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2012 WCRF
Silent Films |
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| Friday,
10:00 - 11:00 pm, Martinique The silent films for the Friday evening show are The Cure (1917) Charlie Chaplin, Felix Revolts (1923) Felix the cat,, and The Boat (1921) Buster Keaton. The piano accompanist will be Frederick Hodges. Film preservationist and historian David Shepard will provide opening remarks and be our projectionist. |
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The Cure (1917) Charlie Chaplin stars as a wealthy inebriate who checks on to a swanky spa to dry out but throws the place into chaos instead. |
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Felix Revolts (1923) Felix the cat stars in this imaginative and hilarious comedy short in which he leads a revolution of the town's cats against a corrupt anti-cat mayor |
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The Boat (1921) Buster Keaton stars in one of his greatest comedy shorts as a man who builds his own boat and takes his family on a pleasure cruise that ends in hilarious disaster when a freak storm ruins their trip. |
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| Saturday,
9:00 to 10:00 am, Sierra The silent films for the Saturday morning show are Chasing Choo Choo (1927) Monte Banks, and One A.M., (1916) Charlie Chaplin. The piano accompanist will be Adam Swanson. Film preservationist and historian David Shepard will provide opening remarks and be our projectionist. |
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Chasing Choo Choo (1927) Comedian Monty Banks supports the real star of this thrill comedy, a runaway train traversing Carisso Gorge on the old San Diego and Arizona Railway. |
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One A.M. (1916) Charlie Chaplin is a toff who comes home intoxicated and tries to get upstairs to bed. That’s the whole set-up for two reels of flabbergasting pantomime! |