Spanning a decade and a half of silent laughter, with features, shorts and thrills combined with hilarity, this is the pick of the greatest silent comedies ever made, accompanied by some of the world's best accompanists including Babylon's own Anna Vavilkina, Meg Morley from London, Daan van den Hurk from Amsterdam and Neil himself.
Silent comedy with live music has to be experienced, it is pure joy seeing comedy greats of a century ago make us laugh so much we forget our troubles.
This is the perfect place to discover the golden moments of silent clowning, and even experts will find much they haven't seen before, with many new restorations and undiscovered masterpieces in the festival.
A tonic in these troubled times.
SOLO MUSICIANS!!
Piano:
Neil Brand
Daan van den Hurk
Leonid Nemirovsky
Ekkehard Wölk
Orgel und Piano:
Dominik Gerhard
Florian Reithner
Anna Vavilkina
Jonas Wilfert
Gitarre:
Alexey Wagner
Klarinette und andere Instrumenten:
Oscar Ferdinand Buschinger
Slapstick Live: A Pair of Tights [OV], USA 1929, R: Hal Yates mit Anita Garvin, Marion Byron, Edgar Kennedy, 20 Min
The Garage [OV], USA 1920, R: Roscoe Arbuckle mit Roscoe Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, 25 Min
Teddy at the Throttle [OV], USA 1917, R: Clarence G. Badger mit Bobby Vernon, Gloria Swanson, Wallace Beery, 24 Min,
29.4. am Klavier Ekkehard Wölk
Slapstick Live: It's a Gift [OV], USA 1923, R: Hugh Fay mit Snub Pollard, 14 Min,
The Playhouse [OmU], USA 1921, R: Buster Keaton, Eddie Cline mit Buster Keaton, 22 Min,
The Count [OV], USA 1916, R: Charles Chaplin mit Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, 34 Min,
am Klavier Jonas Wilfert
Slapstick Live: Egged On [OV], USA 1926, R: Charles R. Bowers, Harold L. Muller, Ted Sears mit Charles R. Bowers, 24 Min,
From Soup to Nuts[OV], USA 1928, R: E. Livingston Kennedy mit Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Dorothy Coburn, 18 Min
Easy Street [OV], USA 1917, R: Charlie Chaplin mit Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, 19 Min,
am Klavier Meg Morley
Slapstick Live: Die Bergkatze [OmeU], D, 1921, R: Ernst Lubitsch mit Pola Negri, Victor Janson, Paul Heidemann, 79 Min,
an der Orgel Anna Vavilkina
Slapstick Live: All Night Long + The Boat + The Battle of the Century
an der Orgel Florian Reithner [Di. 30.4.]
[05.05.] an der Gitarre Alexey Wagner
Slapstick Live: Limousine Love [OV], USA 1928, R: Fred Guiol mit Charley Chase, Edna Marion, Viola Richard, 20 Miin
Among Those Present, [OV], USA, R: Fred C. Newmeyer mit Harold Lloyd, 35 Min
Liberty [OV], USA 1929, R: Leo McCarey mit Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Tom Kennedy, 20 Min,
am Klavier Ekkehard Wölk (30,04.)
Slapstick Live: Safety Last [OV], USA 1923, R: Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor mit Harold Lloyd, 73 Min,
30.4 am Piano Meg Morley,
04.5 am am Klavier Daan van den Hurk
Slapstick Live: Lizzies of the Field + For Heaven`s sake
27.4. 17:30 am - Piano - Ekkehard Wölk;
30.4. 20:00 am - Klavier - Anna Vavilkina
3. 5. 22:30 - Piano - Neil Brand
Slapstick Live: Get Out and Get Under + Hands Up!
27.04. 18:00 am Klavier Jonas Wilfert
30.04. 21:00 am Klavier Neil Brand
Slapstick Live: The High Sign + Die Puppe
21:45 am Klavier Leonid Nemirovs
Di, 30.04. an der Gitarre Alexey Wagner
Slapstick Live: Big Business + An Eastern Westerner
Am Klavier Neil Brand So, 28.4. 15:15
Am Klavier Leonid Nemirovsky Mi, 01.05. 15:30
Slapstick Live: There it is! + The Freshman
27.4. 21:30 an der Orgel Jonas Wilfert
1.5.16:00 an der Orgel Jonas Wilfert
Slapstick Live: His Wooden Wedding + Now You Tell One + The Immigrant
am Klavier ANNA VAVILKINA Mi, 01.05. am Klavier Stephen Horne 3.5.
Slapstick Live: Buster Keaton's The General + Laurel & Hardy's The Finishing Touch
Am 27.4. Live am Piano Neil Brand, 01.05. an der Gitarre Alexey Wagner; Sa, 4.05. am Klavier Ekkehard Wölk
Possibly Keaton’s greatest film, a breakneck locomotive chase through Civil War battlefields which climaxes with the most expensive stunt in silent movie history.
Slapstick Live: The Knockout [OV], USA 1914, R: Charles Avery mit Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Minta Durfee, Edgar Kennedy, 27 Min
am Klavier Anna Vavilkina
Slapstick Live: Summer Saps + The Kid Brother
Slapstick Live: Mighty Like a Moose + The Cameraman
Mi,01.05. am Klaviert Jonas Wilfert
Sa, 04.05. am Piano Neil Brand
So 05.05. 18:30 am Klavier Daan van den Hurk
Slapstick Live: Steamboat Bill Jnr + The Cure
Am Piano Neil Brand (Fr. 26.4.) An ader Orgel Anna Vavilkina (1.5.) am Klavier Daan van den Hurk (3.5.)
Slapstick Live: Cops + Play Safe
an der Gitarre Alexey Wagner (Sa. 27.4.) am Klavier Meg Morley (So, 28.4.) an der Orgel Dominik Gerhard (2.5.)
Slapstick Live: College + Never Weaken
Sa, 27.4. am Klavier Meg Morley
2. 5. 19:30 am Piano Neil Brand
5.5. 20:30 an der Orgel Stephen Horne
Slapstick Live: : Coney Island + Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde + Haunted House
The Cook [OV], USA 1918, R: Roscoe Arbuckle mit Fatty Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Al St John, 22 Min,
Speedy [OV], USA 1928, R: Ted Wilde, Clyde Bruckman mit Harold Lloyd, Ann Christie, Bert Woodruff, 85 Min
am Klavier Ekkehard Wölk (2.5.)
Slapstick Live: Kohlhiesels Töchter + Ich möchte kein Mann sein
28.04. an der Orgel Florian Reithner
2.5. am Klavier Daan van den Hurk
Slapstick Live: Should Men Walk Home? + You`re Darn Tootin` + Jewish Prudence + Feed 'em and Weep
Fr. 3.5. an der Orgel Dominik Gerhard; So. 5.5. am Klavier Anna Vavilkina
Die Austernprinzessin [The Oyster Princess]
DE, 1919, R: Ernst Lubitsch mit Victor Janson, Ossi Oswalda, Harry Liedtke, 61 Min
Slapstick Live: One Week + Tillie`s Punctured Romance
am Klavier Ekkehard Wölk (Sa. 27.4.) am Piano Ekkehard Wölk (Fr, 3.5. 20:30)
Slapstick Live: The Knockout + Summer Saps + The Love Nest
am Klavier Anna Vavilkina
Slapstick Live: From Hand to Mouth + The Goat + Pass the Gravy
So. 28.4. am Klavier Florian Reithner Sa. 4.5.am Klavier Anna Vavilkina
Stummfilm um Mitternacht: Slapstick Live:
Kohlhiesels Töchter + One Week NULL UHR NULL EURO an der Orgel Anna Vavilkina, Eintritt frei – Admission free!