The General

  • Date May 10, 2017
  • Time 8pm
  • Location Elgiva Theatre

Members’ Rating: 94% – this was the joint favourite film of the season along with I, Daniel Blake

This screening was a Featured Classic

Johnnie (played by Buster Keaton) loves his train, The General. But when civil war begins and he is turned down for service, Annabelle, the love of his life, thinks he is a coward. This film is undoubtedly one of the funniest silent films ever made.

USA, 1926, Buster Keaton & Clyde Bruckman. Adventure/Comedy, 1hr 18mins (U)