Silents are Golden: The Forgotten Art of Silent Film Acting with Rob Mermin
- Tuesday, March 20 6:30 pm
City Hall Arts Center
In a unique program, specially devised for this year’s festival, Rob Mermin, an accomplished mime and founder of Circus Smirkus, traces the development of pantomime acting in silent movies from histrionic melodrama to emotionally sophisticated dramatics, from knockabout slapstick to superbly subtle comedy. Rob has complied “a dazzling array of film clips” featuring the great silent stars: Mary Pickford, Lillian Gish, Douglas Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, Buster Keaton, Rudolph Valentino, Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Ramon Navarro and many more, including rarely seen clips from European silent cinema. Approximately 105 minutes.
Posted in 2007 Films & Events, 2007 Special Events