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July 28: Movies in the Park

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Movies in the ParkEnjoy a hand-cranked “moving picture show” with live piano music, just like the itinerant shows popular during the era of silent cinema, here on the grass at Two-Strike Park in La Crescenta, Saturday, July 28.

Take your family or treat your date to “dinner and a show” for an evening of silent cinema comedies with live piano accompaniment. Bring a blanket and a picnic basket. You supply the picnic basket, we provide the entertainment.

Movies under the stars at Two Strike Park in La Crescenta
 
 

ADMISSION IS FREE

TIME:

Saturday, July 28, 2018
Show starts at dusk (approx. 8pm)

LOCATION:

Two-Strike Park (map)
5107 Rosemont Avenue
La Crescenta, CA 91214
(818) 249-5940

PROGRAM

Laurel & Hardy
Buster Keaton
Larry Semon
and more

Live Accompaniment
featuring Cliff Retallick at the piano

1909 Powers 35mm Moving Picture Machine
hand-cranked by Joe Rinaudo

Original Glass Lantern Slides
projected by Gary Gibson

SEE YOU AT THE SHOW!

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Buster Keaton, Damfinos, Hollywood

Buster Keaton Weekend: June 15-16-17

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Los Angeles to Declare
June 16, 2018
Buster Keaton Day

Join the Damfinos in Los Angeles

To celebrate the dedication of a new plaque honoring the former location of the Buster Keaton Studios in Hollywood, The International Buster Keaton Society (AKA the “Damfinos”) invites you to join us for a weekend of Buster Keaton-related activities in Los Angeles.

This will be the first time in the 24-year history of the Damfinos that we are organizing events in the town that Buster called home for so many decades, and we are looking forward to seeing you there!

June 15-16-17, 2018
Hollywood, California
No registration fee!

CALENDAR & DETAILS  for
BUSTER KEATON WEEKEND

reposted from busterkeaton.org

 

Buster Keaton, Buster Keaton, Charles Chaplin, Famous Players Orchestra, Fatty Arbuckle, Larry Semon, Stan Laurel

“A Summer Evening of Silent Comedies” with Live Orchestra

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June 9th, 2018 • 7:30 p.m.
Burbank, California
Famous Players Orchestra
presents
“A Summer Evening of Silent Comedies”

Featuring:

  • Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle in “Love” (1919)
  • Buster Keaton in “Cops” (1922)
  • Larry Semon and Stan Laurel in “Frauds and Frenzies” (1918)
  • Charles Chaplin in “Kid Auto Races” (1914)

Films screened in 35mm with hand-cranked projection by Joe Rinaudo. Featuring a period score performed live by The Famous Players Orchestra under the direction of Scott Lasky. Program introduced by film historian, Stan Taffel.

Sat Jun 9, 2018 
7:30 pm – 9:45 pm
Christ Lutheran Church
2400 Burbank Blvd
Burbank, CA 91506
 
 
Famous Players Orchestra is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization whose mission is dedicated to performing and recording the historic film music used by movie theater orchestras during the silent era. Please visit our website at www.fporchestra.org. Thank you for your support!