July 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 and an anonymous third
researcher for helping research this list!

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!

Wedn., July 16, '08, 7:00pm
Melbourne Cinemateque presents
KEATON and ARBUCKLE
+ THE PALM BEACH STORY
+ REMEMBER THE NIGHT
The Hayseed (1919)
Back Stage (1919)
7:50pm - Palm Beach Story
9:30pm - Remember the Night
Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Federation Square / Flinders Lane
Melbourne
Victoria, Australia
Tel (03) 8663 2583
Tickets: $9.50 - $5.50
Click on July 16 on the calendar
appearing to the left in
website: acmi.net.au

(Oct 2008 - Kangaroo Valley Keaton Festival?)

NORWAY

Tromso International Film Festival
and Norwegian Film Institute present
2008 SILENT FILM DAYS
(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

UNITED STATES

CALIFORNIA

Sun., July 6, '08, 5:00pm
UNITED ARTISTS: 90 YEARS
Steamboat Bill Jr (1928)
Berkeley Art Museum's
Pacific Film Archives
2575 Bancroft Way
Berkeley, CA 94720
Tel (510) 642-0808
Tickets: $9.50 - $5.50
Website: bampfa.berkeley.edu
Live piano accompaniment by
Judith Rosenberg!

Sat & Sun., July 12 & 13, '08, 4:00pm - 8:00pm
Annual TICKET TO THE TWENTIES
presents comedy silent films
(including some by Buster?)
as well as vintage car exhibitions,
historic house tours, and food.
1920's costumes welcome!
Bring lawn chairs but not the doggie.
Homestead Museum
15415 E. Don Julian Road
City of Industry, CA 91745-1029
Tel (629) 968-8492
Free admission! but bring cash
for food and shopping!
Website: homesteadmuseum.org

JULY SILENTS AT THE NILES
All with live music accompaniment!
Sat., July 26, '08, 7:30pm
The Paleface (1921)
+ 3 other Clowns' shorts;
AUGUST SILENTS
Sat., Aug. 16, '08 at 7:30pm
Steamboat Bill Jr (1928)
+ 2 other Clowns' shorts;
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
Website: nilesfilmmuseum.org
Thanks to Damfino Carl Allamanno!

Mention given to:
The San Francisco Silent Film Festival
July 11 - 19, '08
Website: www.silentfilm.org

ILLINOIS

Fri., Aug. 1, '08 at 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
(Check website for phone number)
Free admission!
Website: cityofevanston.org
Live accompaniment by
David Drazin!
Website: kendavies.net/daviddrazin/

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

MICHIGAN

THE FUNNIEST MEN IN THE WORLD
CLASSIC COMEDY FESTIVAL
(Sat., July 5 - Sun., July 6)
Sun., July 6, '08, 6:00pm
The Stolen Jools (1931, 20 min)
with other Clowns' films at the
Flint Institute of Arts
1120 E. Kearsley Street
Flint MI 48503-1915
Tel (810) 234-1695
Full schedule on
Website: flintarts.org
Thanks to Bruce Calvert
and FIA Assistant Curator Ed Bradley!
(Check out Ed's book,
"The First Hollywood Musicals" (1996)
and listen to his film reviews
on the "Heller High Water" show,
Friday mornings on WFNT-AM (1470)!

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!

MINNESOTA

Fri., Aug. 22, '08 at 8:00pm
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)

NEW YORK

Wedn., July 2, '08, 1:45pm & 6:15pm
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Walter Reade Theatre
Film Society of Lincoln Center
W. 65th Street
betw Broadway & Amsterdam
New York, NY
Tel. (check website)
Tickets:$11 / $8 seniors /
$7 Film Society mbrs
Website: filmlinc.org

July Wednesdays at 2:30pm
MEET THE MUSIC MAKERS
presents a
NORMA TALMADGE FILM SERIES
(Buster's sister-in-law!)

Wedn July 2 - De Luxe Annie (1918)
w/ Sylvia Moscovitz or Ben Model,
accompanist (sorry - conflicting information!)

Wedn July 9 - The New Moon (1919)
w/ Ben Model, accompanist

Wedn July 16 - Smilin' Through (1922)
w/ Philip Carli, accompanist

Wedn July 23 - Ashes of Vengeance (1923)
w/ Makia Matsumura, accompanist

Wedn July 30 - The Lady (1925)
w/ Bernie Anderson, accompanist

Donnell Media Center
20 West 53rd Street
New York, NY 10019-6185
Tel (212) 621-0609
Free admission!
Website: nypl.org/branch/central/dlc

DALI LAUGHS
Salvidor Dali exhibition presents
Mon, July 7 at 6pm - The General (1927)
Mon., July 7 at 8pm - One Week (1920) & Sherlock Jr (1924)
Wedn., July 9 at 8pm - The General (1927)
Thurs., July 10 at 6pm - One Week (1920) & Sherlock, Jr (1924)
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
11 W. 53rd Street
New York, NY 10019
Tel (212) 708-7400
Tickets $10
Website: moma.org
Live accompaniment by
Ben Model!
Website: silentfilmmusic.com

Sat., Jun 7, '08, 7:00pm
The Navigator (1924),
Fatty and Mabel Adrift (1916)
w/ Roscoe Arbuckle,
and Chaplin's Shoulder Arms.
Capitol Theatre
Center for the Performing Arts
220 W. Dominck Street
Rome , NY43210
Tel. (313) 337-6453
Tickets:$8.50 / 7.50 seniors /
Capitol mbrs $6.50 / kids $1.50
Website: romecapitol.com
Live accompaniment
by Bernie Anderson!

PENNSYLVANIA

Sat., July 12, '08, 8:00pm
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS
(July 10 - 13, 2008)
presents the
CLOWN PRINCES
w/ comedy shorts by Buster,
Charlie Chaplin, and Harold Lloyd.
Schwab Auditorium
Center for the Performing Arts
Penn State
State College, PA
Tel (814) 237-3682
Tickets - (call office)
Website: arts-festival.com
Live music accompaniment
by Rick Benjamin's
Paragon Ragtime Orchestra!
website: paragonragtime.com

VERMONT

Sun., Aug. 17, '08, 5:00pm
Steamboat Bill Jr (1928)
Village Picture Shows
Manchester Shopping Center
263 Depot Street
(Rtes 11 & 30)
Manchester Center, VT 05255
Tel (802) 362-4771
Tickets TBA
Website: villagepictureshows.com
Live accompaniment by
Ben Model!
Website: silentfilmmusic.com

VIRGINIA

Sat., July 19, '08, 2:00pm segment:
The Silent Partner (1955)
w/ Buster and Joe E. Brown; and
The Scribe (1966)
(Buster's last film); and
Sun., July 20, '08, 10:00am segment:
Tomalio (1933)
(hear Roscoe Arbuckle in his "talkie"!)
All part of the
SLAPSTICON FILM FESTIVAL
Thurs. July 17 thru Sun. July 20.
Rosslyn Spectrum Theatre
1611 N. Kent Street, Lower level
(It's under an office building!)
Arlington , VA 22209
Tel. (703) 228-1841 / Maggie Gaffen
or Rob Farr, rfarr@arlingtonva.us
Website: slapsticon.org
Live accompaniment
by Ben Model and Phil Carli!
Ben's website: silentfilmmusic.com
Phil's website: philipcarli.com

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. 2008 (update