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All programs are
held at the New-York
Historical Society,
located at Central
Park West at West 77th Street.
Tickets are $8 all
adults, and $5 for seniors, kids and members.
Live piano
accompaniment by Ben
Model at all shows.
Our winter/spring 2008 line-up:
Sunday, February 10
at 2pm
Charlie
Chaplin's Romance Variations
When Charlie Chaplin became
famous as the “Little Tramp” he wasn't content to have his character
just be a figure of fun, so he developed Charlie into a comic underdog,
hero, and lover. Sometimes a henpecked husband or a rejected suitor,
this program - His
Trysting Place ('14), A Jitney Elopement
('15), The Bank
('15) and The
Vagabond ('16) - takes Chaplin from his Keystone beginnings,
through Essanay, to his classic period at Mutual.
Sunday, February 24
at 2pm
Harry
Langdon: King of the Forgotten Clowns
Harry Langdon made his movie
debut in 1924 and his career blazed brightly until 1928. Forgotten for
many years, today he's considered one of the era's most original
clowns, and his feature The Strong
Man ('26) was just added to the National Film Registry. Our
Langdon sampler – Feet
of Mud ('24), Remember When?
('25), Lucky Stars
('25) and Fiddlesticks
('27) – are some of the early Mack
Sennett shorts that made him famous.
Sunday, March 9 at 2pm
Buster
Keaton in "Seven Chances"
While The General ('27) is
probably Buster Keaton’s most famous film, Seven Chances
('25) is also one of his best that features great gags and breathtaking
stunts. Having to marry by 7 o'clock to get his inheritance, Buster
must brave a stampede of angry brides and rolling boulders to do it.
Opening the show is forlorn Harry Langdon who has his own wedding
troubles in His
Marriage Wow ('24).
Sunday, April 13
at 2pm
Tyler
Brooke: Lounge Lizard Extraordinaire
Never heard of Tyler Brooke?
Along with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, this forgotten clown was a
member of the late 1920’s Hal Roach “All Stars” and our selection – Dizzy Daddies
('26), The Merry
Widower ('26), Should Husbands Pay?
('26) and On the
Front Page ('27) – highlight his talents and contribution to
film comedy. Hosted by film historian and Brooke biographer Charlie Morrow.
Sunday, April 27
at 2pm
Roach
Teams: Laurel
& Hardy / Anita & Marion
The Hal Roach Studio was
known as “the Lot of Fun,” where human foibles and the frustrations of
everyday life were magnified a hundred times over. Film historian and
author Ed Watz will introduce
our salute which showcases two comedy teams that came together at Roach
at the very end of the silent era – Laurel & Hardy in From Soup To Nuts
('28) and Their
Purple Moment ('28), plus Anita Garvin & Marion Byron in Feed 'em and Weep
('28) and A Pair
of Tights ('29).
Click
on Buster's hat to see our 2006 and 2007 programming!

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