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The Picture House presents THE GENERAL with live music

Friday, March 25, 2011 from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM (ET)

Pelham, NY

The Picture House presents THE GENERAL with live music

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The Picture House presents

THE GENERAL

with live music accompaniment

performed by Ben Model

Friday, March 25th at 7:00pm

7:00pm Wine reception / 8:00pm Screening


Join us for the reopening of the theater and see the newly renovated and restored 90 year-old theater by watching this silent film classic and enjoying the wine and cheese reception!


"[The General is] One of the ten greatest films of all time." - Sight and Sound


Consistently ranked among the greatest films ever made, Buster Keaton's The General is so brilliantly conceived and executed that it continues to inspire awe and laughter with every viewing.

Rejected by the Confederate army as unfit and taken for a coward by his beloved Annabelle Lee (Marian Mack), young Johnnie Gray (Keaton) sets out to single-handedly win the war with the help of his cherished locomotive. What follows is, without exaggeration, probably the most cleverly choreographed comedy ever recorded on celluloid. Johnnie wages war against hijackers, an errant cannon, and the unpredictable hand of fate while roaring along the iron rails -- exploiting the comic potential of Keaton's favorite filmic prop: the train.


Live music accompaniment will be performed by Ben Model!  A wine and cheese reception will preced the screening.

When & Where



The Picture House
175 Wolfs Lane
Pelham, NY 10803

Friday, March 25, 2011 from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM (ET)


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The Picture House



Several years ago a group of concerned citizens in lower Westchester organized to save the 1920s Pelham Picture House, now listed on the NY State Register of Historic Places, from the wrecking ball. The Picture House, recently restored and renovated, is now an independent film and education center. The Picture House entertains audiences with great movies – indies, foreign films, classics, shorts, animated films and documentaries from around the world. By inviting, actors, directors, producers, screen writers, and film critics to discuss their work, we bring the back lot to our front door.