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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!
NOW
AVAILABLE:
"INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH KEATON"
DVD starring Buster Keaton,
compilation direction by
Paul Gierucki w/ Bruce Lawton
(website: www.laughsmith.com),
Executive Producers Andre Blay
and William Hunt.
Newly restored & remastered shorts,
features, forgotten industrial films,
promotional films, commercials,
live TV appearances & more.
Includes a new mini-documentary
by filmmaker/Damfino Jack Dragga;
new music scores by Ben Model
(website:
www.silentfilmmusic.com/)
commentary by Paul, Bruce,
Ben, Andy Coryell, Steve Massa
and Richard Roberts.
$24.95 from
www.MackinacMedia.com
Now
thru
Wedn., Mar. 29, '06
THE BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE presents a
"BUSTER KEATON SEASON"
Buster's silents, MGM talkies,
1960s films, & A Hard Act to Follow
presented as many as 6 times a day
(not all at once!)
at the National Film Theatre
Belvedere Road,
South Bank, Waterloo,
London SE1 8XT England
Tel. 020 7928 3232
11:30am - 8:30pm
Tickets: 8.20 pounds/
7.20 pounds NFT mbrs
Website: bfi.org.uk/
Now
available!
4 KEATON DVD RELEASES
for Region 2 DVD players
( British-made and/or
multi-national machines)
unfortunately won't play on
US-made DVD players:
(1) THE BUSTER KEATON CHRONICLES
6-disc (660 min.) 28 of Buster's silents
plus the 1968 Great Stone Face Documentary
Price: 21.99 pounds from
amazon.co.uk/
(2) Kevin Brownlow's
A Hard Act to Follow
the documentary of Keaton's life
Amazon price: 11.24 pounds
website: amazon.co.uk/
Bensonsworld price: 10.99 pounds
(more information coming)
(3) The General (1926)
2-disc set (released in 2005)
includes features on the restoration
and score, plus related films
by Keaton and others.
Amazon price: 15.99 pounds
Website: amazon.co.uk
(4) Three Ages / College / Steamboat Bill Jr
w/ excerpts of Keaton's television shows,
silent shorts, and Lester Snapwel (1963)
(more information coming)l
Thanks to Keaton Yahoo Discussion
Group member "Mrs. Chippy",
Blinking Buzzards founder David MacLeod,
and Keaton Society President
Patricia Eliot Tobias!
NOW AVAILABLE!
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment's
The 65th Anniversary, two-DVD set:
The "BUSTER KEATON COLLECTION"
(176 min.)
10 of Keaton's Columbia
shorts (1940's)
digitally re-mastered, with commentary by
Keaton Society President Patricia Eliot Tobias
and filmmaker/historian husband Joe Adamson,
with David Weddle and Ed
Watz.
Includes documentary featuring
all of the above and more.
Tel.
1-800-865-SONY
$24.96 (reported price)
website:
sonypictures.com/
Thanks to Patricia Eliot Tobias!
Mon.
Mar. 20, ' 06, 6:00pm
Steamboat Bill Jr (1928)
Special presentation for the
Division of Film Studies
w/ Prof. Sam Dunn at the
University of Utah's
Orson Spencer Hall
website:
utah.edu/
(for map see map.utah.edu)
260 Central Campus Drive
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Tel. (801) 581-3612
Free admission!
Accompaniment by
organist Blaine Gale.
Thanks to Damfino Beth Pederson!
Mon.,
Mar. 20, '06, 8pm
The SAMUEL BECKETT AND
BUSTER KEATON FESTIVAL
presented by the Two River Theatre Company
presents Film (1965)
plus several Keaton films
including The Cameraman
(1928),
and Sherlock, Jr.
(1924)
at Monmouth University's
Pollak Auditorium
400 Cedar Avenue,
West Long Branch, NJ 07764
Free admission!
Tel. (732) 345-1400
(and 732-571-3400 for directions)
Website: trtc.org
Thanks to Damfino &
Films/"Buster on the Box" editor
Janice Agnello!
Thurs.,
Mar. 23, '06, 7:30pm & 8:30pm
Festival pass required for these dates:
Fri., Mar. 24, '06, 7:30pm & 8:30pm
Sat., Mar. 25, '06, 7:30pm & 8:30pm
Sixth Annual
REDWOOD COAST JAZZ FESTIVAL
(Mar. 23 - 26, '06)
website: redwoodjazz.org/
presents The Playhouse
(1921)
at the Eureka Theater for the Arts
612 F Street
Eureka, CA 95501
Tel. (707) 445-3378
Tickets: Thurs - $6 w/o a Festival pass,
Fri & Sat - $3 w/ Festival pass,
$1 kids 12 yrs & under.
Live accompaniment by
Humboldt Ragtime Band.
Thanks to Debbie Barcelles!
Fri.,
Mar. 24, '06, 8:00pm
ATOS/SIERRA CHAPTER SILENT FILM
College (1927)
Towe Auto Museum
2200 Front Street
Sacramento, CA 95818
Tel. (916) 442-6802
Tickets: $ 10 / $8 mbrs /
$5 students / $20 families
Websites: sierrachapteratos.org
and toweautomuseum.org
Theatre organ accompaniment
by Dave Hooper
Sun.,
Mar. 26, '06,
2:00pm
The Silent Clowns present
A SEASON OF BUSTER
"Buster Keaton &
The 'Comedy Grapevine":
Keaton as compared to his contemporaries:
Billy Bevan, Snub Pollard, & Laurel & Hardy.
Cops (1920) with Be Reasonable (1921),
The Goat (1921) with Punch the Clock (1922),
and One Week (1920) to The Finishing Touch
(1928).
The New York Historical Society
170 Central Park West, NY, NY
(betw W. 76th & W. 77th St)
Tel. (212) 712-SCFS (7237)
Tickets: $7 / $5 kids and seniors / $15 families
Website: silentclowns.com
Accompaniment by Ben Model
Sun.,
Mar. 26, '06,
3:00pm
The General (1927)
with the film's original orchestral score
performed by Rick Benjamin's
Paragon Ragtime Orchestra
Website: paragonragtime.com
at the
Savannah Music Festival, GA
(Mar 17 - Apr 2, 2006)
Lucas Theatre for the Arts
32 Abercorn Street
Savannah, GA
Tel. (912) 525-5050
Tickets: $10, 15, 20, 25
Website: savannahmusicfestival.org
Sponsored by Morris Multimedia &
Savannah Tour of Homes & Gardens
Thanks to Beth (busterstuff.com)
Pederson!
Sat., Apr. 1, '06, 6:00pm
"SILENT COMEDY CANINES"
w/ Roscoe Arbuckle's
Fatty's Plucky Pup (1915)
Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Pkwy
Brooklyn, NY11238
website: brooklynmuseum.org
Tel. (718) 638-5000
Free admission!
Accompaniment by Ben Model
Website: silentfilmmusic.com
Sun.,
Apr. 2 , 3:00pm
Mon., Apr. 3, '06, 1:00pm
THE CLOWN PRINCES
Cops (1920)
& Chaplin & Lloyd shorts
w/ these films' original orchestral scores
played by Rick Benjamin's
12-piece Paragon Ragtime Orchestra
Website:
paragonragtime.com
The Ritz Theatre
30 S. Washington Street
Tiffin, OH 44883
Tel. (419) 448-8544
Tickets: $11, 21, 31, & 36
Website: ritztheater.org/
Apr.
9, '06, 2:00pm
The Silent Clowns present
A SEASON OF BUSTER
Go West (1925)
preceded by Roscoe Arbuckle's
Fatty and Minnie Hee-Haw (1914)
presented by historians
Bruce Lawton, Steve Massa, & Ben Model
The New York Historical Society
170 Central Park West, NY, NY
(betw W. 76th & W. 77th St)
Tel. (212) 712-SCFS (7237)
Tickets: $7 / $5 kids & seniors / $15 families
Website: silentclowns.com
Accompaniment by Ben Model.
Fri.,
Apr. 14, '06, 7:00pm
Sat., Apr. 15, '06, 1:00pm
Sun., Apr. 16, '06, 3:40pm & 9:40pm
Thurs., Apr. 20, '06, 6:45pm
The American Film Institute
presents BILLY WILDER AT 100
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
(w/ soundtrack)
AFI/Silver
Theatre
8633 Colesville Road
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Tel. (301) 496-6700
Tickets: $9.25 /
$7.50 AFI mbrs, kids & students
Website: afi.com
Apr.
20 - 29, '06
"REDISCOVERING ROSCOE:
THE CAREERS OF "FATTY" ARBUCKLE
Ben Model plays to Roscoe
Arbuckle's
films (1913 - 1930s)
Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53rd St., NY, NY
Information (212) 708-9400
Film ticket $10 / $8 / $6 / Kids free
(see website for details)
Website: moma.org
Accompaniment by Ben Model
w/ a virtual theatre organ
called the "MidiTzer."
Thurs., Apr. 20, 6:00pm: Career Overview
Thurs., Apr. 20, 8:00pm: Early Keystones
Fri., Apr. 21, 6:00pm: Box-office Star
Fri., Apr. 21, 8:00pm: The Sophisticated
Director
Sat., Apr. 22, 6:00pm: A New Freedom
Sat., Apr., 22, 8:00pm: Spoofs and Farces
Sun., Apr. 23, 2:00pm: Late shorts &Features,
Pt. 1
Sun., Apr. 23, 5:00pm: Late shorts &
Features, Pt. 2
Mon., Apr. 24, 8:30pm: Directing after
the Scandal, Pt. 1
Wedn., Apr. 26, 6:30pm: Directing After
the Scandal, Pt. 2
Thurs., Apr. 27, 8:30pm: Directing After
the Scandal, Pt. 3
Sat., Apr. 29, 8:30pm: Career Recap
Sun.,
Apr. 23, '06, (Time TBA)
One week (1920) and
Back Stage (1918)
presented by the
49th SAN FRANCISCO
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Apr
20 - May 4, '06
Watch website: sffs.org/festival
Castro Theatre
429 Castro Street
San Francisco, CA
Tel. (415) 621-6120
Tickets: TBA
Accompaniment by the Alloy Orchestra
Website: alloyorchestra.com
Sun.,
Apr. 30,
2:00pm
The Silent Clowns present
A SEASON OF BUSTER
"Buster Keaton Through the Ages"
A whirlwind tour through Buster's career
w/ The Balloonatic (1923),
rarely-screened 1930s sound shorts
such as One Run Elmer (1936),
television work (1950's & '60's),
and The Railrodder (1965)
The New York Historical Society
170 Central Park West, NY, NY
(betw W. 76th & W. 77th St)
Tel. (212) 712-SCFS (7237)
Tickets $7 / $5 kids & seniors / $15 families
Accompaniment by Ben Model.
Website: silentclowns.com
Sun.,
Apr. 30, 2:00pm
"MASTERS OF SLAPSTICK"
One Week (1920) & Back Stage (1918)
Dixie Carter Performing Arts Center
website:
dixiepac.net/
191 Court Square
Huntington, TN 38344
Tel. (731) 986-2100
Tickets: $15 / $12 kids, seniors, students
Accompaniment by the Alloy Orchestra
Website: alloyorchestra.com
Sat.,
May 20, '06, 8:00pm
The General (1927)
Dennis James with the
Binghamton Pops Orchestra
Binghamton, NY
website:
binghamtonphilharmonic.org
Sneak
Summer Peek:
Thurs- Sun., July 20 - 23, '06
2006 SLAPSTICON FILM FESTIVAL
will include Keaton shorts
Rosslyn Spectrum Theatre
Arlington, VA
Website: slapsicon.org