Date and Time for this Past Event
- Tuesday, Nov 7, 2023 7pm - 9pm
Details
With live musical accompaniment by Andrew Simpson
AFI’s Silent Cinema Showcase returns with another selection of newly restored screen classics and rare gems from the silent era.
LOVE 'EM AND WEEP
A successful businessman (James Finlayson) enlists a friend (Stan Laurel) to keep an old flame (Mae Busch) away from his home and wife. DIR F. Richard Jones; DIR/SCR Fred Guiol; SCR H. M. Walker; SCR/PROD Hal Roach. U.S., 1927, b&w, 20 min. NOT RATED
WHY GIRLS LOVE SAILORS
When a tough sea captain (with Oliver Hardy as his bullying first mate) kidnaps the love-smitten Willie Brisling's (Stan Laurel) fiancée, he must sneak on board to save her. DIR Fred Guiol; SCR H. M. Walker; SCR/PROD Hal Roach. U.S., 1927, b&w, 20 min. NOT RATED
WITH LOVE AND HISSES
Dimwitted Cuthbert Hope (Stan Laurel) is enlisted in the army and proceeds to get himself and his sergeant (Oliver Hardy) in constant trouble. DIR Fred Guiol; SCR H. M. Walker; SCR/PROD Hal Roach. U.S., 1927, b&w, 21 min. NOT RATED
SAILORS BEWARE
A con artist and her infant son are unmasked aboard a ship by a cab driver (Stan Laurel) and the ship's purser (Oliver Hardy). DIR Fred Guiol; SCR H. M. Walker; SCR/PROD Hal Roach, U.S., 1927, b&w, 20 min. NOT RATED
