Tickets On Sale Now:
- Buy Tickets Online – The Phantom Carriage (1921) – Friday October 11 at 7pm
- Buy Tickets Online – Comedy Matinee: Our Hospitality (1923) & Never Weaken (1921) – Saturday October 12 at 1pm
- You can also buy tickets in person at our Box Office
- Prices include HST: General: $19 // Member: $15 // Youth 17 & Under: $11
The celebrated concert pianist & professor Bruce Vogt returns to The Screening Room this October! Join us for two special event screenings, featuring Bruce’s well-researched and expressive live piano accompaniment:
- Friday October 11 at 7pm: Swedish Horror: The Phantom Carriage (1921) directed by Victor Sjöström
- Saturday October 12 at 1pm: Comedy Matinee: Our Hospitality (1923) starring and directed by Buster Keaton. The feature will be preceded by the short film Never Weaken (1921) starring Harold Lloyd.
The Phantom Carriage (1921)
Sweden / 106 minutes / Directed by Victor Sjöström
The last person to die on New Year’s Eve before the clock strikes twelve is doomed to take the reins of Death’s chariot and work tirelessly collecting fresh souls for the next year. So says the legend that drives The Phantom Carriage (Körkarlen), directed by the father of Swedish cinema, Victor Sjöström. The story, based on a novel by Nobel Prize winner Selma Lagerlöf, concerns an alcoholic, abusive ne’er-do-well (Sjöström himself) who is shown the error of his ways, and the pure-of-heart Salvation Army sister who believes in his redemption. This extraordinarily rich and innovative silent classic (which inspired Ingmar Bergman to make movies) is a Dickensian ghost story and a deeply moving morality tale, as well as a showcase for groundbreaking special effects.
Our Hospitality (1923)
USA / 75 minutes / Directed by Buster Keaton
Our Hospitality (1923) broadened the boundaries of slapstick and proved that Buster Keaton was not just a comedian, he was an artist. Keaton stars as youthful dreamer Willie McKay, who travels westward on a rickety locomotive to claim his birthright, only to nd that his inheritance is a rundown shack. On top of that he learns that the object of his affection (Keaton’s real-life wife Natalie Talmadge) is the daughter of a man with whom his family has been engaged in a long, violent feud. McKay’s personal struggles are punctuated by brilliant slapstick setpieces that involve an exploding dam, raging waterfalls, and a primitive steam engine.
Never Weaken (1921)
USA / 29 minutes / Directed by Fred Newmeyer
Harold Lloyd plays a young man who is in love with a young woman, but he mistakenly believes she loves another. Despondent, he decides to commit suicide, but each attempt is unsuccessful.
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