Our silent film screening will include three short comedies.

The protagonist of Algie the Miner (1912) has to prove he’s a real man for a year to marry Harry Lyons’ daughter. To do so, he must try his luck in a mining town. He may be the first so-called sissy character, or exaggeratedly feminine male character in a film.

In Charlie in the Studio (1916), the protagonist is an overworked assistant decorator in a film studio. The character, played by Chaplin, is constantly getting into mischief, getting into trouble with Goliath, his big-boned boss, and falling in love with an actress dressed as a man.

The Soilers, which premiered a hundred years ago, is a classic Stan Laurel comedy, a western spoof set during the gold rush, featuring a gay (camp) cowboy.

The films are accompanied on piano by Kristóf Darvas.

Algie, the Miner
American silent film, subtitled, 1912, 10 minutes
Directed by Alice Guy, Harry Schenck, Edward Warren. Starring Billy Quirk, Mary Foy

Charlie in the Studio
American silent film, subtitled, 1916, 30 minutes
Directed by Charles Chaplin. Starring: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell

The Soilers
American silent film, subtitled,1923, 24 perc
Directed by Ralph Ceder Starring: Stan Laurel, Ena Gregory, Glenn Tryon

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The event is part of the LGBT History Month programme, which aims to show the presence of LGBT people in history, to highlight the LGBT past in Hungary and abroad and the values created by members of the minority, while also playing an important role in building the LGBT community.

More information about the series of events can be found on the LGBT History Month website (https://lmbttortenetihonap.hu/programok) and public Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/lmbttortenetihonap).

All are welcome to our programmes.

Cultured behaviour and respect for human rights and dignity is expected of all participants, and any violation of this may result in exclusion from the event.

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