The line-up of films for this year's Kansas Silent Film Festival has been announced, and this year the venerable event will screen the Howard Hawks' film, A Girl in Every Port (1928), starring Victor McLaglen, Louise Brooks and Robert Armstrong. Brooks will light-up the screen on February 28. More about the Kansas Silent Film Festival can be found HERE.
Here is the full line-up of films and related events.
LIVE EVENT, with FREE ADMISSION for all showings
@ White Concert Hall, Washburn Univeristy, 1700 SW Jewell, Topeka, KS 66603
Friday Afternoon, Feb. 28, 2025: Begins @ 1:00 PM
Overture & Welcome
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The Curtain Pole 10 min. | (1909) | Mack Sennett, a D.W. Griffith film —Music by Bill Beningfield |
(1919) | Wallace Reid, directed by James Cruze —Music by Ben Model |
Guest Talk: Scott Eyman 20 min. | Scott talks about how he chooses subjects for his celebrity biographies and their roots in silent film |
(1926) | George O'Brien, directed by Irving Cummings —Music by Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra |
—BREAK, 15 min.—
(1928) | Victor McLaglen & Louise Brooks, directed by Howard Hawks —Musicby Marvin Faulwell& Bob Keckeisen |
—DINNER BREAK—
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Friday Evening, Feb. 28, 2025: Begins @ 7:30 PM
@ White Concert Hall, Washburn University
(1924) | Harry Langdon, directed by Roy Del Ruth —Music by Jeff Rapsis | |
The Second Hundred Years 21 min. | (1927) | starring Laurel and Hardy, directed by Fred Guiol —Music by Ben Model |
(1925) | Ronald Colman, directed by Ernst Lubitsch —Music by Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra |
Sat. Mar. 1, 2025, 9:00 a.m.-Noon
@ White Concert Hall, Washburn University
Overture & Welcome
Film Documentary 60 min. | An opportunity to see a documentary on the history of silent film comedy. |
—BREAK, 5 min.—
(1907-1912) | Max Linder —Music by Ben Model | |
Ice Cold Cocos 20 min. | (1926) | Billy Bevan, directed by Del Lord —Music by Ben Model |
Something New 57 min. | (1920) | Nell Shipman, directed by Bert Van Tuyle —Music by Jeff Rapsis |
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Sat. Mar. 1, 2025, 1:30-5:00 p.m.
@ White Concert Hall, Washburn University
Overture & Welcome
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An Eastern Westerner 27 min. | (1920) | Harold Lloyd, directed by Hal Roach —Music byJeff Rapsis |
The Enchanted Cottage 80 min. | (1924) | Richard Barthelmess, directed by John S. Robertson —Music by Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra |
—BREAK, with Scott Eyman Book Signing—
The Balloonatic 22 min. | (1923) | Buster Keaton, directed by Edward F. Cline —Music by Marvin Faulwell |
Mantrap 71 min. | (1926) | Clara Bow, directed by Victor Fleming —Music by Ben Model |
Special Dinner Event, Our Sixteenth Annual Special Guest Scott Eyman speaks about his work as writer of celebrity biographies of those with roots in silent filmmaking. — This event is by reservation only. Dinner is $40. Contact Bill Shaffer atbill.shaffer@washburn.edu to reserve your space— |
Sat. Mar. 1, 2025, 7:30-10:00 p.m.
@ White Concert Hall, Washburn University
Overture & Welcome
(1914) | Mack Swain, directed by F. Richard Jones —Music by Bill Beningfield | |
(1915) | Charlie Chaplin, directed by Charles Chaplin —Music by Ben Model | |
(1925) | Douglas Fairbanks, directed byDonald Crisp —Music byMarvin Faulwell &Bob Keckeisen |
More about A Girl in Every Port can be found on the newly revamped Louise Brooks Society website on its A Girl in Every Port (filmography page).
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