Sunday 20 May 2012
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Event: Canny Little Library
20 May 2012, 3 p.m.
The Canny Little Library stocks books, zines and pamphlets with a focus on titles with a more critical stance towards the society we live in and not available in most regular libraries/ bookshops. All titles are available to browse and borrow for free. The Star and Shadow also houses a large collection of film, photography and theatre books available for browsing and reference. The library can be contacted at cannylittlelibrary@gmail.com
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Film: Silent Film Season
20 May 2012, 7:30 p.m.
A summer season of 'Silent Movies' that features something for everyone: a Grand Guignal Horror film, Tod Browning's the Unknown starring Lon Caney; a romantic epic with Rudolf Valentino, the Eagle; and a Buster Keaton comedy, Steamboat Bill Jnr + LIVE ORGAN!
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Film: The Unknown + Laurel And Hardy Short: Big Business! (1927)
20 May 2012, 8:30 p.m.
Set at the circus, Lon Chaney as Alonzo, a fake armless knife thrower (he uses his feet) falls in love with Joan Crawford, the bareback rider. This horror epic is the most outragious of Brownings silent movies: a must see.