Silent Railway Special
In conjunction with Kevin Brownlow.
7th July 10.00 am to 10.00 pm
10:00 'THE TRAIN NOW ARRIVING'… - David Wyatt introducing
L’ ARRIVEE D’UN TRAIN EN GARE DE LA CIOTAT (Fr 1898) 48”
Auguste and Louis Lumière
THE FLYING SCOTSMAN (UK1929) 76’ (15 minutes longer than the sound version and unseen)
Directed by Castleton Knight and staring Gordon Harker, Alec Hurley, Pauline Johnson, Moore Marriott and Ray Milland
11:45 'THRILLS & FRILLS' - Michele Facey presenting
From serials THE HAZARDS OF HELEN with Helen Holmes to D. W. Griffith’s
A BEAST AT BAY (USA 1912) with Mary Pickford
1:00 LUNCH
2:00 THE RUNAWAY EXPRESS (US 1926) - Kevin Brownlow introducing 64’
Directed by Edward Sedgwich and staring Jack Dougherty, Blanche Mehaffey and Tom O'Brien
possible support (GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY (1903) 12’ this programme my change
3:30 'PLAYING TRAINS' - David Wyatt presenting
Railway Comedies from THE KISS IN THE TUNNEL (UK 1899) Riley/Bamforth to
PLAY SAFE (USA 1927) with Monty Banks
5:00 'LA ROUE AND IT’S MAKING' – Kevin Brownlow presenting
AUTOUR DE LA ROUE (Fr 1926) 15’ Director: Blaise Cendrars
plus sequences from Able Gance’s LA ROUE (Fr 1923) 30’
7:00 DINNER
8.15 'RAILWAY DEVILS, GHOSTS AND RAIDERS' - Neil Brand introducing (?)
RAILROAD RAIDERS OF ‘62 (US 1911) 12’ –an early version of THE GENERAL) plus
WHEN THE DEVIL DRIVES (1907) 5’
THE GHOST TRAIN/DER GEISTERZUG (UK/Ger1927) 87’
Directed by Géza von Bolváry from the play by Arnold Ridley and starring Guy Newall, Ilse Bois and Louis Ralph