Buster Keaton in THE GENERAL (1926) - Anything But Silent - With live accompaniment by Ben Model

Name: Buster Keaton in THE GENERAL (1926) - Anything But Silent - With live accompaniment by Ben Model
Start: 2025-03-18T19:30:00-04:00
Location: Cinema Arts Centre

Schedule

Tue, 18 Mar, 2025 at 07:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Cinema Arts Centre | Huntington, NY

Anything But Silent
Buster Keaton in THE GENERAL (1926)
Tuesday, March 18th at 7:30 PM
With live score by Ben Model
The last great comedy of the silent era, and one of the greatest comedies of all time, Buster Keaton’s The General is set during the American Civil War and follows railroad engineer Johnny Gray (Keaton) who has his beloved locomotive, which happens to be carrying his fiancé, stolen by Union spies. Featuring one of most iconic chase sequences ever put to film, Johnny sets off in hot pursuit, waging a hilarious one-man war against hijackers. Digital restoration in 4K made by la Modern Videofilm under the supervision of Cohen Film Collection. (1926, 78 mins)