The International Buster Keaton Society Presents
THE 16th ANNUAL DAMFINOS CONVENTION
October 2010, in Muskegon, Michigan

DETAILS COMING SOON!


Please visit the official Damfinos website:

www.BusterKeaton.com

July 15 - 18, 2010

Rosslyn Spectrum Theatre
1611 N. Kent Street
Arlington,  VA

Arlington County Cultural Affairs and Arlington Public Library present:

SLAPSTICON 2010!

Visit the Rosslyn Spectrum in Arlington 
for the ultimate four day comedy event!

FEATURING:

New discoveries and restorations from
THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, UCLA
and private collections:

Thick and Thin (1929) ­ Snub Pollard, Marvin Loback

Taking the Count (1929) ­ Ben Turpin

The Abbott and Costello Rarities show
hosted by Paul E. Gierucki

Africa Screams (1949)
Shown in an original 35mm print!
 
Too Many Kisses (1925)
Richard Dix and Harpo Marx

The Covered Schooner (1923)
Monty Banks

Miss Stickie-Moufie-Kiss (1914)
Mr and Mrs Sidney Drew

Cruel and Unusual (1915)
Mishaps of Musty Suffer

Poor Policy (1914)
Billie Ritchie, Henry Bergman
 
The Fuedists (1913)
All-Star Vitagraph starring John Bunny,
Sidney Drew, and Wally Van.

Lizzy's Dizzy Career (1915)
Victoria Forde, Eddie Lyons

Goodnight Nurse (1916)
Neal Burns

Ham at the Garbage Gentlmen's Ball (1915)
Ham and Bud

Medium Wanted as Son-in-Law (1908)
Pathé Comedy 

The Smile Wins (1928)
Our Gang

Ladies' Pets (1921)
Snooky the Chimp
 
Dad's Boy (1923)
Buddy Messinger

The Knockout (1923)
Dippy-Do-Dads

Rob Stone Rarities!
More goodies excavated from
the Library of Congress vaults.
 
Buster's Picnic (1927)
Buster Brown

Shot in the Excitement (1914)
Alice Howell, Al St. John

Don't Weaken (1920)
Ford Sterling, Charlie Murray

The Funnymooners (1925)
Ralph Graves

Ice Cold Cocos (1926)
Billy Bevan, Andy Clyde
 
The Bluffer (1930)
Andy Clyde in Sennettcolor!

Courtin' Trouble (1932)
Charlie Murray
 
The Round-up (1920)
Roscoe Arbuckle feature
 
Horse Shy (1928)
Edward Everett Horton

Wide Open (1930)
Edward Everett Horton
 
Shoot Straight (1923)
Paul Parrott

Pardon Me (1921)
Snub Pollard

Peculiar Patient's Pranks (1915)
Harold Lloyd as Lonesome Luke

Cuckoo Love (1927)
Glenn Tryon

Fallen Arches (1933)
Charley Chase

Taxi Barons (1933)
Taxi Boys

Gents of Leisure (1931)
Chester Conklin, Vernon Dent

Fireproof (1929)
Lupino Lane

Old Sawbones (1935)
Andy Clyde

Dangerous Youth (1930)
Daphne Pollard

In a Pig's Eye (1934)
Clark and McCullough

Dave Snyder's
Umpteenth Annual Cartoon Show!

I Don't Remember (1935)
Harry Langdon

Honeymoon Trio (1932)
Al St. John
Directed by William Goodrich
aka Roscoe Arbuckle 

Teacher's Pest (1939)
Charley Chase

Luck (1923)
Johnny Hines

Broken China (1927)
Bobby Vernon

A Briny Boob (1926)
Billy Dooley
 
Papa's Boy (1928)
Lloyd Hamilton
 
Drama Deluxe (1927)
Lupino Lane
 
Fluttering Hearts (1927)
Charley Chase, Oliver Hardy

and MUCH more!!!!

Live musical accompaniment by
Dr. Philip Carli and Ben Model

For tickets, film schedules, directions or hotel information, visit the official Slapsticon website:

www.slapsticon.org 

For all other information please e-mail:
 rfarr@arlingtonva.us or lmshah@earthlink.net

In addition to his Laughsmith Entertainment and other production duties, award winning producer, director, and writer Paul E. Gierucki is preparing two new books which definitively chronicle the life and career of silent comedy legend Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle.

The two tomes, The Complete Films of Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, and an as yet untitled biography, were approximately thirteen years in the making. Both books feature hundreds of previously unpublished photos, letters and documents from Arbuckle's personal collection as well as rare interviews, transcripts, posters, lobby cards and newly discovered memorabilia which detail Arbuckle's life and work from his own perspective. The books bring to light previously undocumented films, stage performances and stunning new details of his struggle following a ban from motion pictures in 1922. This information has remained buried for the better part of a century and will surprise even the most die-hard fan and historian.

To this day, rumor and misinformation cloud the true facts of the comedian's life and productivity in the wake of a scandal which destroyed Arbuckle's career and nearly brought Hollywood to its knees.

Now, in these groundbreaking and definitive works, Gierucki finally provides a fascinating, true portrait of the much maligned silent comedy pioneer: Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle.

Publication dates will be posted when available.