At the ARA Bijou - Silent Films

Thursday, A.M. ~ 10 - 11:30

Coordinator: David Draves

Contact:  (603) 659-3390

Location: Durham Community Church

 

March 28The General with Buster Keaton & Marion Mack (1927, 78 min). Keaton’s version of an actual Civil War incident: Union troops stole The General, a CSA locomotive.

April 4Metropolis with Henrick Georg and Brigitte Helm (1927, 82 min). German’s finest “scare” film: life in a futuristic city with a capitalistic economic system.

April 11Brown at Harvard with William Haines, Jack Pickford and Mary Brian (1926, 85 min). Smart-alecky boy + girl + crisis + THE GAME + great Harvard – Yale newsreel clips.

April 18The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg with Norma Shearer, Ramon Navarro and Jean Hersholt (1928, 105 min). Prince falls in love with commoner but must marry a princess.