BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//WordPress - MECv5.1.8//EN X-WR-CALNAME:WordPress X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://grangehallcc.com/ BEGIN:VEVENT UID:MEC-ca8155f4d27f205953f9d3d7974bdd70@grangehallcc.com DTSTART:20200201T003000Z DTEND:20200201T020000Z DTSTAMP:20200119T031000Z CREATED:20200118 LAST-MODIFIED:20200219 SUMMARY:One & Only: Silents Are Golden: A celebration of Silent Cinema DESCRIPTION:  2020 One & Only presents:     Silents Are Golden Friday, January 31, 2020 @ 7:30pm Written and revealed by Rob Mermin With a dazzling array of film clips $20 online at sevendaystickets.com or at the door   “A Visual feast! A perfect combination of Rob’s live commentary and demonstration, blended with wonderful film clips. Mermin makes a viable case for the relevance of silent film study for modern filmmakers.”   ~ The Green Mountain Film Festival The Grange Hall Cultural Center is proud to present Rob Mermin in Silents Are Golden as part of the 2020 One & Only Seriesrunning January through April at the Grange Hall Cultural Center.  In Silents Are Golden, Mermin’s intention is to shed new light on the acting style of the silent film era while giving modern audiences a fresh and entertaining look at what made the silent starts shine so brightly.   Both entertaining and educational, this presentation is lavishly illustrated with clips from 100 silent film comedies and dramas and is a celebration of the art of physical acting seen through the lens of silent cinema.  This is what Marcel Marceau, one of Mermin’s seminal mentors and trainers,called the “silent language of the soul.” “I love presenting this program,” says Mermin. “I have taken this show to several countries, and it is like bringing adults to the circus for the first time in decades and watching a childlike wonder and delight return to their faces.” The show features a dazzling array of film clips starring: Mary Pickford, Lillian Gish, Douglas Fairbanks, Rudolph Valentino,Greta Garbo, Marion Davies, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harry Langdon, Harold Lloyd, Laurel & Hardy, and many more!   Rob Mermin is a classically trained pantomime actor, teacher, and director.  He studied with mime masters Marcel Marceau and Etienne Decroux before embarking on a forty-year career in circus, theater, TV and film, and lecturing in places as diverse as the Kennedy Center and the Moscow Circus. Rob is founder of the award-winning international youth touring company Circus Smirks (www.smirkus.org).  www.robmermin.com “A brilliant evocation of the silent screen era and a loving homage to its stars. The evening was at times poignant, personal, humorous, and thoroughly entertaining.”                                                   ~ University Theater, Galway, Ireland        Silents Are Golden  was originally commissioned by Focus on Film, and premiered at  The Green Mountain Film Festival in 2007. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Bring your family to join us for The Reel Deal, a community film club at the Grange Hall Cultural Center when Sunday, February 2 @ 4:30pm   Across Roads Center for the Arts presents: Safety Last! the classic 1923 silent film starring Harold Lloyd and Mildred Davis. Light refreshments served. $8 suggested donation   URL:https://grangehallcc.com/events/silents-are-golden-a-celebration-of-silent-cinema/ ORGANIZER;CN=Across Roads Center for the Arts:MAILTO:info.acrossroads@gmail.com CATEGORIES:Film,Multi-Disciplinary,One & Only Series,Theater LOCATION:Grange Hall Cultural Center, 317 Howard Avenue, Waterbury Center, VT 05677 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://grangehallcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/HaroldLloyd.Saftey-Last.jpeg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR