The Boys are back—and just as bent on destruction as ever in these three recently restored side-splitters from 1928: You’re Darn Tootin’ (d. E.L. Kennedy), Two Tars (d. James Parrot), The Finishing Touch (d. Clyde Bruckman, Leo McCarey)
Don’t miss this splendid program featuring the hilarious duo author Kurt Vonnegut called “two angels of my time.”
Live music by Donald Sosin and Frank Bockius
Composer/pianist Donald Sosin has been creating and performing silent film music for fifty years, playing for major festivals, archives, and DVD recordings. He has been resident accompanist at New York’s Film Society of Lincoln Center, the Museum of the Moving Image, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music. His scores are heard regularly on Turner Classic Movies and his music accompanies films on more than fifty DVD releases.
Versatile percussionist Frank Bockius specializes in jazz and is versed in medieval, flamenco, and Latin music styles. He has performed for dance and theater companies as well as in his own bands, including the jazz quintet Whisper Hot and the percussion ensemble Timpanicks. He joined Guenter Buchwald’s Silent Movie Music Company twenty years ago and has since performed for silent films at festivals in Kyoto, Pordenone, and Sodankylä, Finland.