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Silent comedies on TCM USA in April

Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 9:11 pm
by Bruce Calvert
http://www.tcm.com/schedule/month/?cid= ... d=4/1/2011

10 Sunday
12:00 AM Circus, The (1928) In this silent film, the Little Tramp joins a circus to hide from the police. Cast: Charles Chaplin, Merna Kennedy, Allan Garcia. Dir: Charles Chaplin. BW-69 mins, TV-G

1:30 AM Day's Pleasure, A (1919) In this silent short film, a man's attempts to give his family a day out are complicated by their dilapidated car. Cast: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Jackie Coogan. Dir: Charles Chaplin. BW-17 mins, TV-G

11 Monday
1:00 AM General, The (1927) In this silent film, a Confederate engineer fights to save his train and his girlfriend from the Union army. Cast: Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender. Dir: Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman. BW-75 mins, TV-G

2:30 AM Grandma's Boy (1922) In this silent film, a young coward thinks a magical charm can make him a hero. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Anna Townsend. Dir: Fred C. Newmeyer. BW-56 mins, TV-G

20 Wednesday
7:15 AM Safety Last! (1923) In this silent film, a small-town boy out to impress his girlfriend scales a skyscraper in the big city. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Noah Young. Dir: Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor. BW-73 mins, TV-G

8:30 AM Girl Shy (1924) In this silent film, a small-town boy raises a ruckus when he writes a book about how to handle women. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Richard Daniels. Dir: Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor. BW-80 mins, TV-G

10:00 AM Freshman, The (1925) In this silent film, a naive college boy tries to join the football team after making a fool out of himself. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Brooks Benedict. Dir: Fred C. Newmeyer. BW-76 mins, TV-G

11:30 AM Welcome Danger (1929) A gentle botany student has to toughen up to replace his father as chief of police. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Barbara Kent, Noah Young Dir: Clyde Bruckman, Malcolm St. Clair. BW-115 mins, TV-G