August 2008
Dear readers, if you don't see a screening near you (in the list below), you can contact one of the musicians listed, or a film programmer at your local historic movie house, art museum, art institute, public library, or school film/theatre/music dept. and ask about arranging a screening.
Thanks to our Webmistress Victoria Sainte-Claire, Janice Agenllo (Buster on the Box) and Shirley Stoll for helping research this list! Apologies that this is late - past events are included so you can watch for their future shows!
AUSTRALIA
SILENT FILMS
at the
Majestic Theatre
3 Factory Street
Pomona, Queensland 4568
Australia
Tel. (+61) 07 5485 2330
Website: majestic.spiderweb.com.au
Watch website for July schedule -
they're always screening silent films!
Live Wurlitzer accompaniment by
Ron West!
Sat., Aug. 30, '08, 7:30pm
6TH ANNUAL KANGAROO VALLEY
BUSTER KEATON SILENT MOVIE FESTIVAL
Seven Chances (1925),
The Paleface (1922) &
My Wife's Relations (1922)
Free refreshments!
This is an annual fundraiser
to help the Remexio community
in East Timor.
Kangaroo Valley Hall
Moss Vale Road
Kangaroo Valley, New South Wales
Australia
Information: Martin Wesley
Tel 44 651 299
or email mwsmith@shoalhaven.net.au
Kangaroo Valley Hall - 02 4465 1272
Tickets: Pd 25 / 5 concs.
(Buy on-line or at the
Kangaroo Valley Supermarket
on Moss Vale Road.)
Website: shoalhaven.net.au/
Live accompaniment by
Robert Constable!
ENGLAND
SPECIAL FILM SHOW
presented in conjunction with
THE CINEMA THEATRE ASSOCIATION
Sat., Aug. 9, '08
1:15pm - "Going to the Pictures in 1912"
with David Cleveland & Nigel Lister;
3:45pm - "Men of the Lightship"
and Sherlock Jr (1924)
The Electric Palace (est. 1911)
King's Quay Street
Harwich, Essex CO12 3ER
England
Tel 01255 553 333
(Box office open Fri 7pm thru Sunday)
Tickets for Sherlock Jr: Pd 3.50
Website: electricpalace.com
Thurs., Aug. 14, '08, 7:30pm
2008 MALMESBURY CARNIVAL
The General (1927)
St. Mary's Hall
The Triangle
Malmesbury, SN16 0AH, England
Tel 01666 82 2679
Tickets: Pd 4 / MFS mbrs free
Website: malmesburycarnival.co.uk/general.htm
Live piano accompaniment by
Kes Smith!
Sun., Sep. 14, '08, 4:00pm
SILENT FILM & LIVE MUSIC SERIES
One Week (1920)
+ other Keaton shorts.
Former "Goodies" and "Im Sorry
I Haven't A Clue" panelists
Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden
choose their favourite Keaton shorts
(including his 1920 masterpiece
comedy One Week), and
explain how Keaton's films have
influenced their lives and work.
The programme also includes a
special montage of Goodies'
scenes revealing the impact
of Keaton on the Goodies' comedy.*
Barbican Centre / Cinema 1
Silk Street
London EC2Y 8DS
Tel 020 7638 8891
Tickets: Pd 8.50 / Pd 6 mbrs & concs.
Website: barbican.org.uk
Live piano accompaniment by
Neil Brand!
Thanks to Damfino Shirley Stoll!
* If I can find a link to an archive of this show,
I'll post it in a future Screenland! - Editor
Thanks to
NEW ZEALAND
2008 OPOTIKI
SILENT FILM FESTIVAL
(Sep. 5 - 6, '08)
LLOYD/KEATON DOUBLE BILL:
The Goat (1921)
and a Harold Lloyd film
Fri., Sep. 5 at 11am & 4:30pm
Sat., Sep. 6 at 4:30pm
Sun., Sep. 7 at 11am, 1pm, & 3pm
(see website for complete festival schedule)
Wear a costume from the 1920s/30s
and win a prize!
DeLuxe Theatre
109 Church Street
Opotiki , New Zealand
Tel 07 315-8881
Tickets: $10 double-bill / $14 features /
$42 Festival pass
Website: silentfilmfest.org.nz/
Live accompaniment by
Nick Giles-Palmer of the
New Zealand Ballet on the
DeLuxe's Bechstein piano!
Thanks to Bruce Calvert!
Website: silentfilmstillarchive.com
NORWAY
Tromso International Film Festival
and Norwegian Film Institute present
2008 SILENT FILM DAYS / STUMFILM DAGERE
(Sep 6 - 9, 2008)
Silent comedy shorts
(w/ Buster's?) on
Sat., Sept 8, '08, 12 noon
Sun., Sept 9, '08, 3:00pm
(See website for complete silent schedule.)
Verdensteatret Kino
Verdensteateret
Storgt.93b 9008
Tromso, Norway
Tel +47 77 75 30 90
Tickets: NOK 150/120
(Discount for students & seniors)
Kids NOK 50
Website: tiff.no/?go=page&id=243
Live accompaniment by
Ben Model!
Website: silentfilmmusic.com
SCOTLAND
Fri., Aug. 8 - Mon., Aug. 11, '08 and
Wedn. Aug 13 - Sat., Aug. 16, '08,
all at 2:00pm
PAUL MERTON'S SILENT CLOWNS
LIVE AT FILMHOUSE
Sherlock Jr (1924)
plus films by Chaplin, Lloyd,
and Laurel and Hardy.
all introduced by
comedian Paul Merton!
Part of the Fringe Festival
Filmhouse Cinema*
(*280 seats)
88 Lothian Road
Edinburgh EH3 9BZ, Scotland
Tel 0131 228 2688
Tickets as follows:
Weekdays (M-Th): Pd 13 / 11.50 conc / 8 under 15 yrs
Weekends (Fri-Sun): Pd 14.50 / 13 conc / 8 under 15 yrs
Website: filmhousecinema.com
Live piano accompaniment by
Neil Brand!
Fri., Aug. 15, '08, 6:30pm
The Filmhouse Cinema presents
The Cameraman (1928)
Contact box office (see above) for tickets.
UNITED STATES
CALIFORNIA
AUGUST SILENTS AT THE NILES
Sat., Aug. 16, '08 at 7:30pm
Steamboat Bill Jr (1928)
+ 2 other Clowns' shorts;
Live piano accompaniment by Greg Pane!
Sat., Aug. 23 at 7:30pm
Fatty's Tintype Tangle (1915)
+ other Clowns' shorts
w/ piano accompaniment by Frederick Hodges!
Sun., Aug. 24 at 4:30pm
Special comedy program
Sat., Aug. 30, '08 at 7:30pm
The Balloonatic (1923)
+ 3 other Clowns' shorts;
Niles Film Museum
37417 Niles Boulevard
Fremont , CA 94536
Tel (510) 494-1411
Tickets: $5
Website: nilesfilmmuseum.org
Thanks to Damfino Carl Allamanno!
Sat., Aug. 16, '08, 8:00pm
Plaza opens at 7:00pm
SUMMER NIGHTS IN THE PLAZA
presents SILENT MOVIE THEATRE NIGHT
Seven Chances (1925)
Beverly Hills Civic Center Plaza
450 N. Rexford Drive
Beverly Hills, CA
Tel (310) 285-6830
Free admission!
Website: beverlyhills.org/attractions/events
Live theatre organ accompaniment by
Dennis James!
Fri., Sep. 19, '08, 8:00pm
SIERRA CHAPTER SILENT FILM
Website: theatreorgans.com/ca/sierra/#sep19
presents
Sherlock Jr (1924)
Towe Auto Museum
2200 Front Street
Sacramento , CA 95818
Tel (916) 442-6802
Tickets: $10 / $8 mbrs / $5 students /
$20 family
Website: toweautomuseum.org
Live piano accompaniment by
Jerry Nagano!
Sat., Oct 25, '08, 10:00am
The Boat (1921)
part of the
Shasta Arts Council's
SILENT FILM FESTIVAL
AT OLD CITY HALL
(Fri., Oct. 24 - Sat., Oct. 25,'08)
Redding, CA
Tickets: $8 advance / $10 door /
$35 Festival pass.
[Stay for the Melies films (1896-1912) at 4pm!
French magician Georges Melies
was the first filmmaker to use film
to tell stories. - Editor]
Live piano accompaniment by
Frederick Hodges!
More information coming.
Website: shastaartscouncil.org
COLORADO
Wedn., Sep. 3, '08, 7:30pm
COLORADO CHAUTAUQUA ASSOCIATION'S
SILENT FILM SERIES
Sherlock Jr (1924)
& Chaplin's Shoulder Arms
Chautauqua Auditorium
900 Baseline Road
Boulder , CO 80302
Tel (303) 442-3282
Tickets: $8 / $4 mbrs
Website: chautauqua.com
Live piano accompaniment by
Hank Troy!
ILLINOIS
Fri., Aug. 1, '08, 8:00pm
SUMMER SILENT FILM FESTIVAL
of the Silent Film Society of Chicago
presents Our Hospitality (1923)
(Part of their summer series, July 18-Aug 22)
Also featured on Aug 1:
A Buster Keaton Pork-pie Hat Contest -
prizes for the best hat!
Portage Theatre
4050 N. Milwaukee Avenue
Chicago, IL 60641
Tel. (773) 736-4050
Tickets: $10 / $9 seniors & students,$12.50 day of show;
Members $7.50 advance sale,
$10.50 day of show
Theatre organ accompaniment by
Michael Jacklin!
Website: silentfilmchicago.com
Tues., Aug. 26, '08, 7:30pm
City of Evanston's
Cultural Arts Division's
EVANSTON STARLIGHT CONCERTS
present
BUSTER KEATON SILENT MOVIE NIGHT
One Week (1920) and
Sherlock, Jr. (1924)
Dawes Park
Sheridan Road at Church Street
(on the lagoon)
Evanston , IL 60201
Tel. (847) 448-8260
Free admission!
In case of rain:
Levy Senior Center
300 Dodge Avenue, Evanston
Info after 4pm: 847-448-8058
Website: cityofevanston.org
Live accompaniment by
David Drazin!
Website: kendavies.net/daviddrazin/
IOWA
Sat., Aug. 9, '08, 10:00am
RAGTIME PIANO WORKSHOP:
"GIVING VOICE TO SILENT MOVIES"
A workshop on ragtime piano
accompaniment to silent movies,
including a Keaton short,
presented by "Perfessor" Bill Edwards
of Washington, DC
(website: perfessorbill.com)
Part of "Ragtime Piano" performances
(Fri., Aug 8 - Sun., Aug 10, '08)
hosted by Hamburg, IA musician
Marty Mincer, and also featuring
Dr. Dave Majchrzak of St. Louis.
The Gathering Place
(Call box office for street address.)
Sidney, Iowa
Tel (712) 374-2320
(Lynn or Marilyn Benson)
Tickets: $9.50 - $5.50
Website on this link.
Thanks to Bruce Calvert!
KANSAS
Fri., Sep 26 - Sat., Sep 27, '08
16TH ANNUAL BUSTER KEATON CELEBRATION
"Buster Keaton & Will Rogers:
American Comic Heroes"
Bowlus Fine Arts Center
Iola, KS
Website: Iolakeatoncelebration.org
Live accompaniment by the
Mont-Alto Motion Picture Orchestra
www.mont-alto.com
MAINE
Wedn., Aug. 20, '08, 8:00pm
BAY CHAMBER CONCERTS present
The General (1927)
Strand Theatre
345 Main Street
Rockland, ME 04841
Tel. (207) 236-2823
Strand tel. (207) 594-0070
Tickets: $25-$35 / $8 youth
Websites: baychamberconcerts.org
and Rocklandstrand.com
This film's original
1927 orchestral score played by
Rick Benjamin's
Paragon Ragtime Orchestra!
Website: paragonragtime.com
MICHIGAN
Fri., Oct 3 - Sat., Oct. 4, 2008
2008 INTERNATIONAL
BUSTER KEATON SOCIETY CONVENTION
Fri., Oct 3 program includes the screening,
by filmmaker Paul Gierucki, of an early
version of one of Buster's silent film classics,
which has not seen by the public since the 1920's.
The title will be revealed at the Convention.
A second rarity will be the only known film that Buster had
complete creative control over since 1928, and which
was part of the 1957 stage production of "Merton at
the Movies." The production's stage manager, Dale Duffy,
will be our Guest Speaker.
Sat., Oct 4, 8pm - Public screening of The Navigator (1924)
and Battling Butler (1926) with live theatre organ
accompaniment by Dennis Scott at the
Frauenthal Theatre in Muskegon.
Other events include a tour of
Muskegon's Actors' Colony, which was Buster's
only permanent home during his vaudeville years
in his parents' "Three Keatons" stage act;
film historian speakers; a Keaton memorabilia auction;
TV and film screenings; a Speak Easy party; and more.
See Convention details, and registration and hotel information
on the Convention page on this website!
Sat., Sep. 27, '08, 5:00pm & 7:30pm
Cops (1922) and The Blacksmith (1922)
Music House Museum
7377 US 31 North
Acme, MI 49610
(8 mi north of Traverse City on US 31)
Tel. (231) 938-9300
Tickets: $15 / $13 seniors / $5 kids
Website: musichouse.org
Live Wurlitzer accompaniment by
Lance Luce!
Sat., Dec 27 - The Navigator (1924)
w/ Dale Zieger, Wurlitzer
Music House
MINNESOTA
Fri., Aug. 22, '08, 7:00pm
BUSTER KEATON SHORTS
The Sheldon Theatre
443 W. 3rd Street (at East Ave)
Red Wing, MN 55066
Tel. (651) 388-8700
or toll-free 1-800-899-5759
Tickets: $5 / $3 students
Kilgen organ accompaniment by
Tom Erickson!
Website: sheldontheatre.com
(Psst - L&H shorts Aug 15)
Thanks to Bruce Calvert!
MISSOURI
Sun., Sep. 7, '08
(call for time)
THE KANSAS CITY THEATRE
PIPE ORGAN SOCIETY presents
The General (1927)
Kansas City Music Hall
301 W. 13th Street
Kansas City, MO 64105
Tel (816) 513-5000
Tickets (contact the pipe organ society)
Spociety website: kc-theatreorgan.org
Ticket/seating chart: gotickets.com
Live accompaniment by
Dr. Marvin Faulwell
on the Loews Midland Robert Morton
Theatre Pipe Organ!
Sun., Sep. 21, '08, 2:30pm
The General (1927)
College of the Ozarks'
Jones Auditorium
Point Lookout, MO 65726
Tel. (417) 331-6411 x2212
Tickets: $10
Live accompaniment by
Dennis Ammann!
Website: cofo.edu
Thanks to Bruce Calvert!
Mon., Sep. 22, '08, 7:00pm
Two 1920's comedy shorts!
College of the Ozarks
Tickets - (call college)
(See above information).
NEW YORK
Sun., Aug. 10, '08, 7:0pm
EVENT
The Scarecrow (1920)
The General (1927)
HAMILTON THEATRE
7 Lebanon Street
Hamilton, NY 13346
Tel (315) 824-2724
Tickets: (Call box office)
(Theatre does not have a website.)
Live piano accompaniment by
Ben Model!
Wedn., Sep. 10, '08, 7:30pm
Go steppin' out at the
80th ANNIVERSARY GALA of the
STANLEY CENTER FOR THE ARTS!
(1928 -2008)
and see
Steamboat Bill Jr (1928)
and Walt Disney's animation
Steamboat Willie (1928)
Stanley Theatre
259 Genesee Street
Utica, NY 13501
Tel (315) 724-4000
Tickets: $9.50
Website: stanleytheatre.net
Live piano accompaniment by
the Denver-based
Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra
www.mont-alto.com
(Before the Gala:
Tues. Aug 26, '08, 7:30pm
Chaplin (1992) starring Robert Downey, Jr.
Physical comedy sequences written and taught
by Chaplin/Keaton comedy expert
Dan Kamin (dankamin.com).
See Dan as a Keystone Cop
when Chaplin meets Mack Sennett.)
5 Wednesday Evenings - Nov & Dec 2008
"CRUEL AND UNUSUAL COMEDY:
SOCIAL COMMENTARY IN THE
AMERICAN SLAPSTICK FILM"
Five-week course of
rarely-seen slapstick comedies
presented by historians
Ben Model, Steve Massa, Ron Magliozzi
& guest speakers
at the Museum of Modern Art (moma.org).
More information to come.
OHIO
Sat., Aug. 30, '08, 8:00pm
Sun., Aug. 31, '08, 3:00pm
Go steppin' out at the
80th ANNIVERSARY of the
PALACE THEATRE!
(Aug. 1928 - 2008)
and see
Vaudeville acts as done
on opening night! and
Sherlock Jr (1924)
The Historic Palace Theatre
276 W. Center Street
Marion, OH43302
Tel (740) 383-2101
Tickets: 50 cents!
Popcorn: 25 cents!
Website: marionpalace.org
Live organ accompaniment by
Dennis James!
Thanks to Dennis James!
PENNSYLVANIA
Sat., Sep. 20, '08, time TBA
PRINCES OF SILENT COMEDY
Juniata College's
Rosenberger Auditorium
Halbritter Center
1700 Moore Street
Huntingdon, PA 16652
Tel. (814) 641-3000
Tickets: (Call college)
Website: juniata.edu
Please phone college for
location and other details.
The films' original 1920's
orchestral scores played by
Rick Benjamin's
Paragon Ragtime Orchestra!
Website: paragonragtime.com
VERMONT
Sun., Aug. 17, '08, 5:00pm
6th ANNUAL SILENT FILM SCREENING
Steamboat Bill Jr (1928)
Village Picture Shows*
Manchester Shopping Center263 Depot Street
(Rtes 11 & 30)
Manchester Center, VT 05255
Tel (802) 362-4771
Tickets: $10
Website: villagepictureshows.com
Live accompaniment by
Ben Model!
WISCONSIN
Every Wednesday night at 6:00pm
CINE-MATIC - FREE MOVIES!
Javavino
424 Main Street
Racine, WI 53403
Tel. (262) 633-0660
Email: info@myJavaVino.com
Free admission!
Website: myjavavino.com
Please check all show times before setting out as venues may be subject to change. |
