Silent Film Night

David has a particular interest in improvisation and is excited to return to Christ Church to play at this special event.

Programme includes:

o   One Week (1920) 
Written and directed by and starring Buster Keaton (20 mins)
A newly-married couple build their first home from a DIY flat-pack – what could possibly go wrong?  Full of spectacular sight-gags, the best of Keaton’s superb physical comedy. Incredible special effects, almost all of them filmed for real.

o   Sherlock Junior (1924) 
Directed by and starring Buster Keaton (45 mins)
A cinema projectionist has ambitions to be a private detective.  Falling asleep in the operating box, he dreams that he becomes “Sherlock Junior, the great detective.  Fascinating behind-the-scenes look at a typical small-town cinema in the early 1920s.

o   Frankenstein (1910) J. Searle Dawley/Edison Studios (12 mins)
The first screen adaptation of Mary Shelley’s novel, notable for its special effects and use of colour filters.

o   David Bednall on how he approaches improvisation to silent films

o   Short talk on how organs came to be used in early cinemas

Bar available before the screening and at interval

This evening only!  Ticket-holders get free entry to the Museum of Bath at Work 17.00-18.30 to see the special exhibition about the history of cinemas in Bath Lights! Camera! Action! : 120 Years of Cinemas and Films 

Lights! Camera! Action! book £12.50 on sale only in the Museum shop plus other cinema-themed gifts

The Museum of Bath at Work is next to Christ Church – show your event ticket for free entry this evening

Exhibition runs until 31 October and weekends in November

Thanks to: Museum of Bath at Work and Bath Film Festival / Cinema For All