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Silent Shorts Gala + LIVE MUSIC
This show will offer three newly restored masterpieces of slapstick comedy, by three (or let's say four) of the most famous comedians of the silent years: Buster Keaton, Charley Chase and Laurel and Hardy. Not only are these films hilarious for the whole family, but they are also surrealistically funny. With live piano accompaniment from Serge Bromberg presenting and playing, the show will be one of these unique experiences of classic silent cinema. Serge Bromberg is a French film restorer and accompanist. He has previously visited the festival in 2016 and 2020.
MIGHTY LIKE A MOOSE (22m)
Director: Leo McCarey
Mr. and Mrs Moose decide have plastic surgery to surprise the other on the occasion of their wedding anniversary. But when they both leave the clinic, they meet – again – in the elevator, do not recognize each other... and fall in love!
ONE WEEK (21m)
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton
A newlywed couple (Buster Keaton and Sybil Seely) attempt to build a prefabricated house, unaware that a rival has sabotaged the numbering of the kit's parts. This 1920 two-reel silent comedy was the legendary Keaton's first released film.
BIG BUSINESS (18m)
Directors: James W. Horne, Leo McCarey
Ollie (Oliver Hardy) and Stanley (Stan Laurel) are two Christmas tree sales reps who will not take no for an answer. Their goading and determination end up irritating a customer, who ruins their tree with a pair of hedge-clippers. And thus begins a full-scale war between the two parties.
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