Event Details
Date
Sunday, March 1, 2026
Time
7 p.m.
Location
4070 Vilas Hall
Description
Cast: Kay Johnson, Reginald Denny, Lillian Roth.
Member of the upper-crust Angela (Johnson), fearing she’s losing her husband Bob (Denny) to the carefree showgirl Trixie (Roth), reimagines herself as the alluring “Madam Satan” to win him back. Her transformation is completed during a wildly extravagant costume party aboard a colossal dirigible. When a real storm strikes and the airship begins to fail, acts of sacrifice reveal the true devotion of the main characters.
Member of the upper-crust Angela (Johnson), fearing she’s losing her husband Bob (Denny) to the carefree showgirl Trixie (Roth), reimagines herself as the alluring “Madam Satan” to win him back. Her transformation is completed during a wildly extravagant costume party aboard a colossal dirigible. When a real storm strikes and the airship begins to fail, acts of sacrifice reveal the true devotion of the main characters.
Cost
Free
Contact
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please call 608-262-3627 or email ben.reiser@wisc.edu to make a disability-related accommodation request. Requests should be made by Sunday, February 15, 2026, though reasonable effort will be made to support late accommodation requests.