A cornucopia of top-notch silent film comedians get into spectacular scrapes in this quadruple-bill of slapstick - with live music.
The Films
In Habeus Corpus, Laurel & Hardy are grave robbers hired by a mad scientist to steal a corpse. In High and Dizzy, Harold Lloyd is a doctor who gets accidentally drunk before finding himself on top of a tall building with a sleepwalking patient. All Max Linder wants to do is have a bath, but somehow it all goes disastrously wrong. And in the grand finale, the female Laurel & Hardy, Anita Garvin and Marion Byron, cause chaos with ice cream.
The Music
Jonny Best will be at the Steinway, with Jeff Davenport on percussion.
Doors 2pm, show starts 2.30pm
Part of the Silents by the Sea all-dayer, including Museum of Dreamworlds and Battleship Potemkin. Each show can be booked separately and discounted all-day tickets are also available here.
Film Rating
Music: Jonny Best (piano) and Jeff Davenport (percussion)
The Films:
Max Linder in MAX TAKES A BATH
Director: Lucien Nonguet
Year: 1910
Length: 10 mins
Laurel & Hardy in HABEUS CORPUS
Director: James Parrott & Leo McCarey
Year: 1928
Length: 20 mins
Harold Lloyd in HIGH AND DIZZY
Director: Hal Roach
Year: 1920
Length: 20 mins
Anita Garvin & Marion Byron in A PAIR OF TIGHTS
Director: Hal Yates
Year: 1928
Length: 20 mins
Supported by Arts Council England. Also supported by Film Hub North with National Lottery funding on behalf of the BFI Film Audience Network. Additional funding from Morecambe Town Council.
Thanks to FPA Classics
