Trouble In Paradise (1932), Bridge on The River Kawai, Trouble In Paradise (1932), Laurel & Hardy Meeting, The Sea Hawk (1924), Two Of Us (1987)

 

Trouble In Paradise (1932) August 27th Bridge On The River Kwai (1957) September 1st Laurel & Hardy Meeting September 3rd The Sea Hawk (1924) September 7th Two of Us (1987) September 10th Women & Cocaine presents; Trouble In Paradise (1932), Saturday August 27th @ 7:30pm “I love you as a crook. I worship you as a crook. Steal, swindle, rob. Oh, but don’t become one of those useless, good-for-nothing gigolos.” Thief Gaston Monescu (Herbert Marshall) and playful pickpocket Lily (Miriam Hopkins) are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet (Kay Francis), the two crooks decide to combine their criminal talents to rob their employer. Under the alias of Monsieur Laval, Gaston uses his position as Mariette’s personal secretary to become closer to her. However, he takes things too far when he actually falls in love with Mariette, and has to choose between her and Lily. Come join us in this beautifully historic Grade II listed venue for an introduction, then screening of the film and exclusive raffle! “My father warned me about men & booze, but he never mentioned a word about women & cocaine” – Tallulah Bankhead. Reserved tickets are £9.45 - click below to purchase from Eventbrite. Tickets will also be available on the door on the night. Concessions available on the door with valid ID. Phone bookings for this event cannot be made via the Cinema Museum. Buy Now Bridge On The River Kwai (1957), Thursday September 1st @ 7pm British POWs are forced to build a bridge for their Japanese captors in Burma, under the command of Colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness). David Lean’s classic epic landed him his first Best Director Oscar, and it also gave Carl Foreman his only Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay, which, due to his blacklisting, he received a whopping 26 years after he won it, the day before he died. Screenplay By is hosted by screenwriter, playwright and film blogger Carol Saint Martin and it focuses on the screenwriters and storytellers behind some of the greatest films ever made and their stories. Advance tickets are £9 (£8 concession) and may be purchased from Ticketlab. Alternatively, please call 020 7840 2200 during office hours to purchase direct from the Museum. The Live Ghost Tent; Quarterly Laurel & Hardy Society Meeting, Saturday September 3rd @ 3pm - 7pm The films we intend to show, which were all released in the month of September, are: Should Married Men Go Home? (1928), silent short directed by Leo McCarey and James Parrott; The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930), short directed by James Parrott; Come Clean (1931), short directed by James W. Horne; Scram! (1932), short directed by Ray McCarey; and Pack Up Your Troubles (1932), directed by George Marshall and Ray McCarey. The membership fee is for one year and includes entrance to our meetings and a copy of our international quarterly magazine the Intra-Tent Journal. Single cost of membership is £10 per annum, £12.50 for a couple living at the same address. Non-members are welcome and we ask for a donation of £5 per meeting. Children under the age of 12, accompanied by an adult are admitted free. Kennington Bioscope presents; The Sea Hawk (1924), Wednesday September 7th @ 7:30pm The Sea Hawk (1924), directed by Frank Lloyd, and starring Milton Sills, Enid Bennett, Lloyd Hughes and Wallace Beery. Based on Rafael Sabatini’s 1915 novel, The Sea Hawk was adapted for the screen by J.G. Hawks and produced and directed by Frank Lloyd. The story – about an English baronet (Milton Sills) who is framed for murder by his half-brother (Lloyd Hughes), becomes a galley slave then escapes to reinvent himself as the buccaneering `Sakr-el-Bahr’ – is set amid the high-seas piracy of the late 16th century. Aware that audiences had learned to recognise the use of scale models, Lloyd spent $200,000 for the construction of authentic-looking sea vessels, hiring Buster Keaton’s prop designer Fred Gabourie – who had previously built replicas of Stephenson’s Rocket and a hobby-horse bike for Keaton’s Our Hospitality – to create wooden cladding that would convert modern ships into those suitable for the period setting. The results were so convincing (the New York Times considered it `far and away the best sea story that’s yet been done up to that point’) that Warner Brothers subsequently re-used the footage in the Errol Flynn vehicles Captain Blood (1935) and the nominal remake of The Sea Hawk in 1940. Filming of these scenes took place off Catalina Island, with 150 tents supplied for the use of 1,000 extras, 21 technicians, 14 main actors and 64 sailors. The Sea Hawk also stars Enid Bennett, Wallace Beery and Marc McDermott. A programme of silent shorts makes up the first part of the evening, which features live piano accompaniment throughout. Silent film with intertitles which may be suitable for the deaf and hard of hearing. Tickets are £7, but seats are limited.  To avoid disappointment, please arrive early or request an invitation via email; kenbioscope@gmail.com. BBC Centenary LGBTQ+ Screenings: Two Of Us (1987) + Q&A, Saturday September 10th @ 7:30pm This screening brings together the creators of the groundbreaking BBC drama Two of Us (1988) to discuss why a film about love between two teenage boys led to a Thatcherite backlash against the ‘promotion of homosexuality’ by local authorities. The LGBTBBC season of screenings is funded by the Arts and Humanities Council in cooperation with the BBC. Free admission. Places are limited, so please register via the Eventbrite webpage.