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2 TWO FREE FILM EVENTS Thursdays at 12 pm 22 and 29 October Digital restorations with soundtrack Restored and remembered. Metcalfe Auditorium State Library NSW Macquarie St Sydney Information call t / info@ozsilentfilmfestival.com.au Restored and Remembered The Birth of the Tramp (2013) Date: Thursday, 22 October 2015 Time: 12 Noon Free event 63 minutes State Library NSW Location: Macquarie St Historian & film preservationist Serge Bromberg & Eric Lang coproduced Metcalfe Auditorium this documentation of Chaplin's early period prior to becoming his own producer. Illustrated with newsreel clips & highlight moments from his films. Scrooge 1935 United Kingdom Free event 78 minutes Date: Thursday 22 October 2015 Time: 12 noon Location: State Library NSW Macquarie Street Metcalfe Auditorium

3 October 22 Thursday at 12 noon The Birth of the Tramp (2013) with soundtrack Directed by Serge Bromberg and Eric Lange 63 minutes The Festival acknowledges the generous assistance of David Shepard, Blackhawk Films and Film Preservation Associates the home video premiere of a documentary by Serge Bromberg and Eric Lange, the Birth of the Tramp, which chronicles Chaplin s rise to stardom in concordance with early cinema s growth from fairground attraction into an international industry. Everything has been said, shown and recounted regarding the legend of Charlie Chaplin. Everything or nearly everything! How did a street child, born in one of the most underprivileged districts of London, become the most famous man in the world in the space of a few years? How did cinema, which was only just reaching adulthood, free itself from Music Hall and Vaudeville to suddenly burst into modernity in such a short time, evolving from the status of fairground attraction to an industry generating fortunes and creating almost instant celebrities? (This) film will relive the history of the success of Chaplin, going beyond the era and fashions, and examine the birth of an icon, on its centenary, whose outline alone sums up what is most brilliant, moving and inventive in cinema. We will explore the mystery of this almost instant success, and the universality of a silhouette that has lasted for over a century. We will relive the resurrection of these images in their former glory. Lobster Films

4 Thank you Charlie, !

5 October 29 Thursday at Noon. Scrooge (1935) starring Sir Seymour Hicks as Scrooge with soundtrack Australian premiere of a digital restoration. The Festival acknowledges the generous assistance of David Shepard and Blackhawk Films. Early gumleaf mafia in Hollywood: actors: Geelong born Oscar Asche; Eve Grey and Marie Ney spent considerable time on stage and in film in Australia and New Zealand. Directed by Henry Edwards United Kingdom 78 minutes Restored at last to its full length, this striking adaptation of Charles Dickens' holiday classic is notable not only for its beautiful story but also for superb performances, a vigorous script, excellent pacing,

persuasive settings, costumes which utterly capture 1843 London, and impressive moving-camera photography with atmospheric lighting reminiscent of German expressionist cinema.

6 persuasive settings, costumes which utterly capture 1843 London, and impressive moving-camera photography with atmospheric lighting reminiscent of German expressionist cinema. Sir Seymour Hicks, an age-appropriate Scrooge, first played the role on screen in 1913 and delivers a first-class performance; he also co-authored the screenplay and inhabits Scrooge thoroughly, subtly and radiantly. The other characters are secondary but all impeccable, including Donald Calthrop (familiar from his roles in several of Alfred Hitchcock's British films), Maurice Evans, and rotund Oscar Asche as the unforgettably fruity Ghost of Christmas Present. Director Henry Edwards was honored for his work with a prize at the 1935 Venice Film Festival; also note the gifted hand of production supervisor John Brahm, a veteran of German theater and cinema and later director of other fine films including the similarly atmospheric "The Lodger." A wonderful film that would have made Charles Dickens proud! Amazon Available in pristine HD with superior picture and sound, this is the definitive collector s edition of this controversial classic of unnerving suspense.

www.blu-ray.com/movies:..this release by Image Entertainment (with its) 1080p, AVC-encoded presentation should render all prior versions obsolete.

7 release by Image Entertainment (with its) 1080p, AVC-encoded presentation should render all prior versions obsolete. Described as "transferred from original 35mm studio fine grain master print", the Blu-ray image reflects a remarkably clean source. The clarity of what's there is excellent, with deep blacks and finely delineated shades of gray.

We acknowledge the invaluable and generous support from the renowned David Shepard, Film Preservation and Associates and Blackhawk Films, Lobster Films, Jeff Masino, Flicker Alley, Samantha Hagan,

9 We acknowledge the invaluable and generous support from the renowned David Shepard, Film Preservation and Associates and Blackhawk Films, Lobster Films, Jeff Masino, Flicker Alley, Samantha Hagan, Marcelo Flaksbard and his wonderful team, Northside Radio and Jane Arakawa, Hilton Prideaux, Bob Gamlen, Leslie Eric May and the sublime flair and talents of Stephanie Khoo. Please visit and read about your favourite silent film with the superb reviews at Amazon by the Festival s tireless supporter, Barbara Underwood, whose notes grace many Festival s pages.

10 AUSTRALIA'S SILENT FILM FESTIVAL Phone

Sunday February 1 at 2pm Digital restoration with live music Accompanist John D Arcy Metcalfe Auditorium State Library NSW Macquarie St Sydney

Charlie Chaplin Anniversary 101 Years in film1914-2015 The Essanay Comedies 1915 Sunday February 1 at 2pm Digital restoration with live music Accompanist John D Arcy Metcalfe Auditorium State Library NSW