The Wright Stuff III / Stone Face Vs. Little Tramp Vs. Uncle Claude / Saturday Dec. 10th, 2011

I’ve done two seasons at LA’s New Beverly Cinema showing favourite movies of mine. For my third season I had the brainwave that I should show all the classics and cult gems that I haven’t seen.

Three classic comedy features on 35mm. Two great guests in Greg Mottola & Bob Wiede (and maybe more). Be there!

Saturday, Dec. 10: STONE FACE VS LITTLE TRAMP VS UNCLE CLAUDE

7:00 pm / Steamboat Bill, Jr.

1928, USA, 70 minutes, 35mm, Kino International
Directed by Charles Reisner and Buster Keaton (uncredited)
Starring Buster Keaton, Tom McGuire, Ernest Torrence, Tom Lewis, Marion Byron

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PLUS, on the same triple feature:

8:40 pm / Modern Times

1936, USA, 87 minutes, 35mm, Janus Films
Written and directed by Charles Chaplin
Starring Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman,
Tiny Sandford, Chester Conklin, Al Earnest Garcia

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PLUS, on the same triple feature:

10:40 pm / The Bank Dick

1940, USA, 72 minutes, 35mm, Universal Pictures
Directed by Edward F. Cline
Starring W.C. Fields, Cora Witherspoon, Una Merkel, Shemp Howard

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Edgar says: (‘Steamboat Bill Jr’ & ‘The Bank Dick’ suggested by Judd Apatow | ‘Modern Times’ suggested by Bill Hader)

Growing up in the UK, my knowledge of the golden age of comedy extends to endless clip shows and re-edits of the work of Chaplin, Laurel & Hardy, Harold Lloyd, Buster Keaton & WC Fields. I have warm, but fuzzy memories of them all and have definitely seen many excerpts of the above. But to conclusively see these classic movies on the big screen in one triple is an absolute monochromatic treat. Buster Vs Charlie Vs William: Three men enter, will only one man leave?

Evening screening hosted by Edgar Wright with Greg Mottola & Bob Weide.


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  • http://www.youtube.com/osharemind peculiargirlinblack

    Never seen any of these on the big screen….but I did see Steamboat & Modern Times on TV. Now that I think about it, it feels sorta like sacrilege to ONLY watch these classics at home on a small screen. Didn’t Woody Allen say in an interview that it’s blasphemy to watch a film like Citizen Kane or 2001: A Space Odyssey on a TV? I too feel like there’s a part of me that dies inside if I don’t see a classic the way it was originally meant to be seen; my biggest mistake: Streaming Black Narcissus to my TV via Netflix. There were scenes that were visually distorted due to annoying pixels. Such a shame. :(