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1923
SAFETY LAST
MONDAY 27 AUGUST, 7PM
Director: Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor Cast: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis and Bill Strother
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Thriller Runtime: 70 Minutes
When a store clerk
organizes a contest to
climb the outside of a
tall building, circumstances force
him to make the perilous climb
himself.
A 1923 romantic comedy
silent film starring Harold Lloyd,
the film’s title is a play on the
common expression, “safety first.”
This photo of Lloyd dangling from
the hands of a large clock outside
of a skyscraper is considered one
of the most famous images from
the silent film era. The film was
highly successful and critically
hailed, establishing Lloyd as a
major figure in early motion
pictures. It is still popular at
revivals, and it is viewed today as
one of the great film comedies.
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HISTORY
OF SILENT
CINEMA IN THE
USA
American silent films were at the
forefront in the development of
the cinema as the first modern form
of art and entertainment. American
inventor and entrepreneur Thomas
Edison realized that motion pictures
could attract a paying audience,
and designed an individual viewing
device called the Kinetoscope
that premiered April 14, 1894 in
New York City. Starting in 1914,
Charlie Chaplin became arguably
the greatest and most enduring film
star of all time. Many film historians
believe that the true potential of
movie-making was not realized until
D.W. Griffith’s 1915 feature film
“The Birth of a Nation” and his 1916
epic “Intolerance”. The tremendous
success of “The Jazz Singer”,
released in 1927, started a public
fascination with sound. By 1929, the
film industry was fully committed to
“talkies” and silent films were a relic
of the past. Chaplin’s 1936 classic
“Modern Times” signaled the end of
the American silent film era.
RADIO-
ACTIVE
SAGO
PROJECT
The eight-piece ensemble from the
suburbs of Quezon City, Philippines
plays a critically acclaimed melange
of spoken word poetry, bebop, freejazz,
punk, soul, funk, afro-Latin,
rock, and a mad sundry of musical
styles sprinkled with massive doses
of humor and irony.
The Radioactive Sago Projectís
perennially surprising stylistic
excursions have earned them a cult
following, from critics to art fans,
even to discerning rock audiences.
The band is fronted by four-time
Palanca Award-winning writer Lourd
De Veyra, along with alumni from the
UP College of Music, two-time Gawad
Urian awardee for Best Music, Francis
De Veyra on bass, Jay Gapasin on
drums, Junji Lerma on guitars, Pards
Tupas on trombone, Arwin Nava on
percussion, and Wowie Ansano on
trumpet. Eventually, the band added
Roxy Modesto (tenor and baritone
saxophone) and B-boy Garcia
(turntables) to beef-up the lineup.
6TH INTERNATIONAL SILENT FILM FESTIVAL | MANILA