Chaplin, Keaton, Laurel & Hardy, More in "The FIRST Kings of Comedy!"

Chaplin, Keaton, Laurel & Hardy, More in The FIRST Kings of Comedy!

The Alden, McLean Community Center (1234 Ingleside Avenue McLean, VA 22101)

Full Price:: $10.00

Our Price:: $5.00*

5.0 by 2 members

Pin It

The Alden opens its Classics of the Silent Screen series with The FIRST Kings of Comedy!, a night of hilarious silent film shorts. The program features Charlie Chaplin in 1916's The Pawn Shop and Buster Keaton in 1921's The Goat, plus shorts featuring Laurel and Hardy, Harold Lloyd and Charley Chase. Composer Ben Model, one of the country's leading silent film accompanists, performs live with the films, and film historian Bruce Lawton will introduce the program.

* Additional fees apply.

All offers for The FIRST Kings of Comedy! have expired.

The last date listed for The FIRST Kings of Comedy! was Wednesday February 22, 2012 / 8:00pm.

Tell me

Currently at The Alden:

Storyteller David Gonzalez Stars in The Frog Bride at the Alden

Full Price:: $20.00
Our Price:: $10.00

Acclaimed storyteller, actor, writer and performer David Gonzalez brings his beloved production of The Frog Bride -- which the New York Times has called "enchanting" -- to the stage at the Alden. A show for children and the child in us all, Gonzalez's Bride is a hip adaptation of the classic Russian tale. Accompanied by two musicians and their original, Prokofiev-infused jazz-funk score, Gonzalez relates the story of three princes who, at their father's urging, go out into the world to find and bring back their brides. Two of the brothers return with fair ladies, but the third comes home with a frog! Live video projection and moving images by painter Wassily Kandinsky provide the dynamic backdrop for this unique, engaging and thoroughly entertaining storytelling experience. Learn More

The Alden

McLean Community Center,

1234 Ingleside Avenue

McLean, VA 22101

Website

703-790-0123

More Information About The FIRST Kings of Comedy!

Website

http://www.mcleancenter.org/alden/filmseries.asp

Quotes & Highlights

Learn more about Ben Model at his website, or see and hear a silent film clip as accompanied by Model on YouTube.

Description

Charlie Chaplin in The Pawn Shop (1916)
Harold Lloyd in High and Dizzy (1920)
Buster Keaton in The Goat (1921)
Charley Chase in Dog Shy (1926)
Laurel and Hardy in You’re Darn Tootin’ (1928)

With live accompaniment by composer Ben Model, and introduction and commentary from film historian and preservationist Bruce Lawton.

About the Ticket Supplier: The Alden

From rock to comedy, modern dance to film, puppetry to bluegrass - and even drag queen ballerinas - the Alden is an ideal venue for nearly every genre of performing arts.