Steamboat Bill Jr - 100 Years of Community Cinema Festival
Schedule
Sun, 14 Dec, 2025 at 03:00 pm
UTC+00:00Location
Shadforth Village Hall, Shadforth, Durham , DH6 1LL Durham, United Kingdom | Durham, EN
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3pm Steamboat Bill Jr (U) Running time 1h10m (1928) + Shorts + Party
Family fun with this silent comedy film starring Buster Keaton, featuring what is perhaps Keaton’s most famous stunt - an entire building facade falling all around him!
The film is an example of secondary motive of the first film society, "The Film Society", which was to provide audiences with fun, as well as political films. Animation and comedies from Keaton, Chaplin and Lubitch were incredibly popular - so successful that the group’s venue had to be changed from the 1,400 seater New Gallery in London to the Tivoli which could accommodate between 2,000-3,000 people.
Also a chance to see “Steamboat Willie”, also from 1928, the first distributed Mickey Mouse film and one of the first fully synchronized sound cartoons.
For reviews and trailers see:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0019421
Recent IMDb rating 7.8/10
Followed by refreshments.
Part of the UK 100 Years of Community Cinema Festival at Shadforth Village Hall, near Durham (DH6 1LL). Free parking nearby, beside the pub "The Farmers Arms". Refreshments available.
Tickets Adults £3, under 18s £2
(Films At Shadforth members and under 5s free. You can also buy Films At Shadforth membership online for £5.)
Unreserved seating. Doors open 2.30pm. Tickets available online until 24 hours before event. Tickets available on the door.
Shadforth Village Hall is wheel chair and mobility scooter accessible, with a ramped entrance and disabled toilet. No stairs. If you are bringing a wheel chair/scooter please let us know if possible by emailing [email protected]
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