October, 2007

Dear readers, we've organized the "Keaton" screenings according to state. If you don't see a screening near you, you can contact one of the musicians listed below, or a film programmer at your local historic movie house, art museum, art institute, public library, or school film/theatre/music dept. - AD

KEATON FANATIC IN
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
Professional stuntman and Damfino Dino Muccio did stunts for The Bourne Ultimatum and Underdog, films currently in theatres. Dino sends this message:
"Each time I do a stunt, I (at some point in the work) think of
Buster and all the stunts he did over his career, and then I
remember that the Keaton fans of the [International] Buster
Keaton Society keep him alive for me. I can only imagine what
Buster would have accomplished with the technology of today -
in film AND in stunts!" Congratulations, and thank you, Dino!!
See Dino's photo and complete list of work for film and TV by searching for his name on the website, www.imdb.com.

KEATON - TATI - BEAN!
British physical comedian Rowan Atkinson ("Bean") was inspired by French comedy filmmaker Jacques Tati, who was inspired by Buster Keaton! There are two "Keaton" gags toward the end of Mr. Bean's Holiday (currently in theatres): a filmmaker (in the movie) has his name appear over and over in his opening credits (a la Buster's The Playhouse); and at the end, Mr. Bean walks on a series of suddenly-arriving truck roofs, cars, and an ice chest (a la Sherlock, Jr) to - well, you'll see! -- AD

AUSTRALIA

Thurs. - Thurs., Dec. 6 - 13, 2007
The Media Resource Center
presents
SILENT ReMASTERS
The General (1927)
(watch website for dates & times)
and two other silents
will be screened with
composers' new winning scores
written in a competition
sponsored by the MRC's
Cinematheque program
during Fall 2007.
Mercury Cinema
13 Morphett Street
Adelaide SA
Australia
Tel. (08) 8410 1934
Tickets TBA
Websites: mrc.org.au
and mercurycinema.org.au
Winning musicians TBA

ENGLAND

Fri., Nov. 23, '07, (time TBA)
OLD LAUNDRY AUTUMN FESTIVAL
The General (1927)
Old Laundry Theatre
Crag Brow
Bowness-on-Windermere
Cumbria LA23 3BX
Lancashire, England
Tel. 015394 88444
Tickets (call theatre)
Website: oldlaundrytheatre.co.uk
Live accompaniment by
Cara Dillon & the
Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
ukuleleorchestra.com

UNITED STATES

CALIFORNIA

Fri., Oct. 5, '07, 7:30pm
FRIDAY NIGHT FLICKERS
Seven Chances (1925)
and Chaplin's Modern Times
hosted by E. J. Stephens of the
Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society.
Both films were partly filmed
in this Santa Clarita Valley at
Beale's Cut ("I know a short-cut!"),
and Agua Dulce!
Saugus Train Station
at Heritage Park
Newhall, CA 91322
Tel. (661) 254-1275 (Pat Saletore)
or write deadwrite@yahoo.com
Free admission!
(Donations welcome!)
Website: scvhs.org

October 2007 Carlsbad Film Series
presents the
BUSTER KEATON CELEBRATION:
FILMS with BUSTER'S GRANDSON
ROBERT KEATON
who will introduce each film
and answer questions.
Arrive at 5:30pm to watch
"behind-the-scenes" features.
Wedn., Oct. 17, '07, 6pm - The Navigator (1924)
Wedn., Oct. 24, '07, 6pm - Go West (1925)
each with live music by Bryan Verhoye!
Wedn., Oct. 31, '07, 6pm - Speak Easily (1932)
Ruby G. Schulman Auditorium
Carlsbad City Library
1775 Dove Lane
Carlsbad, CA 92011
Main tel. (760) 602-2049
Auditorium (760) 602-2023
Free admission!
Website: carlsbadlibrary.org
(See their 2007-08 calendar pdf).

Sat., Oct. 20, '07, 3pm
Seven Chances (1925)
The Balloonatic (1923)
Berkeley Art Museum
Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA)'s
MOVIE MATINEES FOR ALL AGES
2575 Bancroft Way
Berkeley , CA 94720
Tel. (510) 642-0808
Tickets: $9.50 /
$6.50 UC Berkeley faculty & staff,
seniors & kids/
$5.50 BAMPFA mbrs &
UC Berkeley students
Website: bampfa.berkeley.edu
Piano accompaniment
by Judith Rosenberg!

Sat., Oct. 20, '07, 7:30pm
Hard Luck (1921)
& other Clowns' short comedies
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Edison Theatre
37395 Niles Boulevard
Fremont , CA 94536
Tel. (510) 494-1411
Tickets: $5
Website: nilesfilmmuseum.org
Piano accompaniment
by Frederick Hodges
frederickhodges.com

Fri. - Sat., Oct. 26 & 27, '07
REDDING SILENT FILM FESTIVAL
Piano by Frederick Hodges
Website: shastaartscouncil.org/silent.html

Sun., Oct. 28, '07, 3:00 - 4:00pm
SMOLARCORP'S
UNIVERSITY BY THE SEA
presents
At the Pike with Buster Keaton
Screenings and discussion by
Ron Petke of
The Cook (1918)
and Cavender (both restored
and filmed in Long Beach;
The Cook restored in part by
The International Buster Keaton
Society's Patricia Eliot Tobias!)
History of the tunnel presented
by Morgan Humphrey.
Jergins (1927) Pedestrian Subway
(under Ocean Blvd at Pike Avenue)
Long Beach, CA
(Tunnel opening by Mike Donelon
of Donelon Construction).
Tel. (562) 590-4948
Tickets: $20 / $10 students /
kids under 12 yrs - free.
Includes free parking,
admission to the entire session
of various films and talks
(12 noon - 8:00pm), admission
to the U-Sea After Party, and
more surprises!
Website: universitybythesea.com/jergins.php

Sun., Nov. 11, '07, 4:00pm
One Week (1920)
& other Clowns' short comedies
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Edison Theatre
37395 Niles Boulevard
Fremont , CA 94536
Tickets $5
(See Oct 20 information)

Fri., Nov. 16, '07, 8:15pm
Sat., Nov. 17, '07, 2:30pm & 8:15pm
Sun., Nov. 18, '07, 2:30pm
ALL STAR COMEDY FESTIVAL
Silent & Sound Comedies
(hopefully includes Buster's!)
Old Town Music Hall
140 Richmond Street
El Segundo, CA 90245
Tel. (310) 322-2592
Tickets: $8
Website: otmh.org
Wurlitzer accompaniment
by Bill Field

Sat., Nov. 24, '07, 7:30pm
Coney Island (1917)
& other Clowns' short comedies
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Edison Theatre
37395 Niles Boulevard
Fremont , CA 94536
Tickets $5
(See Oct 20 information.)

Sat., Dec. 15, '07, 7:30pm
The Three Ages (1923)
& other Clowns' short comedies
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Edison Theatre
37395 Niles Boulevard
Fremont , CA 94536
Tickets $5
(See the Oct 20 information.)

Sat., Dec. 22, '07, 7:30pm
The Playhouse (1921)
& other Clowns' short comedies
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Edison Theatre
37395 Niles Boulevard
Fremont , CA 94536
(See the Oct 20 information.)

ILLINOIS

Wedn., Oct. 17, '07, 7:00pm
The General (1927)
Huston's Avon Theatre
426 N. Water Street
Decatur, IL 62523
Tel. (217) 422-8151
Tickets: $10 / $7 students & seniors
Website: theavon.com
Live accompaniment by
The Alloy Orchestra
alloyorchestra.com

KANSAS

Fri., Oct. 26, '07, 7:00pm
The 10th Annual
SILENTS IN THE CATHEDRAL
presents SHORT SUBJECTS
The Haunted House (1921)
& other Clowns' comedies.
Introductions by Denise Morrison.
Guest "Ghoul" Karl Mischler.
Sponsored by the Topeka and
Shawnee County Public Library.
Grace Cathedral
701 SW 8th Street
Topeka, KS
Tel. (785) 235-3457
Free admission!
Popcorn & bottled water on sale
to benefit Grace Cathedral.
Event website: kssilentfilmfestival.org
Cathedral website: gracecathedraltopeka.org
Cathedral organ accompaniment
by Dr. Marvin Faulwell

MARYLAND

Fri., Oct. 12, '07, 8pm
The Paleface (1922)
w/ accompaniment by
guitarist Curt Heavey;
Seven Chances (1925)
w/ accompaniment by
Anne Watts & Boister
website: boister.net
The Historic Avalon Theatre
40 E. Dover Street
Easton, MD 21601
Tel. (410) 822-7299
Tickets: $18
Website: avalontheatre.com
Thanks to the Avalon's Tim Weigand!

MASSACHUSETTS
Repertory Series :
COMEDY ON THE ROAD
Sun., Oct. 7, '07 at 2pm, 5pm, & 8pm
It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Brattle Theatre
40 Brattle Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel. (617) 876-6838
Tickets: $9.50 / $7.50 mbrs /
$6.50 seniors & kids
Website: brattlefilm.org

Tues., Oct. 9, '07 at 5:30pm & 9:15pm
COMEDY ON THE ROAD
The General (1927)
Brattle Theatre
(see Oct. 7 above for theatre info)

MICHIGAN

Fri., Oct. 5 '07
Sat ., Oct. 6, '07
2007 CONVENTION of the
International Buster Keaton Society
Sat., Oct. 6, 07, 8:00pm - Public screening:
Three Ages (1923), One Week (1920),
and Convict 13 (1920)
Theatre organ accompaniment
by Dennis Scott!
Frauenthal Center
for the Performing Arts
425 W. Western Avenue
Muskegon, MI
Tickets $6
Website: frauenthal.info
Convention registration: $125
($145 after Sept. 1, '07)
Website: silent-movies.com/2007
Convention hotel: Shoreline Inn
Website: shorelineinn.com

MISSOURI

Fri., Sep 28, '07 - Sun., Oct. 14, '07
"KOMPLETELY KEATON"
presented by the
Webster University Film Series
Features accompanied by musicians
from St. Louis' music community,
+ shorts with their soundtrack:
Fri., Sep. 28 - 8pm - Three Ages (1923) + Cops (1922)
music by The Steve Schenkel & Paul DeMarinis Trio;
Sat., Sep. 29 - 8pm - Our Hospitality (1923) + The High Sign (1921)
music by Elsie Parker and the Poor People of Paris;
Sun., Sep. 30 - 8pm - The Saphead (1920) + Sherlock, Jr. (1924)
music by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra;
Thurs., Oct. 4: Buster's birthday! Two for one admission!
8pm - Battling Butler (1926) + The Goat (1921)
music by Carol Schmidt;
Fri., Oct. 5 - 8pm - The Navigator (1924) + Daydreams (1922)
music by The Carol Beth Trio;
Sat., Oct. 6 - 8pm - Go West (1925) + The Paleface (1922)
music by The Rats & People Motion Picture Orchestra;
Sun., Oct.7 - 8pm - Seven Chances (1925) + Neighbors (1920)
music by Ron Bryant;
Thurs., Oct. 11 - 8pm - College (1927) + The Playhouse (1921)
music by Ron Bryant;
Fri., Oct. 12 - 8pm - Steamboat Bill Jr ('28) + The Balloonatic ('22)
music by Carl Pandolfi;
Sat., Oct 13 - 8pm - The Cameraman (1928) + The Boat (1921)
music by Sandy Weltman;
Sun., Oct. 14 - 8pm - The General (1927) + One Week (1920)
music by (the New England-based) The Alloy Orchestra;
all presented at
Winifred Moore Auditorium
E. Lockwood Avenue & Plymouth Avenue
(behind Bldg #2)
campus of Webster University
St. Louis, MO 63119
Tel. (314) 968-7487
Tickets: $50 for all 11 evenings
or $25 for 6 evenings;
(check w/ box office for 1 evening).
Film Series Office (WH223a) or box office.
Website: webster.edu/filmseries

Sun., Nov. 11, '07, 12:30pm - 3:30pm
RAGTAG CINEMA's
SILENT FILM BRUNCH
FALL 2007 SERIES presents
f ilm restorer/historian
David Shepard, who produced
"The Art of Buster Keaton" (1995)
Films from this series
to be screened include
The Garage (1920), The Boat (1921),
The Playhouse (1921), and
other surprises. Discussion of these
films' restoration and music.
Ragtag Cinemacafe
23 N. 10th Street
Columbia, MO 65201
Tel. (573) 443-4359
Tickets: (Call box office)
Website: ragtagfilm.com
Thanks to Paul Sturtz!

NEW YORK

Fri., Nov. 10 & Sat., Nov. 11, '07
Time to be announced
One Week (1920)
The Cornell Theater
Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts
Dept. of Theatre, Film, & Dance
College Ave. & Oak Ave.
(just outside campus of)
Cornell University
Ithaca , NY 14853
Tel. (607) 255-3522
Tickets: (check with box office)
Website: cinema.cornell.edu
Accompaniment by
the Alloy Orchestra
Website: alloyorchestra.com

NORTH CAROLINA

Mon., Oct. 29, '07
The PLCMC
(Public Library of Charlotte
& Mecklenburg County) presents
SOUTHERN FLAVOR:
FIVE FILMS ABOUT THE SOUTH
7:00pm - Lecture by NPR's Bob Mondello
on The General and the history of
"Southern films",
8:00pm - The General (1927)
In collaboration w/ Levine Museum
of the New South's new exhibit
"Comic Stripped: A Revealing Look at
Southern Stereotypes in Cartoons"
ImaginOn's Wachovia Theatre
The Joe & Joan Martin Center
300 E. Seventh Street
Charlotte, NC 28202
Tel. (704) 973-2780
Tickets (call box office)
Website: imaginon.org
Piano accompaniment by Eytan Uslan.
www.uslanmusic.com
Thanks, Eytan!

PENNSYLVANIA

Sat., Nov. 10, '07, 7pm
BEST OF THE FEST MOVIE NIGHT
A Night of the Classics
Films by Buster Keaton
and other Silent Clowns
presented by the
West Chester Film Festival
Cultural Center at the
Chester County Historial Society
225 N. High Street
West Chester, PA 19380
Tel. (610) 692-4800
Tickets: $75
(Check w/ them about this price)
Website: westchesterbid.com
The films' original scores performed
by the Salon Theatre Orchestra!

TEXAS

Sat., Nov. 10, '07
SILENT FILM PROGRAM
Miller Outdoor Theatre
100 Concert Drive (Hermann Park)
Houston, TX
Tel. (713) 533-3276
Tickets: TBA
Website: milleroutdoortheatre.com
Accompaniment by Rick Benjamin's
Paragon Ragtime Orchestra
Website: paragonragtime.com

VIRGINIA

Sun., Oct. 7, '07, 3pm
THE CITY OF ROANOKE's
1st ANNUAL ARTS FESTIVAL presents
The General (1927)
Grandin Theatre
1310 Grandin Road
Roanoke, VA 24015
Tel. (540) 345-6377
Tickets: $10
Website: grandintheatre.com
Live music accompaniment
by Matt Marshall!
(The Arts Festival runs
Thurs, Oct 4 - Sun., Oct 7
website: roanokeartsfest.org)
Thanks to the Thomas Becher Agency,
the Festival's Rick Salzberg,
and the Grandin's Jason Garnett!

WISCONSIN

Sat., Oct. 13, '07, 2pm & 7pm
KEATON FESTIVAL
One Week (1920), Neighbors (1920),
& The Balloonatic (1923)
Pre-movie vaudeville & door prizes!
Overture Center's "Duck Soup Cinema"
201 State Street
Madison, WI 53703
Tel. (608) 258-4177
Tickets $5 / $3 kids
overturecenter.com/ducksoup.htm

REVIEWS

Read about musician Ben Model's performances
at the Silent Film Festival in Tromso, Norway
on Ben's blog, silentfilmmusic.blogspot.com.

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