Cinémathèque LIVE : The Early Genius of Leo McCarey 🎹

Name: Cinémathèque LIVE : The Early Genius of Leo McCarey 🎹
Start: 2026-02-22T17:00:00+01:00
Location: Théâtre des Capucins

Schedule

Sun, 22 Feb, 2026 at 05:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Théâtre des Capucins | Luxembourg, LU

🎹 𝐂𝐢𝐧é𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐡è𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 with live piano accompaniment by Hughes Maréchal 🎹
📍 Cinémathèque @Théâtre des Capucins
✧ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐞𝐨 𝐌𝐜𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐲 ✧
USA 1924-1929 | Leo McCarey | English intertitles | 96' | digital
This programme presents a selection of silent shorts made during Leo McCarey’s formative years at Hal Roach Studios, where he began working in 1923. The films trace McCarey’s rapid ascent from gag writer to one of the studio’s key creative minds. Starting with scenario work and gag construction, he soon moved behind the camera to direct Charley Chase shorts, developing his instinct for performance, rhythm, and narrative structure. By the late 1920s, he was supervising productions and shaping the work of others, most notably by bringing together Laurel & Hardy as a permanent duo and defining their comic dynamic. Seen together, these shorts reveal McCarey’s rapid development as a filmmaker – cultivating his own voice, mastering precise timing, and refining character-driven comedy within the collaborative environment of Hal Roach Studios.
Pʀᴏɢʀᴀᴍᴍᴇ :
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐬𝐡 USA 1924 | Cast : Charley Chase, Beth Darlington, Sammy Brooks
𝐌𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐲 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐌𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 USA 1924 | Cast : Charley Chase, Vivien Oakland, Ann Howe
𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐲 USA 1928 | Fred Guiol, supervision Leo McCarey | Cast : Max Davidson, Martha Sleeper, Bert Sprotte
𝐖𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 USA 1929 | Cast : Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy
𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 USA 1929 | Cast : Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy
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📍 Location : Cinémathèque @Théâtre des Capucins
9, Place du Théâtre - L-2613 Ville-Haute Luxembourg
🎟️ Tickets : Tarif plein : 3,70€ / tarif réduit* : 2,40€
Carnet de 10 billets* : 25€ et 17€ (réduit)
En ligne et à la caisse du cinéma (ouvre 30 minutes avant les séances)
*Les carnets ne sont que disponibles à la caisse de notre cinéma.
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