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It ain't even up on the Slapsticon website yet, but here's a first exclusive look at what and when we'll be running this coming July.


SLAPSTICON 2011 PROGRAM SCHEDULE

As always, program subject to change without notice

Thursday, July 14

12:00 pm Spectrum Doors Open

1:00 pm

To Be Announced

3:00 pm

WEISS-O-RONI THREE AND OTHER STUFF

SEEING THINGS (1928) – Ben Turpin
SOCK AND RUN (1928) – Snub Pollard, Marvin Loback


5:00 pm -7:00 pm Dinner Break

7:00 pm

MARX BROTHER RARITIES

9:00 pm

FATHERS CLOSE SHAVE (1920) – Johnny Ray, Laura LaPlante
BRINGING UP FATHER (1946) – Joe Yule Sr., Rene’ Riano


Friday, July 15th

8:00 am Spectrum Doors Open

9:00 am EARLY COMEDIES

A CHARMING VILLAIN (1916) – Smiling Billy Mason, Madge Kirby
HAM AMONG THE REDSKINS (1916) – ham and Bud
HER ANNIVERSARIES (1917) – Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew
LOCAL SHOWERS (1916) – Musty Suffer
THE CHILD NEEDS A MOTHER (1916)- Fatty Voss
HONEYMOONING (1919) – Mr. and Mrs. Carter DeHaven
RISKS AND ROUGHNECKS (1917) – Larry Semon
FAINT HEART AND FAIR LADY (1917) – Victor Moore
CUPIDS HOLD UP (1919) – Bobby Vernon


11:00 am KIDS N’ ANIMALS

THE HOME WRECKERS (1925) – Hey Fellas
NO CHILDREN (1929) – Smitty Comedy
YOUNG SHERLOCKS (1922) – Our Gang
MICKEYS TENT SHOW (1933) – Mickey McGuire

12:20pm- 2:00 pm Lunch Break

2:00 pm HAL ROACH COMEDIES

FOLLOW THE CROWD (1918) – Harold Lloyd
ALL IN A DAY (1920) – Snub Pollard
ARE PARENTS PICKLES? (1925) – Paul Parrott
NEVER TOO OLD (1926) – All-Star with Claude Gillingwater
GIRL SHOCK (1930)- Charley Chase

4:00 pm ROB STONE RARITIES

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Dinner Break

8:00 pm

DYNAMITE (1919) – Lloyd Hamilton

Silent Feature to be announced

10:00 pm

WAR, ITALIAN STYLE (1967) – Buster Keaton

Saturday, July 16th

8:00 am Spectrum Doors Open

9:00 am DAVE SNYDER’S CARTOON SHOW

10:30 am THE SENNETT SPOT

ON HIS WEDDING DAY (1912) – Ford Sterling, Dot Farley
THE GREAT TOE MYSTERY (1914) – Charley Chase, Alice Howell
A JANITOR’S WIFE’S TEMPTATION (1915) –
WON BY A FOWL (1917) – Paddy McGuire, Fritz Schade
HIS ONE NIGHT STAND (1917) – Harry Mccoy
KEYSTONE GIRLS OPEN TROUT SEASON (1917)
WHAT HAPPENED TO MRS JONES? (1917) – F. Richard Jones
GALLOPING BUNGALOWS (1924) – Billy Bevan, Sid Smith
MATCHPLAY (1930) - Andy Clyde

12:30 pm-2:00 pm Lunch Break

2:00 pm

MOONSHINE (1920)- Lloyd Hamilton

DAVID WYATT RARITIES

4:00 pm

APRIL FOOL (1921) – Lloyd Hamilton
PROFESSOR BEWARE (1938) – Harold Lloyd

6:00 pm- 8:00 pm Dinner Break

8:00 pm

THE SIMP (1920) – Lloyd Hamilton
RED HOT TIRES (1925) – Monte Blue, Patsy Ruth Miller

10:00 pm A COLUMBIA CONGLOMERATION

BLITZ ON THE FRITZ (1943) – Harry Langdon
MANY SAPPY RETURNS (1938) – Charley Chase
TRAMP, TRAMP, TRAMP (1935) – Andy Clyde
ONE TOO MANY (1934) – Leon Errol


Sunday, July 17th

9:00 am Spectrum Doors Open

10:00 am MORE TALKIE COMEDIES

IDLE ROOMERS (1931) – Cameo comedy Directed by Roscoe Arbuckle
THANKS AGAIN (1931) – Edgar Kennedy
BLONDE BOMBER (1936) – Harry Gribbon, Shemp Howard
FREE RENT (1936) – Monty Collins, Tom Kennedy

12:00 pm- 1:30 pm Lunch Break



1:30 pm

THE BATTLING ORIOLES (1924) – Glenn Tryon
QUEEN OF ACES (1925) – Wanda Riley
MISFIT SAILOR (1926) – Billy Dooley
SWISS MOVEMENTS (1926)- Jimmie Adams

3:30 pm ONES FOR THE ROAD

WHO’S AFRAID? (1927) – Lupino Lane
SHORT KILTS (1924) – Stan Laurel
HIGH SOCIETY (1924) – Our Gang




RICHARD M ROBERTS

A Harold Lloyd short AND Professor Beware ( Which I think is an underrated film amoungst his last few).

Richard, thank you for the gift (as well as all the other gifts in the program).

Agnes McFadden

Agnes McFadden wrote:A Harold Lloyd short AND Professor Beware ( Which I think is an underrated film amoungst his last few).

Richard, thank you for the gift (as well as all the other gifts in the program).

Agnes McFadden

You're welcome Agnes, and we look forward to seeing you and your Family there as always.

Hey and all the rest of you, don't all praise and talk about this years program at once! Jeez, you were so quick to yell out suggestions for film's we weren't going to show, whattye think of what we're showing!?


RICHARD M ROBERTS (and I'll slap silly the first eighteen folk who whine: "what, no lost Chaplin this year?" )

I can't wait to see "Spectrum Doors Open" on Thursday.

I'm impressed by the number of Lloyd Hamilton titles being screened. That alone is a big deal.
I'm also looking forward to those Roach shorts, and to see what Rob Stone brings; WAR ITALIAN STYLE is a nice touch, and The Marx Brothers rarities sound promising. Even those Weiss Brothers shorts are positioned where they will do the most good, whetting eveyone's appetite for what's to come.

This is going to be fun.

WAR ITALIAN STYLE is the most underappreciated work from Buster's later years. You're on your own when it comes to Franco e Ciccio, but Buster is definitely the eye of this cinematic hurricane. And it's a heckuva lot funnier than FILM.

Not too many people outside of the archival world have seen Red Hot Tires, but our research indicates it's an entertaining little action comedy. And anything directed by Erle C. Kenton is worth seeing. He's best known for his sound horror films, but in his early days could always be depended upon to deliver thoroughly delightful comedies, including W.C. Fields' You're Telling Me and a prior Slapsticon discovery, Golf Widows.