The Center at West Park

Could you use a good laugh? This screening of slapstick comedy shorts—with live musical accompaniment by Ben Model—showcases the biggest stars of the silent film era. In THE RINK (1916) Charlie Chaplin is a waiter who goes to a roller-skating rink to unwind. THE SCARECROW (1920) finds Buster Keaton down on the farm, vying for the hand of the farmer’s daughter. In DOG SHY (1925) Charley Chase battles cynophobia to save a young woman from marrying a nobleman she doesn’t […]