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See Chaplin's finest with live score
Cadogan Hall is giving readers the chance to win a pair of tickets for the
opening night screening of Charlie Chaplin Complete Mutuals 1916-17.
It will be the first opportunity to see all 12 of the newly restored films
with the scores composed and conducted by Carl Davis performed live by the
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in front of the Hall's big screen cinema.
Opening night at the Hall, located at 5 Sloan Terrace, London, SW1X 9DQ,
takes place on Wednesday, August 15 and the production runs until Saturday,
August 18.
The Croydon Guardian has three pairs of tickets up for grabs and to win the
prize, simply answer the question below.
http://www.cadoganhall.com/chaplin/mutuals.htm
Carl Davis and Cadogan Hall present
Charlie Chaplin Complete Mutuals 1916-17
Special guests just announced:
Each night will be introduced by a well-known Charlie Chaplin fan. The first
night guest will be Paul Ross (journalist, television and LBC Radio
presenter).
On Thursday 16 August actor Richard Briers (TV The Good Life, Ever
Decreasing Circles and Monarch of the Glen).
The third night will be introduced by David Robinson, who wrote the
definitive biography of Charlie Chaplin which inspired the film 'Chaplin'.
The final night in the series will be introduced by Michael Chaplin
(Charlie's son) and will feature an audience Q&A with Carl Davis.
These magnificent short films made by Charlie Chaplin for the Mutual Film
Company between 1916 and 1917 will be screened at Cadogan Hall just as they
were originally shown to the public in the early days of cinema. This will
be the first ever opportunity to see all twelve of the restored and
remastered Mutuals along with scores composed and conducted by Carl Davis.
The widely acclaimed soundtrack will be performed by the Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra.
The Mutuals are a fascinating group of films because they serve as a bridge
between Chaplin's apprenticeship days, working for other companies and not
always being in control of the material, to this series where he was
afforded far greater artistic freedom. There was also the sense that Chaplin
was short-story writing, in that not only did he work in feature length
films but that he could also make masterpieces, which I believe these are,
on a smaller scale.
When Charlie Chaplin made his feature films they were very opulently scored
for large symphony orchestra, so with these 'bridging' films Carl Davis
decided to have an orchestra of more modest, chamber proportions. Each film
has its own unique character and atmosphere and within this group of 16
players Davis was able to reflect all the various moods and orchestral needs
that these films required. "I am very much looking forward to performing
them live, which adds this tremendous other dimension of the large screen
accompanied by real orchestra."
An hilarious evening's entertainment for Charlie Chaplin fans young and old!
Four nights -
Wednesday 15th - Saturday 18th August 7.30pm
The Mutuals
Easy Street
One A.M
The Immigrant
Behind the Screen
The Fireman
The Rink
The Pawn Shop
The Vagabond
The Cure
The Count
The Floor Walker
The Adventurer
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Bruce Calvert
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