SILVER

After Buster Keaton begged executive producer Joseph M. Schenck to purchase an old ocean liner to use as a prop on a film, he and comedic partner Clyde Bruckman came up with the story line of THE NAVIGATOR, Keaton's biggest commercial success. Pampered rich boy Keaton falls in love with a pampered rich girl (Kathryn McGuire). When she rebuffs his marriage proposal, he sails to Honolulu on a whim — unaware that she is on the same boat due to some strange and very funny circumstances. DIR/PROD Buster Keaton; DIR Donald Crisp; SCR Clyde Bruckman, Joseph A. Mitchell, Jean Havez. U.S., 1924, b&w, 66 min. Silent with English intertitles. NOT RATED

About Andrew Earle Simpson
Andrew Earle Simpson is an acclaimed composer of opera, silent film, orchestral, chamber, choral, dance and vocal music, based in Washington, DC. His musical works make multi-faceted, intimate connections with literature, visual art and film, reflecting his own interest in linking music with the wider world, an approach which he calls "humanistic music." One of America’s foremost silent film musicians, he has performed across the United States, Europe and South America. In addition to composing and performing, Simpson is a professor and head of the division of Theory and Composition at the Benjamin T. Rome School of Music of The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. Visit andrewesimpson.com for more information.