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'Silent Film has no finer custodians' Nicholas Barber, Film Critic, BBC Culture
The musicians of The Lucky Dog Picturehouse return with more from British cinema's greatest silent-screen director.
Wednesday 26 June - Shooting Stars (1928)
Live Piano Score by Sam Watts
At Zenith Studios, a starlet plots an escape to Hollywood with her lover and the murder of her superfluous husband.If you have ever imagined what the birth of Hollywood looked like then this is the film for you! Shooting Stars peaks behind the scenes, with a rare insight into the workings of a 1920s film studio. We encourage our audience to dress to impress with prizes up for grabs!
Running time: 2 hours 5 minutes, including interval
Wednesday 24 July - A Cottage on Dartmoor (1929) plus shorts
World Premier Live Piano Score
'Out-Hitchcocks Hitchcock' Raymond Durgnat. When a prisoner escapes over the moors to find the woman he once loved, she does not know if he has come to kill her or ask her forgiveness. One of the very last silent films to be made in Britain before the talkies revolutionized cinema, A Cottage on Dartmoor is a virtuoso piece of filmmaking, a final passionate cry in defense of an art form soon to be obsolete.
Running time: 1 hour 50 minutes, including interval
Friday 26 July - Underground (1928) plus shorts
125 mins (including interval)
With a Live piano score by Tom Marlow who returns fresh from the 2023 sold-out performance, with his incredible piano score for this British masterpiece.
London's Underground takes the starring role in this tale of love, jealousy and murder. With its busy corridors, shadowy passages and plunging escalators, Asquith brings a very modern 1920s London to the big screen. Witness this love-letter to our capital city from almost one-hundred years ago.
Running time: 2 hours 5 minutes, including interval
They liked it:
'The Lucky Dog Picturehouse mix a lip-smacking cocktail of classic silent movies and zesty new live music, garnished by their own delight in entertaining and educating an audience. Whether you’re a silent-cinema newcomer or an aficionado, their events make you feel like a lucky dog yourself.' Nicholas Barber, Film Critic, BBC Culture
'They have a rare ability to enchant both expert audiences and children seeing silents for the first time' Jonathan Wakeham, London Comedy Festival (LOCO)
'It’s important to the BFI to reach new audiences and this professional unit do just that in a very appealing way.' Bryony Dixon, Head of Silent Film at BFI Southbank