May 25 Saturday at 2pm
The Flickers: a treasure chest of early cinema from 1904 - 1925
With live Christie Theatre Organ accompaniment (Graeme Costin), 80 minutes.
Live music and the wonder, pathos and laughter. The program showcases an Edison short from 1904 and superb classic comedies from Harold Lloyd, Buster Keaton and Stan Laurel. A wonderful cocktail of early cinema treats. These filmmakers understood the importance of the audience as the final creative contributor to the process of making a film. Their goal: entertainment, spectacle, enchantment and laughter, for the audience.
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September 7 Saturday at 2pm
The Flickers: a treasure chest of early cinema from 1915 - 1926
With live Christie Theatre Organ accompaniment (Graeme Costin), 85 minutes.
Live music and the wonder, pathos and laughter. One of Charlie Chaplin’s best comic shorts from 1915 in tribute to his 110th Anniversary Year; and a feature from Harold Lloyd. These filmmakers understood the importance of the audience as the final creative contributor to the process of making a film. Their goal: entertainment, spectacle, enchantment and laughter.
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October 19 Saturday at 2pm
The Flickers: a treasure chest of early cinema from 1907 - 1924
With live Christie Theatre Organ accompaniment (Graeme Costin), 75 minutes.
Live music and the wonder, pathos and laughter. A 117 year old Vitagraph comedy short; Arbuckle and Mabel Normand adrift with Luke the dog; Buster’s Haunted House; and Australian clown, Billy Bevan, stars and acts recklessly amidst the mayhem of a typical Mac Sennett tearaway short with little plot but plenty of action to test the mighty Christie theatre organ. These filmmakers understood the importance of the audience as the final creative contributor to the process of making a film. Their goal: entertainment, spectacle, enchantment and laughter.
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