Buster Keaton

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On Saturday, March 26, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. the Cannon Grange in Wilton, CT will present two classic silent films with live piano accompaniment. Adults and children will enjoy a short film, “Putting Pants on Philip" (1927), starring Laurel and Hardy as well as a feature comedy starring Buster Keaton titled “Our Hospitality" (1923). Noted silent film historian and pianist John Mucci of Wilton will accompany both films on the Grange’s 1920's- vintage piano.

If you like this kind of fun entertainment, send this link to tell a friend!

Admission is $8 per person, and there will be free refreshments served.

Free parking is available at the Grange Hall on 25 Cannon Road, and across the road at the Cannondale Railroad Station and Cannondale Village.

For more information, call Cannon Grange at 203-762-1900 or John Mucci at 203-722-6751.

This is the eighth year that Cannon Grange has hosted silent films featuring John Mucci, with increasing audiences discovering the special kind of entertainment they represent.

About the Films:

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Putting Pants on Philip (1927)

Laurel and Hardy in "Putting Pants on Philip"

This is arguably Laurel and Hardy's first film together, and is a appearing as the characters they were to be known to be for the rest of their careers. Ollie is waiting at the dock to meet his cousin from Scotland, whom he has never met. The novelty of seeing a man in a kilt takes the town by storm, spiced by the fact that Stan has spontaneous "whoopie" moments when he feels compelled to chase women. Ollie does his best to 'normalize' his cousin, including taking him to a tailor to get some 'decent pants.' Well, that didn't work...It only goes downhill from there!

Our Hospitality (1923)

Buster Keaton (r), in "Our Hospitality" "

Our Hospitality is Buster Keaton's first feature film with a sustained plot. Using the Hatfield/McCoy feud as a premise, he plays a young man named McKay, who travels from the Big City (wait till you see New York in 1820), via the new Rail Road (and wait till you see that), through the wilds of New Jersey, all the way to the Deep South, where the Canfield Clan are less than hospitable toward him, thanks to the vendetta that plagued his ancestors..

However, the Canfields are pledged not to harm him as long as he's a guest, under their roof. (It's the Code of the Old South). Buster of course falls in love with a young lady who happens to be the Canfield's pride and joy, and the tension is both serious and enormously comical.

The climax of the film, as Buster rescues his lady-love in true damsel-in-distress fashion, has him swooping on a rope to catch her as she tumbles over a huge waterfall, as exciting a scene as any in silent cinema.

A true family picture, it not only stars Buster Keaton, but features his wife, Natalie Talmadge, his father, Joe Keaton, and his eldest son, James.

If you like this kind of fun entertainment, send this link to tell a friend!

See more at IMDB.

The Wilton Cannon Grange Hall, at 25 Cannon Road in Wilton, CT has ample parking available at the Cannondale Railroad Station and at Cannon Center. Click here for directions.

Silent films on DVD with accompaniment by John Mucci are available through ReelClassicDVDs.

 

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