Date and Time for this Past Event
- Thursday, Nov 9, 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.
SUGAR DADDIES
When a rich oil tycoon (James Finlayson) awakens one morning to be told that he was married the night before, he decides to hide out in a hotel with his butler (Oliver Hardy) and his lawyer (Stan Laurel). DIR Fred Guiol, Leo McCarey; SCR H. M. Walker; PROD Hal Roach. U.S., 1927, b&w, 20 min. NOT RATED
THE SECOND 100 YEARS
Thrown in prison for 100 years, convicts Little Goofy (Stan Laurel) and Big Goofy (Oliver Hardy) manage to break free, posing as an anarchic duo of undercover painters. DIR Fred Guiol; SCR Leo McCarey, H. M. Walker; PROD Hal Roach. U.S., 1927, b&w, 20 min. NOT RATED
CALL OF THE CUCKOO
Comedian Max Davidson plays a new homeowner who discovers he lives next door to an insane asylum housing inmates played by Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson and Charley Chase. DIR Clyde Bruckman; SCR H. M. Walker; PROD Hal Roach. U.S., 1927, b&w, 17 min. NOT RATED
DO DETECTIVES THINK?
An escaped convict is out to kill the judge (James Finlayson) who sentenced him. Two utterly inept detectives (Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy) are hired to guard the judge. DIR Fred Guiol; SCR H. M. Walker; SCR/PROD Hal Roach. U.S., 1927, b&w, 19 min. NOT RATED
