Film

Slapstick 2020: Slapstick Divas

Director
Various
Running Time
140 mins

In the first of the Slapstick Festival‘s two big events at Bristol Cathedral, comedian and writer Shappi Khorsandi celebrates the golden age of silent comedy’s overlooked female stars. The programme comprises short films starring the likes of Mabel Normand (pictured), Louise Fazenda, Dorothy Devore and Gale Henry, with live musical accompaniment from the European Silent Screen Virtuosi featuring Guenter A. Buchwald, Frank Bockius and Romano Todesco. Go here for tickets.

 

By robin askew, Friday, Dec 13 2019

Tags:

  • Comedy
  • Festival Screening

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