Silent Comedy All-Stars, with Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle

Name: Silent Comedy All-Stars, with Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle
Start: 2024-09-20T19:00:00-07:00
Location: Sierra Madre Playhouse

Schedule

Fri Sep 20 2024 at 07:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Sierra Madre Playhouse | Sierra Madre, CA

Sierra Madre Playhouse, in partnership with Retroformat Silent Films, is thrilled to invite you to a unique evening that harkens back to the golden age of cinema, with live accompaniment by Retroformat Silent Films Musical Director Cliff Retallick.
1. Just into his third year as a filmmaker, in The Floorwalker (1916) Charlie Chaplin pays tribute the slapstick that had characterized his earliest films at Keystone Studios, but with a new level of storytelling sophistication. One of his most breathtaking short films, The Floorwalker’s action takes place entirely in a large “modern” department store, including a chase on up and down an escalator that is said to have made Mack Sennett jealous. Burly Eric Campbell is unforgettable as Chaplin’s nemesis, the embezzling store manager.
The Butcher Boy (1917) starring legendary Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, contains the great Buster Keaton's very first on-screen appearance, under the masterful tutelage of Arbuckle, Buster Keaton and at his athletic best. Arbuckle himself demonstrates amazing nimbleness, athleticism and skill and wit as a silent film comedian. Plus a memorable performance by a bull terrier named Luke. The plot follows a butcher's love for a store cashier, leading him to disguise himself as her cousin at a girls' boarding school.
3. Plus more short films and surprises - all with unforgettable live music by master accompanist Cliff Retallick at the piano!
A beacon of storytelling and entertainment for nearly a century, the Sierra Madre Playhouse’s collaboration with Retroformat Films pays homage to our origins as a silent film theater, offering a rare opportunity to experience film as early audiences did.