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by Lisle Foote
Please
contact Lisle at
lifoote@yahoo.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!
The
Sheldon Theatre for the Performing
Arts in Red Wing Minnesota will be doing a
Summer Comedy Silent Film Festival
this summer. On May 31 at 7:00
pm, they will
feature Sherlock Jr. and Spite
Marriage. On June 14
at 2:00 pm The General
will be shown. Their
silent films are accompanied by Tom Erickson
on the rare Sheldon 1926 Kilgen (pipe) Theater
Organ. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3
for
students. Check out their web site at http://www.sheldontheatre.org.
Thanks to
Denise Alt for the information!
The
General will play as part of the Chautauqua
Silent Film Series on June 4. The Chatauqua
Auditorium is located at 9th & Baseline Road
in Boulder, Colorado. For more information,
call (303)440-7666. Thanks to Stuart
Liss for the tip.
On June 8, The General
will be screened at
the historic 1886 Hayesville Opera House in
Hayesville, Ohio with live piano accompaniment
by Joseph Rubin. The film will start at 4:00 pm
and admission is by freewill donation at the
door. The Hayesville Opera House located at
5 1/2 East Main Street in Hayesville, Ohio (the
intersection of routes 60 and 179). For more
information visit http://www.bright.net/~opera/hayesville/.
Thanks to Joseph Rubin for the listing.
On June 11, the Vickers Theatre in Three
Oaks, Michigan will screen
Seven Chances. Blue Dahlia will accompany
the
film with their original score. Details are at
http://www.vickerstheatre.com/page13.html
.
Thanks to Kurt Tuohy for the information.
The General, with live musical accompaniment
by Blue Dahlia, will be presented at the
Regent Theater in Allegan, Michigan on June 14.
Show times are 2:00 and 6:00
pm. Admission is: general-$5,
seniors over 60 years-$3, children 12 and
under-$1. This is a fundraiser for the restoration
of their once beautiful lighted marquee. For
more information, please contact Lori Sisson
at the Regent Theatre in downtown Allegan, Michigan, (269)
673-2737 or oldregent@hotmail.com.