Kennington Bioscope Online Presents....

Wed January 27th:

Daring Deeds (1927)
courtesy of the Library of Congress plus Zoom talk on Charlie Chaplin and the Story of Care Thu Feb 4th 

Our online editions of the Kennington Bioscope continue into 2021, commencing with a programme courtesy of the archives of the Library of Congress for KBTV Episode 14 on January 27th, 2021 at 19.30 GMT (UTC +0), free and open access worldwide on YouTube, at the KBTV channel.

Join us as we fly high with our main presentation of comedy-drama, Daring Deeds (USA 1927), directed by Duke Worne, in which William Gordon, Jr. (Billy Sullivan) is the rebellious heir to a million-dollar airplane business. He leaves home in search of adventure and falls in love with Helen (Molly Malone), the daughter of an eccentric, destitute inventor. William enters an air race using a souped-up plane, which rewards with some thrilling aerial shots. Live accompaniment by John Sweeney.

Supporting the feature we have two short films, the mesmerising H20 (USA 1929), a watery documentary by cinematographer Ralph Steiner and The Day After (USA 1909), an American Biograph comedy detailing the dangers of alcoholic refreshment imbibed by the hosts of a New Year’s party. Directed by D.W. Griffith and written by Mary Pickford, it features several familiar faces from the studio’s stable, among them Mack Sennett and Blanche Sweet, although Mary herself isn’t among them on this occasion.

The episode features live accompaniment and will be presented live by regular host, Michelle Facey.

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While our home venue, the Cinema Museum in London, is closed, so like other cinema and event venues, to keep people safe during the Covid-19 outbreak, we’ve relocated online.

Why would a 100 year old film matter to us?  The Kid (1921) propelled Chaplin to stardom and was very much one of his most personal movies, resonating his own childhood experiences and his rag to riches story too.

Join Dr Carol Homden, group Chief Executive of Coram, Kate Guyonvarch from The Chaplin Office in Paris, and British Film Institute expert Bryony Dixon for a discussion on Chaplin and the story of care, to mark the centenary of this classic film.

The event will take place online, via Zoom, on Thursday 4 February 2021 at 18.00. Buy tickets or join the guestlist via TicketTailor.