Event: Buster Keaton Silent Film Festival

Saturday, September 15, 2018 - 8:00am

Sunday, September 16, 2018 - 2:00pm

Silent Film
Buster Keaton Silent Film Festival
Six Buster Keaton & W.C. Fields Films with commentary my family & friends of Buster Keaton
Chapter, Affiliate, or Association: 
Artists: 
Dr. Marvin Faulwell & Bob Keckeisen, percussion
Phone: 
913-381-0256
Ticket Prices and Information: 
Free; no tickets needed
PROGRAM SCHEDULE 8:30 - Registration begins in Music Hall Lobby (Free admission all day) 9:00 – Overture – 3 min. Welcome and Intros/ Master of Ceremonies: Frank Scheide 9:10 - Short – THE GARAGE (1921 – 20 min.) w/ Keaton & Arbuckle – Music by Brett Valliant 9:35 - Hooman Mehran presents “Buster Keaton & W. C. Fields in Perspective” 10:05 – IT’S THE OLD ARMY GAME (1925 – 75 min.) w/ W. C. Fields – Music by Marvin Faulwell 11:20 – “W. C. Fields: Panel with Ronald J. Fields & Allen Fields” w/ Q&A Moderator: Frank Scheide 12:00- Lunch Break (on your own) 1:00 - Overture – 3 min. Welcome and Intros / Master of Ceremonies: Hooman Mehran 1:10 - Short – THE BALLOONATIC (1923 – 23 min.) w/ Keaton - Music by Marvin Faulwell 1:35 – ”Meet the Keatons: Panel with Melissa Talmadge Cox, Barbara Talmadge & Harry Keaton” – Moderator: Hooman Mehran 2:20 – STEAMBOAT BILL, JR. (1928-91 min) w/ Keaton – Music by Brett Valliant 3:50 – Break 4:00 – “W. C. Fields Presentation” by Ronald J. Fields w/ Q&A 4:40 – “ ‘A Good Egg’: A Comparison of W.C. Fields’ Humpty Dumpty in the 1933 Film Alice in Wonderland with the Original Storyboard”, - Presentation by Frank Scheide 5:00 - Dinner Break (on your own) 7:00 - Evening registration / Bill Shaffer hosts SATURDAY EVENING SCREENINGS / Overture – 3 min. 7:10 - RUNNING WILD (1926 – 69 min.) w/ W. C. Fields – Music by Brett Valliant 8:25 - Intermission Break between features 8:40 – THE GENERAL (1927 – 77 min.) w/ Keaton – Music by Marvin Faulwell & Bob Keckeisen 10:15 pm - Reception & After Party For more information, call our information line at 913-381-0256 and leave a message.

Event Location

301 W 13th Street
Kansas City, Missouri
913-568-2613