Dbl Feat: HOT WATER in 35mm and GIRL SHY in 35mm
Special Features: 100th Anniversary | Silent with live musical accompaniment by Donald Sosin and Joanna Seaton
HOT WATER (1924) in 35mm
After declaring that he will never give up his freedom for "a pair of soft-boiled eyes," a young lad (Harold Lloyd) bumps into a lass (Jobyna Ralston) and is outright smitten. Their ensuing marital life forms the basis of this hilarious, episodic flick that finds Lloyd riding a jam-packed tram with a live turkey in hand, begrudgingly taking the family out in his mint-clean Butterfly Six automobile and fearing (or dreaming?) that he has accidentally murdered his hellish mother-in-law. This film is 60 minutes of pure, fun gags from one of the masters of silent era comedy. DIR Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor; SCR Thomas J. Gray, John Grey, Sam Taylor, Tim Whelan. U.S., 1924, b&w, 60 min. Silent with English intertitles. NOT RATED
35mm preservation print courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive.
Followed by:
GIRL SHY (1924) in 35mm
Shy, stuttering bachelor Harold Meadows (Harold Lloyd) spends his days secluded in a tailoring shop, writing the ultimate guide for bashful young men, "The Secret of Making Love." When Harold meets and falls in love with rich Mary (Jobyna Ralston), he must somehow stall her impending marriage. This is one of Lloyd's most popular feature-length films, featuring fantasy sequences enacting the chapters from his character's hopelessly misguided book, plus his famous breathtaking race across town to halt the wedding. Many scenes were filmed in and around recognizable (and now not-so-recognizable) Hollywood landmarks, including the Garden Court Apartments, the Mary Moll residence (future site of the Roosevelt Hotel, built in 1927), the extant Johnny Grant Building and many more. A true early Hollywood experience, Harold Lloyd-style! (Note courtesy of American Cinematheque.) DIR Fred C. Newmeyer; DIR/SCR Sam Taylor; SCR Tim Whelan, Ted Wilde; PROD Harold Lloyd. U.S., 1924, b&w, 89 min. Silent with English intertitles. NOT RATED
About Donald Sosin & Joanna Seaton
Joanna Seaton and Donald Sosin bring their unique blend of keyboards, vocals and percussion to major film festivals and venues around the world. They perform often at Italy’s annual silent film retrospectives in Bologna and Pordenone. They have appeared numerous times at Yale, Harvard, Brown, Cornell and Emory Universities and have created scores for over 65 silent film DVDs on the Criterion, Kino, Milestone and Flicker Alley labels, among others. Their workshops in silent film music and songwriting are popular with students of all ages.
Called a “silvery soprano” by the New York Times, Joanna, a native of Manhattan, has a Theatre Arts degree from Cornell University. She has appeared in over 80 Off-Broadway, regional and stock theatre productions and has sung with jazz great Dick Hyman at the 92nd St. Y. Donald grew up in Rye, NY and Munich and played on Broadway for many years, after composition studies at Michigan and Columbia. His music has been heard on PBS, TCM, as background for network soaps and in many contemporary films. The couple lives in northwest Connecticut with their children.
Run Time: 164 Minutes
Opening Date: Sunday, November 03, 2024
Genre: Silent comedy