Join us for a wonderfully unique opportunity to see a silent film screening at one of the world’s oldest and least altered purpose-built cinemas. The stunning Electric Palace Harwich was recently refurbished and this is sure to be an experience not to be missed. Please note, the silent film is not included in the Criminally Good Day ticket deal.
This film will be screened using the cinemas original 1911 silent screen.
With Recorded Soundtrack featuring Original Music Score by Timothy Brock
Sherlock Jr. (1924) (dir. Buster Keaton) – A film projectionist (and amateur detective) offers to solve the case of a missing watch, but is instead framed for the crime himself. Desperate to clear his name, the projectionist dreams of being the great Sherlock Jr., and in one of cinemas most iconic sequences, literally steps into the screen to bring his fantasies to life.
Duration: 60 Mins
Rating: U
Director: Buster Keaton
Cast: Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Joe Keaton
For more information and booking details visit electricpalace.com
For enquiries about the Silent Film showing, please contact Electric Palace via email info@electricpalace.com or telephone 01255 553333
Part of A Criminally Good Day
Join us for a fabulous day of criminally good author talks and events plus our very first silent film screening at one of Essex’s leading cultural venues and the one of oldest of its kind in the UK, Harwich’s Electric Palace.