Slapstick Live: Steamboat Bill Jnr + The Cure

Am Piano Neil Brand (Fr. 26.4.) An ader Orgel Anna Vavilkina (1.5.) am Klavier Daan van den Hurk (3.5.)

Steamboat Bill Jnr [OmU],
USA1928  R: Charles Reisner, Buster Keaton mit Buster Keaton, Ernest Torrance, Marion Byron, 71 Min,    

Buster is the effete, college-educated son of river tramp Steamboat Bill who has to learn the ways of the river and saves the day when a storm hits the town.

Includes the famous stunt with the falling house.

#BUSTERKEATON is one of the stars of our #Slapstick Live FilmFestival
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THE FAMOUS CLIP With the FALLING HOUSE! ONE of the most dangerous stunts of filmhistory

"Steamboat Bill, Jr." (1928). The scene was performed with an actual full-weight wall. Half the crew walked off the set rather than participate in a stunt that would have killed Keaton if he had been slightly off position. Keaton himself, told the previous day that his studio was being shut down, was so devastated that he didn't care if the wall crushed him or not. The gag was previously used by Buster Keaton in "Back Stage" (1919) and "One Week" (1920) with smaller buildings. This was to be the ultimate version of the stunt. The comedian remarked later in his career, "I was mad at the time, or I would never have done the thing."

The Cure [OV],
USA 1916, R: Charles Chaplin starring Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance and Eric Campbell, 24 Min

Charlie arrives at a health spa with a trunkful of illicit booze which winds up in the drinking fountain.

Die Kur war der zehnte Film Chaplins für die Mutual.