The Cinema Museum, London

The Third Kennington Bioscope Silent Film Weekend – Sunday Programme

Sun 11 Jun 2017 @ 10:00 · Events

On the 10th and 11th of June the Kennington Bioscope will present its third Silent Film Festival at the Cinema Museum. The event is expected to run from 10.00 till 22.15 on both Saturday and Sunday.

The event will feature many rare and fantastic gems from the BFI archive and the personal collection of film historian and national treasure, Kevin Brownlow. As with last year’s show, almost the whole programme is on film (35mm or 16mm). Mr Brownlow himself with curators from the Kennington Bioscope will be on hand to introduce the films. We will have the leading silent film pianists in the UK, John Sweeney, Cyrus Gabyrusch, Lillian Henley and Meg Morley. The line up below is to be confirmed and subject to alterations.


Sunday Programme

The Safety CurtainProgramme 1:
The Safety Curtain (US 1919) KB 16mm 60mins.
Directed by Sidney A. Franklin and starring Norma Talmadge. Plus shorts.
Introduction by Kevin Brownlow.

Programme 2:
W. W. Jacobs Storyteller: The Skipper’s Wooing (UK 1922) BFI 35mm 70mins. Directed by Manning Haynes and starring Gordon Hopkirk, Cynthia Murtagh and Johnny Butt.
Introduction by Bryony Dixon.

LUNCH

Programme 3:
The Shadow of a Mine (Ums tägliche Brot) (Ger 1929) BFI 35mm 45mins. Directed by Phil Jutzi. Introduction by Tony Fletcher.
The Four Musicians of Bremen (US 1922) BFI 35mm 7mins. Directed by Walt Disney. Introduction by Dave Locke.
That Sharp Note (191) BFI 35mm 18mins. Directed by Allan Dwan. Introduction by Kevin Brownlow.

Programme 4:
Women Playing Comedy, presented by David Wyatt.
Hypnotizing the Hypnotist (US 1913) BFI 35mm 7mins. Directed by Laurence Trimble and starring Florence Turner.
When She Starts – Look Out (Wehe wenn sie losgelassen) (1926) BFI 35mm 30mins. Directed by Carl Froelich and starring Henny Porten.
Satan Junior (1923) BFI 45mins. Directed by Herbert Blanché and starring Viola Dana.

The Woman One Longs ForProgramme 5:
Before the Blue Angel: Marlene Dietrich, presented by Michelle Facey and Kevin Brownlow.
The Woman One Longs For (Die Frau, nach der man sich sehnt) (Ger 1929) DVD 78mins. Directed by Curtis Bernhard and starring Marlene Dietrich and Fritz Kortner.
The Ship of Lost Men (Das Schiff der verlorenen Menschen) (Ger 1929) KB 16mm extract. Directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Marlene Dietrich and Fritz Kortner.

DINNER

The Unholy ThreeProgramme 6:
The Unholy Three
(US 1925) KB 16mm 86mins. Directed by Tod Browning and starring Lon Chaney, Mae Busch and Victor McLaglen. Plus shorts.
Introduction by Kevin Brownlow.

Details of the Saturday programme here.

The Museum’s café and bar will be open throughout the event serving sandwiches, hot pastries, cakes, snacks, alcoholic beverges and hot & cold drinks.

The Jamyang Cafe, adjacent to the Museum, will be offering a delicious meals during the festival. We encourage you to pre-book when you purchase your festival ticket so we can have your food ready to go, then you can spend less time in a queue and more time sitting down enjoying your meal and break.

Pre-booked dinner: £6.50

You can pre book your dinner when you buy your ticket for the event. You will be given a special voucher on the door when you check in for the festival that you can present at the Jamyang Cafe next door.

If you have already bought a ticket for the event and want to pre book dinner then don’t worry. There is no transaction charge for pre booking meals.

Tickets & Pricing

Weekend Ticket £30 / One Day £18 / After 2pm £12. These are available online from Ticket Tailor.