Silent Clowns: Harry Langdon, King of the Forgotten Clowns

Enter via 111 Amsterdam Ave. between West 64th and 65th Street,New York NY 10023-7498

11 February, 2023

Description

This event will take place in person at The Library for the Performing Arts. The Silent Clowns Film Series is New York’s longest-running regularly scheduled silent film showcase. Our programming reaches the serious film buff by including rarely-screened titles and rare prints, yet it also introduces kids and new audiences to the classics of the silent screen. Screenings feature live piano accompaniment by MoMA’s Ben Model, with an introduction and Q&A by film historians Model and Steve Massa. In this iteration of Silent Clowns, we focus on Harry Langdon, who made his movie debut in 1923, and his career blazed brightly until 1928. Forgotten for many years, today he’s considered one of the era’s most original clowns. After a big success in shorts for Mack Sennett he moved into features. Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1926) was the first for his own company and co-stars a young Joan Crawford as Harry’s love interest. Along with that film, we screen a selected short subject. Image Description: Harry Langdon (detail)