Sherlock Junior

There’s nothing quiet about this classic silent films series: laughter and clapping fill the historic Capitol Theater. Each Movie is accompanied by a talented organist, who complements and reacts to everything on screen while playing the magnificent Grand Barton Organ. A variety of quick vaudeville-style acts get things cooking before the movie. Emcee Joe Thompson is your old school, bow-tied master of ceremonies, cracking jokes and keeping the fun moving along. Throw in celebrity appearances, gags, and some serious door prizes, and it all adds up to one of the best deals in town for family-friendly entertainment.

This Buster Keaton comedy was released in the Spring of 1924 to mixed reviews, but it’s exceptional special effects, and Keaton’s dead-pan delivery, made this one of his true classics.  The film has been imitated  in style and content by other directors, including Woody Allen (Purple Rose of Cairo).  

In this feature length film, Buster portrays a film projectionist and janitor, who dreams of being a the detective, Sherlock Holmes.  

The fun begins when a dreaming Buster ends up in the movie he is projecting.  The special effects, achieved before digital and green screen techniques existed, are even startling to current day film-makers.   The stunts and gags are perfectly timed to create an amazing film to reality coordination.