Trailer for this year's program

Dreams of Comedy

Three short films with live organ and orchestra

Feb. 22, 2013 - 7 p.m.
118 N. Jefferson StreetKittanning, PA 16201 

FREE ADMISSION

Free popcorn and bottled water

Digital projection

Church doors open at 6:30 p.m.

DREAM OF A RAREBIT FIEND (1906) Edwin S. Porter

GET OUT AND GET UNDER (1920) Harold Lloyd

SHERLOCK, JR. (1924) Buster Keaton

Funding for The Ivy Leaf Orchestra

made possible with generous funding from

The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts

and

Paul's Auto Parts, Kittanning

PROGRAM FOR FEB. 22, 2013

Dreams of Comedy Program – 3 Short Films with Organ and Orchestra

7^th Annual Silent Film Night

Feb. 22, 2013 - 7 p.m.

118 N. Jefferson Street
Kittanning, PA 16201

FREE ADMISSION

Church doors open at 6:30 p.m.

DREAM OF A RAREBIT FIEND (1906) Edwin S. Porter

GET OUT AND GET UNDER (1920) Harold Lloyd

SHERLOCK, JR. (1924) Buster Keaton

Orchestra accompaniment by The Ivy Leaf Orchestra

Orchestra funding made possible by Paul's Auto Parts and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts

Our Short Films for 2012

Friday 

February 17, 2012 

7 p.m.

All films will be shown free to the public 

Open seating in the church nave

Doors open at 6:30 p.m.  

There will be no snow date.

Free popcorn and bottled water will be available.


A Voyage to the Moon 

(1902)

Written and Directed by Georges Méliès

This stunning and playful early film is the first work of cinematic science fiction, based on the novel of the same name by Jules Verne.

This iconic French film was the most original and sophisticated motion picture to date, and it is a wonderful way to open our 6th annual program.  It also helps celebrate our anniversary, since this is the first film we screened on our first program in 2007.  This classic film is at the center of the children's novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret and the new Academy Award nominated film based on the novel, Hugo.

The film will be shown with live narration and organ accompaniment with musical selections from the works of 19th century French theatre composers Charles Gounod and Léo Delibes. 

The film runs 11 minutes.


Film provided and licensed for viewing from Flicker Alley and Mr. David Shepard.

Visit Flicker Alley and see their newly restored 
DVD version of the original hand-tinted color version of this classic film 
Georges Méliès: A Trip to the Moon in Color.

www.flickeralley.com

One Week 

(1920)

Written and Directed by Buster Keaton and Eddie Kline

Buster Keaton's first released independent short film, One Week is a riotous romp in the real and surreal.  Buster plays a young newlywed with Sybil Seely his blushing bride.  A gift from an Uncle of a plot of land and a modular kit house promises wedded bliss, but instead the jealous former and unsuccessful suitor for Miss Seely decides that now is the time to seek his revenge, which results in chaos and visually stunning stunts and prat falls.

The film runs approximately 20 minutes and will be accompanied by organ to an original score made up of improvisation and themes borrowed from ragtime, photoplay, and dance music published between 1880 and 1920.  This is a newly restored print with excellent picture quality and detail.


Film provided and licensed for showing from Kino Films and Mr. Tim Lanza.

Visit Kino International and see their boxed set of DVD and Blue-Ray discs 
Buster Keaton: The Short Films Collection (1920-1923)

www.kino.com

OUR FEATURE FILM:


A Modern Musketeer 
(1917) 

For more information about our Feature film, 
please see the proceeding blog post of November 14, 2011


Please join us for this special screening with 
live theater orchestra
made possible by a grant from the


Armstrong County Community Foundation
www.accfound.org

All films shown via DVD projector.

A Modern Musketeer...

It's official, we will be showing 

A Modern Musketeer (1917), 

directed by Allan Dwan, 

and starring 

Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. 

on 

Friday, 

February 17th, 2012 

at 7 p.m.

The film will be shown free to the public with live orchestral accompaniment.  Orchestra under the direction of Mr. Stephen Lipnichan of Pittsburgh.  Projection will be via DVD projector onto a 22 x 18 foot screen.  Open seating in the church nave; doors will be open to the public at 6:30 p.m.  Running time, approximately 70 minutes.

A short comedy film will proceed A Modern Musketeer, the short is tentatively set to be Buster Keaton's classic 2 reeler, One Week, running time approximately 22 minutes.  With live organ accompaniment by Eric W. Cook

There will be an intermission between our two films.

The program should conclude shortly before 9 p.m.

There will be no snow date.

Refreshments will be available, also free of charge.

Special thanks to Mr. David H. Shepard, owner of A Modern Musketeer, for licensing and screening permission.

Film Selections for 2012

Our tentative program for Feb. 17, 2012:

A short 2-reel comedy: One Week - Starring Buster Keaton

and

A Feature film: A Modern Musketeer - Starring Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.



Details to follow, program subject to change.