Tuesday, November 04, 2008

Chaplin's The Kid to screen in Manchester on November 20

Here's another press release from Dangerous Crosswinds composer Jeff Rapsis regarding the upcoming screening of the silent classic The Kid.

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'The Kid' (1921) to play Palace Theatre with live music on Nov. 20. Box office hit was Charlie Chaplin's first full-length feature breakthrough.
MANCHESTER, N.H. - Charlie Chaplin stars in the silent film blockbuster 'The Kid' (1921), story of an impoverished tramp who tries to raise an orphaned boy on his own. Highlights include a performance by five-year-old Jackie Coogan as the abandoned child. Hailed as Chaplin's first full-length masterpiece. Program also includes several classic Chaplin short comedies. One time only on Thursday, Nov. 20 at 7 p.m. at the Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St. in Manchester.
'The Kid' is part of the Palace Theatre's first-ever "Silent Film Blockbusters" series, which aims to show best quality prints of silent classics on the big screen with live music. See for yourself the films that made audiences first fall in love with the movies! Palace screening includes live music by local musician and composer Jeff Rapsis. General admission, $7 per person; proceeds to benefit the Palace Theatre. For tickets and more info on 'The Kid' and other films in the series, visit http://www.palacetheatre.org/ or call the Palace box office at (603) 668-5588.
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For more info, contact:Jeff Rapsis • (603) 236-9237 • jrapsis@gmail.com
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