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Friday, September 28 17:30 THE CIRCUS Screenplay/directed by: Charlie Chaplin Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Merna Kennedy, Allen Garcia, Harry Cracker Production: USA, United Artists Duration: 72 minutes, black and white, 1928 He is thè one genius createci by thè cinema. George Bernard Shaw about Charlie Chaplin “Cinematography has two Symbols, two small figures respected all over the world, wherever people know about film and where films are being shown. One is 25 centimeters tali, it is gilted and is the highest award given by Hollywood.The other is 160 centimeters tali, wears a bowler hat and a cane, has small mustache, flat feet and is the funniest man who ever lived on this planet. He responds to the name Charlie." (Denis Gifford) Wars, conflicts, it's all business. One murder makes a villain. Millions a hero. Numbers sanctify. Charlie Chaplin Friday, September 28 20:00 LIMELIGHT Screenplay, directed by, music, songs: Charlie Chaplin Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Claire Bloom, Buster Keaton, Sidney Chaplin, Nigel Bruce, Norman Lloyd Production: USA, Charles Chapiin/United Artists Duration: 143 minutes, Black and white, 1952 Limelight is Chaplin's longest movie, almost 2 and a half hours long. Some critics claimed it was too long, but it wasn't too long for Chaplin. "There is too much hurry today. And I like to play a little." However, thè comic sequences are so brilliant that the length cannot spoil the pleasure. For the first time they are presented in theatrical way: they happen on stage and are not part of thè story. In this film Chaplin, for the first and the last time, appears together with Buster Keaton, whose life story was deserto that of the main hero than Chaplin's, who portrays this character. Chaplin's musical theme for this film conquered the world and is still conquering it. It was awarded with an Oscar. Chaplin's wife and their three children, Geraldine, Michael and Josephine, also appear in this film. All I need to moke a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl. Charlie Chaplin Saturday, September 29 17:30 TRAPEZE Directed by: Sir Carol Reed Screenplay: Liam O'Brien Based on the novel by Max Catto Cast: Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtís, Gina Lollobrigida Production: USA, Hill-Hecht-Lancaster Production for United Artists Duration: 99 minutes color 1956 Sir Carol Reed (1906-1976), director of the film The Third Man, was the first Briton who received the title Sir for his work on film. He wanted tobe theatre actor and in 1924, at the age of 18, he already acts alongside the famous actress SybilThorndike. From 1927 he works with. Edgar Wallace on adaptation of his novéis for theatre. In the early 10930's he writes dialogues for films and works as assistant director, and from 1935 he directs his own films. Düring the Second World War he makes documentary films for the British Army. For True Glory (1945, co-directed by Garson Kanin, supervisor general Dwight Eisenhower, later President of the USA) he receives the Oscar for the best documentary. In the 1940's and 1950's he is very successful as a director and producer. Reed, Michael Powel, Emeric Pressburger and David Lean are representatives of thè generation that improved British film to such an extent that for a while it was a serious competitor to Hollywood. In 1956 he directs his first film in cinemascope, Trapeze. That was also the first film that was not recognizable by what was rightfully called carol Reed's style.