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by Anne Dawson
Please contact Anne at annedawson72@aol.com if you know
of any Buster Keaton cinema screenings with live musical accompaniment in your area so we can add them to this Calendar and help promote Buster's films and your theater. Thanks!
June 2009
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.
See the latest silent screening events - many courtesty of Bruce Calvert - on www.nitrateville.com!
AUSTRALIA
SILENT FILMS
(including Buster's?)
(see website)
Majestic Theatre
3 Factory Street
Pomona, Queensland 4568
Australia
Tel. (+61) 07 5485 2330
Tickets for some shows: $12
Website: majestic.spiderweb.com.au
Pipe organ accompaniment by
Ron West!
ENGLAND
End June 2009
To be announced:
A CONCERT WITH SILENT FILM
Featuring a film by Buster
Please contact the school for date,
time and location.
Bedford School
De Parys Avenue
Bedford
MK40 2TU
England
Tel. +44 1234 349725
Watch this website: bedfordschool.org.uk
Live music composed by
composer-in-residence
James Lark, and performed by
music students of Bedford School!
Thanks to James Lark!
UNITED STATES
CALIFORNIA
JUNE FILMS AT THE NILES
COMEDY SHORTS NIGHT
Fri., Jun 26, '09, 7:30pm
The Butcher Boy (1917)
Buster in his first film!
directed by the filmmaker who
hired him, Roscoe Arbuckle!
Part of the 2009
Broncho Billy Film Festival.
Edison Theatre
Niles Film Museum
37417 Niles Boulevard
Fremont , CA 94536
Tel (510) 494-1411
Website: nilesfilmmuseum.org
Tickets: $10
Live piano accompaniment by
Phil Carli!
Website philipcarli.com
[Niles staff advises -big crowds
at these shows! Be in line before
doors open at 7pm or buy tickets
in advance thru the Niles' website!]
Thanks to Damfino Carl Allamanno!
Fri-Sun., July 10-12, '09
THE SAN FRANCISCO
SILENT FILM FESTIVAL
(No Keatons but it's a great festival!)
Castro Theatre
429 Castro Street
San Francisco, CA 94114
Hotel tel (415) 621-6120
Festival tel (415) 777-4908
Festival website: silentfilm.org
Hotel website: thecastrotheatre.com
Tickets: see prices and a description
of the various events at this
ticket website: silentfilm.org/event-tickets.
Tues., July 14, '09,
time to be announced
The Cameraman (1928)
Christopher B. Smith
Rafael Film Center
Rafael Theatre
1118 Fourth Street
San Rafael, CA 94901
Tel (415) 454-1222
Website: cafilm.org
Tickets: to be announced
Live accompaniment by the
Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra!
www.mont-alto.com
COLORADO
Wedn., Jun 10, '09, 7:30am
SUMMER FILM SERIES
Steamboat Bill Jr (1928)
The Colorado Chautauqua Association's
Chautauqua Auditorium
900 Baseline Road
Boulder , CO
Tel (303) 442-3282
Website: chautauqua.com
Tickets: $8 / $4 mbrs
Live accompaniment by
Hank Troy!
FLORIDA
Sat., July 18, '09, 11:00am
Mon., July 20, '09, 3:30pm
One Week (1920)
The General (1927)
Enzian Theatre
1300 South Orlando Avenue
Maitland, FL 32751
Tel (407) 629-0054
Website: enzian.org
Tickets: $5
ILLINOIS
Mon., Jun 15, '09, 7:30pm
The Fox Valley Chapter of
The American Guild of Organists
present
SILENT FILM CLASSIC!
College (1928)
Tivoli Theatre
5021 Highland Avenue
Downers Grove, IL 60515
Tel (630) 968-0219
Tickets: $10 / $5 students & seniors /
$25 families/ AGO mbrs Free!
Website: foxvalleyAGO.org
Tivoli's website: cinematreasures.org/theater/
Thanks to Dennis Scott!
MAINE
Wedn., July 22, '09, 8:00pm
MUSIC & FILM: CLOWN PRINCES
Keaton, Chaplin, & Lloyd comedy shorts!
Strand Theatre
345 Main Street
Rockland, ME
Tel (207) 236-2823
Website: baychamberconcerts.org
and rocklandstrand.com
Tickets: $25-35 / $8 for kids 18yrs & under.
Live accompaniment by Rick Benjamin's
Paragon Ragtime Orchestra
www.paragonragtime.com
MICHIGAN
Sat., Jun 13, '09, 7:00pm
A WEEKEND OF GREAT COMEDY -
FROM THE DFT FAMILY TO YOURS!
Seven Chances (1925) and Sherlock Jr (1924)
(Chaplin on Jun 12 & 14 -
Charlie looks good on the big screen!)
Live accompaniment by David Drazin!
Detroit Institute of Art's
Detroit Film Theatre
5200 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, MI 48202
Tel (313) 833-7900
Tickets: 50 cents!
Website: dia.org
Thanks to Bruce Calvert and
Damfino Doug Newman!
MINNESOTA
Go steppin' out for
TAKE-UP PRODUCTIONS'
GRAND OPENING OF THE
TRYLON MICROCINEMA
(they bought it!)
and THE GREAT STONE FACE:
SIX FROM BUSTER:
Fri Jul 17 & Sat Jul 18, 7:00pm & 9:00pm
Sherlock Jr (1927) preceded by The Electric House (1922)
Fri July 24 & Sat July 25, 7:00pm & 9:00pm
The Navigator (1924) preceded by The Balloonatic (1923)
Fri July 31 & Sat Aug 1, 7:00pm & 9:00pm
Seven Chances (1925) preceded by The Goat (1921)
The Trylon microcinema
3258 Minnehaha Ave S
Minneapolis, MN
Tel [haven't found one - Editor]
Tickets: $8; Take-Up discount tickets: 5/$25;
Suggested donation for live music: $2;
tickets go on sale on Wedn Jun 15 at
Take-Up's brownpapertickets.com page.
Website: facebook.com/pages/Take-Up-
Live accompaniment by
Dreamland Faces!
Thanks to Bruce Calvert!
NEW YORK
Sat., Jun 6, '09, 7:00pm
SILENT COMEDY NIGHT
The Garage (1919)
plus films by Chaplin and Lloyd
Capitol Theatre
220 W. Dominck Street
Rome, NY 13440
Tel (315) 337-6453
Tickets: $8.50 / $7.50 students & seniors /
$$6.50 mbrs / $1.50 kids
Website: romecapitol.com
OHIO
Sun., Jun 7, '09, 3:00pm
SPRING SILENT SHORT COMEDY
FILM FEST
(with Buster?)
Collingwood Arts Center
2413 Collingwood Blvd
Toledo, OH 43620
Tel (419) 244-2787
Website: collingwoodartscenter.org
Tickets: $10
Live accompaniment by
organist Brian Bogdanowitz!
Wedn., July 8, '09, 8:00pm
SPRINGFIELD ARTS COUNCIL
and POPS ON TOUR
present a
SUMMER IN THE PARK
Cops (1922)
plus a Chaplin and Lloyd!
Veterans' Park Amphitheatre
250 Cliff Park Road
Springfield, OH
Outdoor show - bring a lawn chair
and/or blanket!
Tel (937) 324-2712 or
Toll-free 866-324-2712
Website: springfieldartscouncil.org
Free admission!
(See website for info on orchestra seats
and rental chairs for a fee.)
Live accompaniment by
Rick Benjamin's
Paragon Ragtime Orchestra
paragonragtime.com
(Note: In case of rain, show will not
be moved indoors or re-scheduled.)
Mon., July 27, '09, 6:30pm
SILENT COMEDY NIGHT
The General(1927)
West River Library
1194 West River Road, North
Elyria, OH 44035
Tel (440) 324-2270
Free admission!
Website: elyria.lib.oh.us/locations.
Live accompaniment by
Joseph Rubin!
Thanks to Joseph Rubin!
OREGON
Wedn., Jun 17, '09, 7:00pm
The Cameraman (1928)
(w/ Lloyd's High & Dizzy)
Elsinore Theatre
170 High Street, SE
Salem, OR 97301
Tel (503) 375-3574
Tickets: $
Website: elsinoretheatre.com
Live accompaniment by
Rick Parks!
PENNSYLVANIA
Wedn., July 8, '09, 7:30pm
It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Majestic Theatre
25 Carlisle Street
Gettysburg, PA 17325
Tel. (717) 337-8200
Tickets: $5.50
Website: gettysburgmajestic.org
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.